Death Penalty Argument Essay

that time, he finally got what he deserved” (If Death Penalty Is Abolished, What Next?). Without the death penalty, proper justice is unattainable. In addition to serving justice where it is due, the death penalty provides a powerful deterrent to crime. H. Naci Mocan, an economist at Louisiana State University and an author of a study that finds that each death penalty carried out deters five murders said, “I personally am opposed to the death penalty, but my research shows that there is a deterrent…

still death penalty states, and 18 non-death penalty states (“Facts About” 1). Majority of the race victims in the death penalty cases are white with 76 percent, the blacks are next with 15 percent, and then Hispanics with seven percent (“Facts About” 1). Race plays a large role when it comes to the death penalty. Being a certain color can in fact either save your life or end it. According to a comprehensive study of the death penalty prepared in North Carolina; “the odds of receiving a death sentence…

behaviour. Why not bring back the death penalty and let our loved ones be happy? Prisons also cost a great deal of money to run and maintain and it is all paid for out of our taxes. If the death penalty was re-introduced then taxes may be lower or the money could be put to a better cause like cancer research because there would be fewer prisoners in prison because of executions. That was all the points towards or for the death penalty. Now for the bad points. Yet…

opening fire on someone that cut them off on the highway, or killing a disobedient child. "A society that chooses violent death as a solution to a social problem gives official sanction to a climate of violence." (Prejean, 57) The next argument supporting the immorality of capital punishment is that the reality of it is hidden. The majority of Americans support the death penalty, yet a very small minority of them has actually witnessed an execution. Also, very few Americans have known an executed…

system and it needs to change, and one of those changes has to be the abolition of the death penalty. If Garrett had been sparred, like he should have been, he would still be around today and able to get the mental help he needed to overcome his mental handicaps and make something of himself. Garrett's case is certainly not unique either. Over the years, at least hundreds of other people have been put to death for crimes they did not commit, and the recorded cases are only the ones we know about…

argued that supporters of the death penalty do not simply want to kill more people or get revenge. Evidence shows supporters of the death penalty believe that it leads to the saving of innocent lives. (Sorell 1987.) Hudson (1996: 119) pointed out that executions were made as painless as possible. He stated that: Where the right to life is removed, in capital punishment it is the withdrawal of the right that is the penalty, not the infliction of the…

of America the death penalty has diminished greatly in its use to a point where it is almost never used in most states and most other countries accept a select bunch, have also adhered to this same philosophy. (deathpenaltyinfo.org) It is with this understanding of the death penalty’s history that one can start to decide what a valid application (if any) of the death penalty. BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THE ARGUMENTS REGARDING THE DEATH PENALTY On one end of the argument is the belief that…

People opposed to the death penalty also point to the fact that over half of the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty, including all other major industrialized, democratic nations. In the five countries with the highest homicide rates that do not impose the death penalty, the murder rate is 21.6 murders per 100,000 people. In the five countries with the highest homicide rates that do impose the death penalty, the murder rate is 41.6 murders per 100,000 people ("Deterrence"). Furthermore…

of the death penalty nationwide have shown some conflicting results. Comparison studies done to show homicide rates of retentionist and abolitionist jurisdictions from 1999 to 2001 (Sorenson & Pilgrim) have shown that death penalty states tend to have a higher murder rate than abolitionist states. This result creates the argument of the overall deterrent effect of execution. Texas is still in the top 20 of states with the highest homicide rate even though it is the highest in death penalty executions…

than a death penalty court case (Sharp). Court costs are so much because life without parole cases can be lengthy and last for years. People who like the thought of life without parole would rather see criminals put in jail for life instead of killed. Also, people argue that the death penalty is more expensive because of the court cost which is in fact not true. As I have shown, the life without parole cases cost millions more than a death penalty case. When addressing the death penalty, the…