Practical Proposal Essay Topic

The topic I have chosen for my practical proposal essay is the death penalty in Texas. This interests me because a lot of comments I hear in class make me realize that there are misconceptions about the death penalty in Texas. I gained interest in this topic more after learning more about it in my government class. After some more research I am confident that I can write a very convincing practical proposal essay that proposes to get rid of the death penalty in Texas. The death penalty in Texas is a problem because it is causing the unnecessary death of human beings; also the main reasons for keeping it active are not even really valid when researched. The death penalty is a problem for all the people on death row: the innocent and the guilty. If this problem is not solved soon, several humans will have to end up dying. Some people on death row are innocent people; this means innocent people are being executed by our government.
The Texas state governments have the power to end the death penalty. The state has not done anything against it because of public and political support for it. There are people on both sides of the death penalty argument. Most people do not understand the ineffectiveness of this capital punishment. The problem can be solved if the people and politicians come together and make Texas against the death penalty. The probable benefits of getting rid of the death penalty are saving money, saving human lives, and preventing discrimination. Some people believe the death penalty is just proper justice for certain criminals; the end of the death penalty could mean the end of justice for some people. The financial costs of ending the death penalty could be the cost associated with imprisoning someone for the rest of their life. The taxpayers would bear these costs but the fact is that it costs more to execute someone in Texas than keep them imprisoned for fifty years. The money saved from not executing someone could just be used to keep them in jail.
Texas should get rid of the death penalty because it will save human lives and also because there are a few financial benefits too. The alternative to the death penalty is life in prison without chance of parole. Life in jail without parole would happen if the death penalty in Texas was terminated.