Outline of Capital Punishment

The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience of the cruelty of death and that imprisonment alone should be a great enough punishment.
1. The main attention getter is an imagination that I am going to create for the audience so they can imagine the living quarters of an actual prisoner.
2. With evidence such as innocent people being executed and factual evidence that the death penalty does not deter people from committing crimes, why should we as a society allow this inhumane act to continue?
4. In my speech I am going to talk about whether or not murderers actually deserve to die, the alternatives to capital punishment, and the sentences that prisoners receive, but the real sentences they serve.
a. Does the death penalty really deter criminals from their actions?
b. What are the alternatives for capital punishment?
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