Death Penalty: A Fair Punishment

This posting is in response to a classmate’s blog regarding the death penalty. This blog can be viewed at A Citizen's Thoughts Blog.

I agree that Texas should never get rid of the death penalty. To be sentence the death penalty, the murderer have had committed dreadful murder or murders. It is good to know that Texas does not overuse this punishment. It has been use 405 times for the last 32 years, and “there is no conclusive evidence that any of these people were innocent.”
The death penalty is to prevent more murders from happening. It is an act to make our society safer. For the family that lost their love one, when a murderer is sentence to be executed, is a sense of relief but the pain of losing their love one still continues. I think that the death penalty is one way to show that our justice system is working us citizens. Why should a murderer deserve to live if they have killed an innocent person? It cost a lot of money to provide a prison, security, guards, food and clothing for these murderers. Who is paying for these murderers’ food and shelter? Tax payers?