Death Penalty In US Prisons

Since life in prison allows a person to conserve their life disregarding the magnitude of their crime , it is the most humane punishment a person can be offered. Every person’s life has equal value;therefore, no person can determine when another person should die as a form of “justice”. According to the Constitution of the United States it states that “ all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with some unalienable rights,that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”. Basically, this means that every individual has the same rights as anybody else and there are 3 basic rights everyone has that were given by God which are : life, liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. Because everyone is created equal, no one should be able to take these rights off anyone; however, crimes need to be punished. The most humane punishment is life in prison since is taking only 2 of the 3 rights that are given to every individual which are liberty and pursuit of happiness. In the other hand, the death would be taking away all of the 3 rights that are given to an individual. From all the punishments there are; locking someone against their will is the most humane punishment since it allows this person to conserve life itself .

According to Di Editorial Board, “the death penalty is both an ineffective deterrent to violent crime and is incredibly cost-inefficient. Our funds would be better put to use in other areas, such as education, mental health, and law enforcement — all of which have been proven to deter violent crime”(2012). We have learn that punishment did not prevent crime in California as a result of the War on Drug and harsh punishment have lead criminal justice system in crisis. California prisons are overcrowded and now political what to modify the system to reduce sentences for nonviolent offender. Dan Levine and David Ingram claim, “… a modification of the Justice Department's charging policies so that certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who have no ties to

It is a fearful thought to inmates being put on the death row, after serving many years to life in prison, trying to better themselves as a whole, that they will be executed for a crime they’ve committed decades before. Furthermore, isn’t prison more than enough for the inmates to endure. I guess all those years of suffering was for nothing. These inmates, instead of using them for work around the prison; giving them something to do, are put on death row; a list containing the names of inmates patiently waiting to be executed.

Just as Ray Bradbury has said, “The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive” (DeathPenaltyInfo.org). A lesson taught from practically birth, is that the human life is sacred. If the gift of life is so special why do cities and states in the United States find it fair to kill someone instead of keeping them in solitary confinement? These statements are only a few of many that spark a controversy over the issue of prohibiting or allowing the death penalty to continue. In recent studies of six U.S. states, 44% supported the death penalty, while fifty-six percent believed it should be banned. Out of the group who disagreed with the penalty, a majority explained their reasoning

It is also believed that capital punishment is not a sufficient punishment. “Convicts should be awarded life imprisonment and should be tortured,” (http://listovative.com). Finally, humans should be given a second chance, “Human are believed to be imperfect,” (http://listovative.com).

Capital Punishment: the American justice system’s legalized method of executing the inhumane. Capital punishment has been an undertaking of mankind evolving since ancient times. While the barbaric methods of earlier civilization have ceased, particular historical cases of capital punishment have unintentionally involved a painful degree of torture. As of modern day, the electric chair is one of America’s most ‘hair-raising’ and objectionable forms of execution brought to light. This is what I will be focusing on for my history project. More specifically, I will be looking into the history of the electric chair including its invention and first ever recorded trials. This heavier topic sheds light onto American capital punishment using gruesome

American democracy is strong because of it’s people. The people decide what is to come of our country. That is how American government has been able to remain strong and endure for 200 years. The people choose how to overcome complex situations that often require extra time, energy, and thought when trying to create a solution. These situations can include freedom of speech, gun control, or the death penalty. A more recent issue deals with the Boston Marathon Bomber and deciding whether or not he should be sentenced to death or not.

Each day, heinous crimes, such as murder and treason, are committed across America. Over many years, there has been controversy regarding the death penalty. The death penalty is not legal in every state. Some states only give life in prison if crimes like murder have been committed. The other states who have not abolished this punishment sentence someone to the death penalty if they have committed crimes like murder or treason. In fact, the death penalty should be legalized in all 50 states in the United States.

Now there is a lot that the United States could do to get rid of the death penalty. The government could pass a law on the Federal level or the states could individually do it. The last option would be the last option since many states, like Texas, would not willingly get rid of the death penalty. However if they, the Federal government should use a model similar to the European Model. It is common knowledge the stance of the European Union, but Behrmann and Yorke wrote it best in their article entitled “The European Union and Abolition of the Death Penalty:”

The majority of people believe that the death penalty is applied fairly today in the US. According to Washington D.C; six out of 10 people favor the death penalty. People might think (at first,) that the death penalty is cruel, until they actually know what and why it is used for. The death penalty is mostly used on convicted murders, while some have been used for on extreme cases relating to aggravated rape. “When asked about the frequency with which the death penalty is imposed, 40% of Americans say it is not imposed enough, with the remainder equally divided between saying it is imposed "too often" (27%) or "about the right amount" (27%).”(Dugan) With this only 27% of people think that the death penalty is applied “too often”, while 40%

Do you know where over 1.26 Million dollars of tax payer’s money go every year? The prison industrial system spends millions of dollars each and every year on inmates being sent to death row or given the death penalty. According to Equal Injustice Initiative (2015) “20 percent of the people on Alabama's death row received a life verdict that was over ridden by a trial judge.” Through research I've discovered the cost of the death penalty is higher than the cost of life in prison without parole. According to the "Test/evaluation of Costs" by Judge Arthur Alarcon and Prof. Paula Mitchell (2014). The authors decided that the cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over $4 billion. About $2 Billion in which are in Court Cost. If the Governor would alter the legal punishments/times spent of those still remaining on death

Although these death row inmates have taken a life themselves, we have no right to take away their existence. In Hammurabi’s law the statement “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” is mentioned. This is a very outdated practice that is still being practiced in our justice systems when an individual is killed by our justice system. The whole goal of our justice system should be rehabilitation not termination. Instead of destroying these so called “scum” of society, we should focus on improving these individuals and rehabilitating them to help society. There’s also the case of innocent people being killed. According to the death penalty curriculum, 121 people ,since 1973, have been released after being found innocent and 982 have been executed. This means that for every eight people executed there's one person who is innocent. This stat is a punch in the face to every abolitionist for the death penalty and to the families of these innocent

Lethal injection purpose was to be a very highly alternative option compared to electrocution, gassing or even hanging. Which everyone knows that those are known to go horribly wrong in awful ways. Is the death penalty fair or unfair treatment and should it be banned? Thought the death penalty is important because it can justify people’s lives who have been put in situations that determine rather they should live or die. It is to determine the fairness of the severity of a person’s crime by sentencing the death penalty. Such if there was a terrorist that happens to be a teenager decides to plant a bomb near a playground where kids play every day. As this person decides to let the bomb detonate, and he is caught down

Every person has a right to live and avoid death row or execution no matter what wrong doing they did. Yes, people do some extremely atrocious things or unspeakable things. Nevertheless, things and case files on prisoners can be settled differently; whether if it’s therapy or rehab.

As a matter of fact, the death penalty not only has a terrible psychological effect on the prisoners but also on the workers who have to deal with them. This is the reason why international organizations such as the United Nations qualify the punishment as inhumane. In the case of the prisoners, the death row has a devastating effect on their brains. The Death Row Syndrome damages the