Essay about Capital Punishment Must Be Abolished

Capital punishment is one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. Many people believe that it is morally wrong to have capital punishment as a sentence to a crime. People also do believe that it is morally permissible for a severe crime. Capital punishment is also known as the death penalty. It can be given as a sentence when somebody is convicted of an extremely violent crime. The biggest issue that can be seen with this is that somebody could be innocent and sentenced with the death penalty because of the nature of the crime that they have been accused of even if they didn’t commit it. I believe that there is a moral line between using the death penalty and using other forms of punishment.

chest. The electric chair is when the chair gives off 2300 volts for about ten seconds. Then there is a low voltage of 1000, which goes on for about twenty seconds. But the murderer is usually dead by the first ten seconds. Lethal Gas is now only used in California

Though electrocution, hanging, and being shot at by a firing squad would seem to have instant results, it is possible for the person to suffer immensely if they are initially done wrong, for example, if the shocks are not strong enough the first time, if the noose is not placed correctly, or if the heart is not struck in the first round of shooting. As a result, the person may have to endure multiple jolts of shock, suffocate gradually, or slowly bleed to death (DPIC). As for the gas chamber, unconsciousness does not occur immediately and, “According to former San Quentin, California, Penitentiary warden, Clifton Duffy, ‘At first there is evidence of extreme horror, pain, and strangling,’” (DPIC). Another argument is that taking another life will not avenge the victim’s family, as it will not bring their loved one back, and Gandhi's famous saying, “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind,” applies as well. Finally, anti-death penalty advocates may say that it is wrong to kill a mentally ill person, as it is widely believed that anyone who would commit a crime worthy of the death penalty must have some kind of disorder, because they are not fully in control of what they are doing and they are suffering too. At the end of the day, adversaries of capital punishment believe that all life is sacred, including that of severe criminals, and it should be preserved regardless of the circumstance.

Capital punishment, otherwise known as the death penalty, is a controversial subject which has been argued for decades due to the ethical decisions involved. People believe the death penalty is the right thing to do and that it is the perfect example of ‘justice’ while others believe that it is immoral and overly expensive. The death penalty is not a logical sentence for criminals, it doesn’t give them the right type of justice and it is immoral.

The execution style of the electric chair was first used on convicted murderer William Francis Kemmler on August 6th, 1890. The use of electricity is a more modern style of execution. The idea of using electricity to end someone's life was invented to seek a more “humane” method rather than lynching people. Once Kemmler was executed in New York, other states at the time rapidly adopted this new style of execution. It was used up until 2008 by Nebraska until the Supreme Court ruled that the use of the electric chair was “unconstitutional.” For execution using the electric chair, the criminal is usually shaved and placed in a chair with belts that cross his/her chest, groin, legs, and arms. Then, a metal cap shaped like a skull, electrode is attached to the head and a sponge moistened with saline. However, the sponge cannot be too wet or the saline short-circuits the electric current, and cannot be too dry, because then it would have a high resistance. Next, an additional electrode is moistened with electro-creme (conductive jelly) and is then attached to the victim’s leg that was shaved to reduce the resistance of electricity. The prisoner is then blindfolded. A perfect example of how the electric chair works is depicted in The Green Mile. Although it does succeed in killing the criminal, the use of electricity is considered inhumane and the victim takes a while to die. While using the electric chair may not be the best way of executing a criminal, in case of a state or government not being able to obtain lethal injection, the electric chair could be brought back again for

Capital punishment has been a hot topic for quite some time now. In earlier times it was merely a way to punish as well as an attempt to deter members of society from committing heinous crimes. In the last century we have actively monitored the effects of capital punishment, and this has revealed the truth. It is for these reasons capital punishment is not morally acceptable.

The United State has long history of death penalty, United State 's use of the death penalty over the past four centuries. In August 1890, American was walking up to the power of twentieth- century technology, to the first light bulbs, automobiles, photographic, telephones. In the basement of Auburn State Penitentiary in upstate New York, a man named William Kemmler is bound to a chair with heavy leather stripes. Kemmler who had been convicted of murdering his Lovers, Matilda Ziegler, with and axe, his execution was the first execution by electrocution in history.

     Why should the death penalty be abolished? The death penalty should be abolished because of many reasons. Many people believe the saying, 'an eye for an eye'. But when will people realize that just because someone may have killed a loved one that the best thing for that person is to die also. People don't realize that they are putting the blood of another person life on their hands. This makes them just as guilty as the person who committed the crime: the only difference is that they didn't use weapon except their mouth to kill them. The death penalty should be abolished because it is racist, punishes the poor, condemns those who are innocent to death, and is a cruel punishment.

After the Governor and Attorney General provide the okay, the inmate is escorted to the death chamber where they are strapped to the gurney in roughly 30 seconds. Often the inmate will thank the tie down team, which has been said to leave the executioner with a “weird feeling.” Some inmates are calm, while others cry or appear to be physically anxious. For those who are anxious it has been said that their legs will often

wastes the time of courts and attorneys. From the point that the person is sentenced to death row, the convicted may need to wait about 12 years until execution. Furthermore, the actual execution has many complications as well. A hanging may seem simple, but a miscalculation of the drop may lead to the person suffering a slow suffocation or the head being torn off the body. Another method, electrocution, is also not reliable. In one case, John Evans was electrocuted three times before he died, with his flesh burning and flames consuming his leg. Some may argue that this is the reason gas chambers were created. However, the chambers also cause slow and painful death as shown by Don Harding’s execution which took ten minutes. Today’s most used

In Louisiana in 1988, Wayne Robert Felde was sentenced to be put to death by means of electric chair. The procedure began proceeding as normal, but Mr.Felde did not die quickly. Due to a form of malfunction, the instrument did not proceed enough voltage to properly execute him. Rather, a sizeable chunk of skin on the side of his head proceeded to melt off, exposing the bone of the skull in the process (Bufacchi and Fairrie). This is a rather common occurrence, and one of the reasons that the death penalty is a violation of the eighth amendment. According to Fred Leutcher, the prisoners often choke, cough, and spasm as they die (Bufacci and Fairrie). In 1990, Jessie Taffero was put to death via the electric chair. The only problem, however, was that the first jolts of electricity caused his hair to catch on fire, simultaneously suffocating him inside of his hood and baking his head at the same time (Bufacci and Fairrie). The electric chair is not the only method with problems, however. “Sometimes there is a problem with the veins or the prisoner doesn’t cooperate, and then it is very difficult” (Bufacci and

Justice Leader J. Shaw, Florida Supreme Court, wrote, “The electric chair with its attendant smoke and flames and blood and screams, it’s a death penalty plus. So why do some states still use the electric chair? Nebraska and Alabama only use the electric chair, while most states give the inmates a choice of methods. Most executions when completed the room smells like burning flesh and there are even an occasional smoke and blood. This method has been argued as inhumane because when the execution is taking place the brain is boiling at 135-145 degrees. How is that humane? Vetinary associations no longer use electricity to euthanize animals yet we do and shouldn’t humans be treated just as good if not better than animals? (Weinstein, Henry)Not to mention the generator of the electric chair is suppost to be the most obscene and horrific sound you’ve ever heard. As Jefferson says in A Lesson Before Dying, “I heard two jolts but I never looked up, I will never forget the sound of that generator as long as I live on this earth.”(Gaines, 254) These chairs have also taken many innocent lives so there is absolutely no reason why they should still be alive.

Death penalty is also known as capital punishment or execution. Societies from all over the world have used this sentence at one point in history, in order to avenge criminals. Most common reasons for being sentenced to death were war crimes, war treason, murder and espionage. Back then, the capital punishment was almost always accompanied by torture, and executions were public. The most used execution method was by hanging. If an inmate chooses the electric chair it takes anywhere between 2 min and 15 minutes. The criminal receives a jolt between 500 and 2000 volts for every 30 seconds, attending doctor waits for body to cool after each bolt and check if the heart is still breathing. While in some societies, violent death penalties are still being employed – like shooting, hanging, electric chair and gas chamber – in most countries, these have been replaced with a painless method – the lethal injection. When the person is put to death for the death penalty they use a lethal injection execution, in most cases. Sodium thipal makes the person go deeply unconscious but unable to feel himself being paralyzed from the “pancuronium bromide”. On death row an inmate waited an average of 15 years between sentencing and execution but a quarter of inmates die on death row from natural cases. The time has come to make punishment fit the crime, too oppose lethal injection, but not because these untried new drugs might obituary cause pain, but cause confusion, lethal injection conflates

If everything was done correctly, the execution would be finished in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately, that was not usually the case, and the deaths were slow and painful. The end results of a hanging consisted of the eyes popping out of their sockets, protruding tongue, bloated face, defecation, and severe jerking of the body and appendages (Descriptions”).

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment is a legal procedure in which a state executes a person for crimes he/she has committed. This punishment has been implemented by many states, and is normally used for atrocious crimes, especially murder. It is also used on crimes against the state such as treason, crimes against humanity, espionage, and violent crimes while other states use it as part of military justice. There are mixed reactions on capital punishment depending on one’s faith, and the state they come from. In my view, I am not in favor of death penalty, as I strongly believe that, death penalty is unacceptable and an inhumane practice for it denies one the right to live. Death penalty does not deter crime, it is an act