Death penalty involves killing criminals who commit crimes such as murder as a way of punishment. States should ban death penalty because it is cruel and unfair, wastes resources, is against the due process of law, and violates human rights. Countries should abolish death sentence/capital punishment. Violation of Human Rights Death penalty violates the standards of human rights. Human rights standards requires everyone to respect the life of other people and let them live without threats. Death penalty, however, takes away the life of the victims of this sentence. A 2011 article by Sangiorgio will help in understanding how death penalty violates human rights standards, and how numerous states have started shifting away from this sentence. Death penalty if unfair and cruel Death penalty is cruel and unfair based on race and ethnicity. Schweizer (2013) argues that capital punishment is unfair especially to the black people who live in the United States. Courts also pronounce this sentence based on the resources and benefits that they get from the plaintiff or the defendant. The article by schweizer (2013) will help in analyzing the cruelty and unfairness of capital punishment. Death penalty wastes resources Capital punishment wastes time, energy, and finances. Courts have to spend a lot of time and money while implementing death penalty. These resources would have been used in preventing crimes that are punished through death penalty. McLaughlin (2014) will help the research in understanding how death penalty wastes resources. Death penalty violates the due process of law Capital punishment prevents defendants from enjoying the due process of the law. Since new laws are created every day, defendants should be allowed to benefit from the upcoming laws instead of taking away their lives. An article by Sarver (2013) will help in understanding how death penalty prevents victims from enjoying the due process of law. Death penalty should be abolished because it is unfair, wastes time and money, is against human rights, and prevents victims from benefiting from the due process of the law. References McLaughlin, J. (2014). The price of justice: interest-convergence, cost, and the anti-death penalty movement. Northwestern University Law Review, 108(2), 675-710