Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished

Elliot Spitzer states, “Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don 't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty.” Although the Death Penalty is meant to kill the ones that have murdered, many innocent people have been executed due to the ignorance of facts during trial. Since this has come to me and my partner’s attention, we are resolved that The United States should change its penal code to abolish the death penalty. The Death Penalty is execution following someone’s conviction of murder or any other serious crime. Abolish is to end the observance or effect of. The Penal Code is a set of criminal laws of a particular country, society, etc. Our courts are not steady, which is why we need to abolish the death penalty.

To begin with, life imprisonment is a more humane option. When given a death penalty, the prisoner is left with no other options but to die. As a result, the person

The political issue that I choose is the death penalty. There are just as many reasons why the death penalty needs to be abolished as there are reasons why we need it. It is a complex issue and it is almost impossible to point to any single argument as the most important. Worldwide 140 nations have now stopped using capital punishment. America 's continued use of the death penalty only profiles us as a violent and vengeful nation and keeps us in the same category as Iran, North Korea and China who still practice and advocate capital punishment.

I would like about whether or not the United States should abolish the death penalty. The United States should not abolish this because those who commit a capital felony which is punishable by imprisonment or death, should serve a capital punishment which is the death penalty. Many believe that certain crimes such as rape and murder should punishable by the death penalty. Although many also see it as inhumane, many also view murder and rape as inhumane. One can view this as part of Hammburi’s Code law that states “An eye for an eye.” Capital punishment has ben around for thousands of years; beginning even before the ancient Greeks and Romans. At that time, there were many different ways to carry out capital punishment such as, beheading, stoning and electrocution (PBS).

The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil. Blacks are more likely to face the death penalty than whites in the commission of identical crimes(CNN, 2014). The history of capital punishment dates back to the days before Christ. The Old Testament adage 'an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,' has survived throughout the ages despite the New Testament's rendition of 'thou shall not kill'. Today's American victims endure a more demure of style of cruel and unusual punishment; death by lethal injection has replaced the barbaric traditions of the past.

1. Being in prison for life is tough enough, life imprisonment breaks down one’s mental health which is more detrimental and serves more as a “payback” to the murderer.

In 1984, former NFL player Kermit Alexander lost his mother, sister and two nephews due to a gang related shooting on the wrong family. The Alexander's family was not supposed to be targeted, it was a miss communication between the gang members. Alexander was so full of rage that he prowled the streets at night in search of the members that did this to his family, his goal was to give revenge for what they had done. The only reason he did not become a killer himself was because the mayor Tom Bradley made him promise to let it go and let the law handle the situation from there and in 1986 the killer, Cox was found and sentenced to death. Capital Punishment should be allowed because it stops the killer's from being able to kill again, it provides some closure for the families who have lost a loved one, and it is a deterrent showing what will be done to you if you do these heinous crimes.

In recent discussions of the death penalty, a controversial issue has been whether or not to abolish the death penalty. On the one hand, some argue that the death penalty should remain illegal. From this perspective, the death penalty rids the United States of criminals who have committed horrible crimes. On the other hand, however, others argue that the death penalty should be illegal in all fifty states. From this perspective, the death penalty could also send an innocent person to their death. According to President Obama race is a factor, at least in his opinion. He stated, “In the application of the death penalty in this country, we have seen significant problems – racial bias, uneven application of the death penalty, situations

Death row is not only morally wrong, but it is telling the murders that killing someone for doing something wrong is right. Since August, 6, 1912, there have been two hundred and eighty-two executions, done by the state of South Carolina (South Carolina Department of Corrections, 2016.) Death row should be abolished, not only does it give inmates the impression that an eye for an eye is okay, but it puts innocent people lives at risk. Death row costs taxpayers millions of dollars, and it is a violation of the eight amendments.

Statistics show that at least 4 percent of people who receive the death penalty are innocent. According to listverse.com, a woman by the name of Wanda Lopez was murdered at a gas station. The police went searching for the culprit. They eventually found a man by the name of Carlos De Luna. De Luna told the police that he was innocent and also offered to tell the name of the person he saw at the gas station. On December 7, 1989, Carlos De Luna was executed. The death penalty should be taken away because it is unfair to kill a person for committing a crime. Not all crimes are worth someone’s life being taken away. Others may argue that it gives the victims and their families closure. Many people feel that the death penalty is the only solution for the criminal. They also feel that the death penalty is the only thing that the criminal will fear. Yet, life in prison is the best alternative for the death penalty. The death penalty also costs millions of dollars. Money which can be used for the victims’ families and people in need. The color of your skin can also enhance your chances of being executed.

A The death penalty is uncivilized in theory and unfair and inequitable in practice (ACLU, 2012). Life in prison is a worse punishment and a more effective deterrent. For those of you who don 't feel much sympathy for a murderer, keep in mind that death may be too good for them. With a death sentence, the suffering is over in an instant. With life in

You are clothed in a bright orange jumpsuit with your arms and legs shackled with heavy chains, giving you no choice but to slowly shuffle down the hallway. There are 6 by 8 cement rooms with barred doors, cages, keeping a person in, and everyone else out. Hope left you decades ago, when they locked you away from the rest of the world. You know where you are heading, strapped to a bed with three hooded men pushing drugs into your body through IV bags, drugs that will kill you within minutes. Should this be legal, or should criminals have to live with their crimes?

Capital crime is something that is meant for people that are found guilty of committing a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or theft. These are offences that should not be taken lightly but by killing the offender, the government is carrying about the action that they are trying to prevent. Also, the wrong person may be sentenced to death. After this person is executed, there is obviously nothing that can be done for the terrible mistake to be reversed. The death penalty should be abolished because it is more expensive than life imprisonment, numerous innocent people are condemned to death row, and it is cruel and inhumane.

Capital punishment is the planned taking of a legally convicted persons life. Convicted persons are put to death under certain guidelines; such as age, and the crime that was committed. Certain laws such as the “Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996” (Supreme Court Rulings), “New Terrorism Crimes and Penalties” (Death Penalty Statutes), and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Death Penalty Laws) ensure that only those who are convicted of either acts of terror, homicides, and other life endangering crimes are put to death. These laws and newer technologies reduce the fear that many opponents of the death penalty have, that being false conviction. Contrary to that fear, the chance of false conviction are few to none. Despite this,

“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind; or does it?” Capital punishment, or the death penalty as is more commonly known, should not be, but, is a contemporary problem in the United States. Most of the entire world today has abolished the death penalty. However, there are still many states within the U.S. that still exercise this form of punishment. The most preferred method of execution which is exercised by more than 35 states in the U.S. Is lethal injection. Many countries today like Mexico, Portugal, Liberia, turkey, and many more do not exercise the sentence of capital punishment. (Robinson, 1995). Also some U.S. states like New Mexico, Connecticut, Illinois, and New Jersey don’t exercise this form of capital punishment. (Robinson, 1995). If there are many countries all throughout the world and many states abolishing the use of capital punishment, why does the U.S. still exercise it? Some reasons that capital punishment still exists in the United States is because it deters people from committing the same crime, provides retribution for the families of their lost ones, and it is least expensive to kill someone than charge them with the sentence of life without parole.