Claude Jones Death Penalty

Firstly, the risk of executing an innocent is a frightening fact. Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice. To execute an innocent person is reprehensible; a risk that should not be taken. What did these innocents get out of their life? They have a right to live. Secondly, there is a better alternative to capital punishment: life without parole. Capital punishment is usually quick. Citizens that commit such serious crimes should realize

The death penalty ?cruel and unusual punishment.? At one time in history around six hundred people were executed, and in those six-hundred eighty of them were innocent but still executed (Thomas 2). Many

     The taking of a person's life is unreliable and once a mistake is made, nothing can be done to make up for it, because you have taken the person's life. Current statistics show that for every 7 people executed one has been released from death row. One in seven does not sound like never good consistency to me, and how many of the 6 still executed could still be innocent? I feel that the death of innocents cannot be justified by the death penalty. A recent study at Columbia University found that two thirds of capital cases had serious errors in them, two thirds does not sound like a very consistent number that I would

Throughout history, various cases have not been properly executed in such a way that rightful criminals are taken to justice (hence the creation of courtrooms). The result of improper trials have led to the death of innocent lives which is unfortunately not unprecedented. A trial that epitomizes such unfair charges, leading to the execution of an innocent, was the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was not guilty of the murder pertaining to the Lindbergh’s baby; he was wrongly convicted under circumstantial and biased evidence. The kidnapping of the baby had led to widespread speculations, and caused the case to spread amongst the

In the last several years, too many people in the United States have been wrongfully sentenced with the death penalty. Several accused have their sentence overturned or they have been totally exonerated. There are at least 8 people who were executed by United States and later proven innocent (http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org). Over a 20 year period, 68% of all death sentences were reversed (http://karisable.com). A noteworthy example is of Jerry Banks who was convicted and sentenced with the death penalty for two counts of murder in 1975. Five years later, in 1980, Banks' conviction was overturned on the basis of newly discovered evidence which was allegedly known to the state at the time of trial. Another example was the case of Lawyer Johnson who was sentenced to death in 1971 by an all white jury for the murder of a white victim. Later in 1982, Johnson’s conviction was overturned and Johnson exonerated when a previously silent eyewitness identified the state’s chief witness as the real murderer. (http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org) Human error is inevitable, particularly

The risk of innocent people being sentenced is high. About 14% of executions were of the innocent, and they weren’t found out until long after their execution. This supports my claim because too many innocent people are being executed against their will, and most of them aren’t even involved with the murder, just innocent bystanders who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In conclusion, there is just too much risk of innocent bystanders being executed for doing nothing wrong, and we should get the facts and evidence straight before we go kill an innocent

-Innocence, there are innocent people on death row, and there have been people put to death. Since 1977, 144 prisoners on death row have been found to be innocent of the crimes there were convicted of.

Before he was strapped to a gurney, before a murder wasn’t caught, before an innocent's life was taken, Claude Jones was just a normal guy in Texas. The death penalty takes innocent lives from people who potentially did nothing to deserve the punishment they are receiving. It also recreates an inhumane act that someone is only having to suffer from because he/she brought the act onto someone else. There are people who presume that people who commit such an immense crime should be taken out of this world. Nevertheless, those people are receiving the same harsh, cruel punishment that they may or may not have brought on to someone else. No matter how big of a crime an individual has committed, they should have to live with the punishment and guilt of what they did. The death penalty

In 1992, Roy Brown was convicted of the death of another individual. The victim was fond beaten, strangled, and stabbed at her farmhouse. She was a social worker and was found covered in bite marks and saliva was obtained as DNA evidence. Mr. Brown served 15 years in prison before he was able to prove himself innocent from his cell with the assistance of the Innocence Project. A similar case occurred in 1989, Steven Barnes was convicted of the murder and rape of a 16 year old girl. The victim was found raped and strangled to death on a dirt road. His truck implied him to be a suspect. Even though there was a great amount of statements that supported his alibi, three years after the crime occurred, Mr. Barnes served 20 years in prison before being freed by the Innocence Project.

The death penalty can lead to the death of innocent people. For example, “…According to a new study, serious errors occur in almost 70% of all trials leading to the death penalty…”(Leibman). This shows that if 100 people were put on death row, 70 would have serious mistakes in their

Thousands of people will attack the death penalty. They will give emotional speeches about the one innocent man or woman who might accidentally get an execution sentence. However, all of these people are forgetting one crucial element. They are forgetting the thousands of victims who die every year by the hands of heartless murderers. There are more murderers out there than people who are wrongly convicted, and that is what we must remember.

"Since 1973, over eighty people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence" (Innocence and the Death Penalty 1). Statistics say that of the three-thousand six hundred people on death row right now, at least one hundred of them are innocent (Capital Punishment 1). When an innocent person is executed, the real killer is still on the streets ready to victimize someone else (Pragmatic Arguments 1). The most important problem is that when an innocent person is executed, they represent another human being who did not deserve to die.

Innocent people have also been executed due to capital punishment. In the United States 144 men and women have been released from death row including some who were minutes away from being executed.Wrongful execution of an innocent person can never be rectified. Which means if someone has been executed for a crime they didn't commit they can't do anything because the person is already dead.

In my opinion, Dobie Gillis Williams' case, described in Sister Helen's book, was similar to Walter McMillian's, in Just Mercy, because they both are probably innocent of the charges but still was sentenced to death. It is not right that innocent men are being executed The supervisor of death row during the time that Williams was there, Major Kendall Coody, told his wife that after the five executions, he could no longer hold that job. When the people who are now involved with state executions are questioning whether or not they can continue in their positions, I believe it is time to think about banishing the death