Kelly Gissendaner IS a Georgia death row inmate who was charged for the planning of her husband’s murder in the year 2000. On September 30th, her execution took place, her lawyers being able to spare her life a few more hours to let her kids make a final goodbye. A big question to is if the death penalty should still exist, many believe so, and others disagree.

WHHS Senior Phil Pawlak says, “I believe the death penalty should be in existence, it takes the most inhumane criminals out of the world for good never allowing them to do harm,” in many situations this is true it prevents harm from the most dangerous criminals. With malice, or the intent to do harm, Kelly’s charge is indeed a correct execution.

I believe the death penalty should be given to those who commit such heinous crimes, and the only way to prevent them from doing more harm is death. In Kelly’s case, I think this was the right decision. From a legal point of view, conspiring to murder can be worse than murder itself. When you conspire to murder, you plan the murder ahead of time, having the intent to carry out this harm in a meticulous, unfailing manner. Some murders can be said to have been out of self defense, or to save the life of another, sometimes justifying that murder.

WHHS Senior Vanessa Soto adds, “I hadn’t heard much of the case until I was asked about it, but once more informed about the situation and the events that took place, Kelly’s conviction was a great example of our judicial system and how well it can work,” I agree completely with both opinions of the WHHS senior class, in every situation the conviction will and can vary, in this particular one, a violent murder was put to death as justice.