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The Death Penalty

             The death penalty; a harsh punishment to those that have taken the life of an innocent person.  Although there are many people that believe that the death penalty isn’t humane or right, I believe that it a good thing to have.  The death penalty can help do many things for this world.  It has the ability to cut down the costs of prisons, get the murders off the streets, and we have the full knowledge and certainty that the criminal will never strike again.

             Even though it is a small reason to have the death penalty, but look at it differently than thinking about just saving money.  If a murderer killed someone in your family, would you want to have to pay to keep that person alive in jail?  You’re safe because he is in jail for life, but he is still alive and you are paying to keep him alive. 

             Putting the criminals in jail is not the only way to keep them off the streets.  The death penalty is the way to keep them off the streets for sure.  Now the death penalty is not for everyone, it is only for the crime of murder, because they have taken the life of an innocent person.  The death penalty is a harsh and heavy punishment but it is a good thing and it has to been humane and a painless death, which means that the person that is charged with the death penalty will die without major pain.

             Having the full knowledge and surety that the murdered will not be able to strike again is a reassuring feeling. To know that everyone in the area, your family, and yourself is safe from harm from a murderer is a feeling that anyone would like to have.  The murderers have a mind that doesn’t think like ours.  They have a desire and an addiction to the feeling of having the power and control of taking the life of someone else.  Whether it is the first kill or one of many, they need to be off the streets and they shouldn’t have a chance to get back out to the streets.  The death penalty is a good way to do so.

             Although the death penalty is a harsh punishment, it is a good thing to have in certain situations.  When the crime is bad enough, like murder, it necessary, as long, as it is done humanely. The death penalty has the ability to cut down the costs of prisons, get the murders off the streets, and we have the full knowledge and certainty that the criminal will never strike again.

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High School Now, College Soon

Today, Josten's came to school to take order for cap and gowns, rings, tassels, and everything else you can get for graduating high school.  It is a pretty scary thought for me, to think that I am graduating and soon moving away to go to college.  It's a big step in my life and there will be a lot of choices made that will make or break my future.  I hope that I will be strong enough to make the right ones and keep my life on the right track.

 I have decided to go to Weber up in Ogden to pursue my dream of becoming a criminal profiler for the FBI.  Pretty exciting dreams I have haha.

Weber has the best criminal justice program and that is the reason I have decided to move up there and go to school, instead of going to UVU or BYU down by where I am currently living in Lehi.  The move is going to be a little difficult, seeing as I will be moving out on my own, but I think that I can handle it.  I have learned many things over the years and I feel that I am ready to go out and stand on my own (with the little bit of help from my parents, of course!)

From a little baby I have been taught wrong from right and what I should be like in life.  Now I am a 17 (almost 18) year old , young lady.  Thanks to my parents, I feel that I will be able to handle life when it finally comes all flying at me at once.  When I leave home.

Life

What is there to talk about life?  It is crazy, painful, wonderful, scary, exciting, and every other emotion you can think about.  There is many things that happen in one day and many others in the next.  It's really hard to keep everything in check, I'm still at Lehi for those of you that are confused from my whole West and Lehi post.  I was very, very confused at that point.  I stayed at Lehi because of my brother, I wouldn't be able to leave him for my last year in college.  It just wouldn't be the same without him!  I love my little brother so much! He is seriously my best friend and I wouldn't be who I am today without his constant presence in my life.

Seeing as this is my last year at Lehi and probably in Lehi too, I have decided that I will make the best out of it.  There may be something huge and important here that I miss if I keep myself in the dumps about every little thing.

I am ready to move out though, I have decided that I am going to Weber for college to be in the criminal justice program.  I will be moving in with Mariah and maybe other people.  She is my best friend from West and is amazing.  We have fought before but that has only brought us closer together in the end.  Schooling is going to be expensive, but I'm excited for the days to come!

I found the perfect way to put both West and Lehi on my class ring! Which makes me really happy that I don't have to buy two rings! lol  This is a stressful time too, because of all the money that I will be needing to be able to graduate the way that I want to... I hope that it doesn't cause my parents too much stress, I am wanting to pay for most of it.  Which is one reason that I have been searching for a second job on top of my Shoe Carnival job.  I am top on the list to be hired at Sonic at the moment, he just needs to make sure that he would be able to afford me working there.  I hope everything works out for me!  I need the money to help my parents so much!


Apart from that, I think I may have found a guy that is interested in me.  He finds me at all the activities that we have together.  He is really cute and fun to talk to!  He has been asking me to go to the stake dance this weekend and I am thinking that I just might do that.  Just to see what he does! xD