Death Penalty Mush Be Abolish in the United States

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

The Death Penalty, also, known as, Capital Punishment, is the sentence of execution, for serious crimes punishable by death, through means prescribed by congress, through laws agreed upon by state legislatures (uslegal.com).

The execution of criminals has been performed by nearly every society to date. The death penalty came to the Americas when European settlers brought the idea of capitol punishment from Britain. The ideology behind taking someone’s life for crimes they have committed is a simple one. If a person commits a hennas crime such as murder or rape, they shall receive the death penalty. In more recent times we now see many countries abolishing the death penalty. The trend suggests that the capitol punishment policies still implemented in the United States may be outdated, but yet there is a large majority in the United States who feel capital punishment is necessary. In contrast there are many that feel that it’s immoral, unconstitutional and should be abolished. The political issue is whether or not capital punishment should be outlawed in the United States. An explanation of capitol punishment and some positions from those who are for and against capital punishment will be given. Next, review the positions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and interest groups on the issue and how these positions interplay with values of freedom, order, and equality. Then argue as to why capitol punishment should be outlawed.

Albert Einstein, a physicist and philosopher of science, “once said, no problem can be solved with the same level of thinking that created it” (Einstein). The intelligent man expressed his ideas clearly that if a killer kills someone and we also kill the killer then what would be the difference between us and the killer because we both are killers. The Death penalty was influenced by Britain. The practice was brought by European settlers for practice in U.S. The first recorded execution in the new colonies was Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain (“Part I”). According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 31 States in the United States allow the death penalty and 19 states do not allow the death penalty (“Deterrence”). The death penalty should be abolished in our society because it is not an effective crime deterrent, it puts a strain on our economy, it may result in the loss of innocent lives, and it promotes racial discrimination.

Capital punishment, especially the death penalty, a sentence of death given to an individual who commits heinous crimes such as murder, is a major debate in American politics. The death penalty is currently deployed within each state. There is a division among the states when it comes to the opinion of which method should be used and/or if the death penalty should be enacted or abolished. Some states still use the traditional method of execution while others use more modern execution method to reduce the inmate 's pain levels. Washington, the state, deploys more traditional methods of execution, hanging if requested by inmates and/or lethal injection as an option. Other states such as Texas, whose sole method of execution is lethal

The death penalty gives humans in our legal system rights to decide who deserves to live, a power only God should possess. Capital Punishment takes away our rights as equals. From its origins, the death penalty has been an inhumane, costly, ineffective, and biased form of punishment that needs to be abolished granting everyone their right to live.

Executing people for what they have done; homicide, kidnapping, illegal injection and so, has been a “vast” object at issue for years, since it is seen as a cruel, vicious way of punishment. Nevertheless, among numerous countries, states and ultimately, the public, death warrant has been attempted continuously while insisting it is brutal, but mostly; found that it can literally prevent people from committing a crime. Moreover, harshness is considered as the only way of hampering humanity from killing each other, but it actually is not. In spite of capital punishment, life parole is a nice way of incarcerate people, and there is a possibility of discharge. Discharge can be exceptional as people have the grasp to profit from

It’s been said that looks could be deceiving. For Ronald Cotton, this was definitely the case when he was accused of a crime that he did not commit but really it was Bobby Poole who was an exact image of him; he had to spend 11 years of his life in prison before getting his life back. (Weinberg 358-359). Flaws such as this in our justice system are a reason why abolishing the death penalty is still a controversial debate. The legal system is there to defend the cries of the innocent, yet it cannot seem to determine who the innocents are. Until the voice of its people can be defended, the death penalty should be abolished. It is administering its punishments hoping they have the right perpetrator. It’s basically a guessing game and that should not be the case when it comes to who will end up getting deprived of their life. The death penalty is a racially biased system that is sometimes unfairly administered to innocent people not guilty of a crime and also leaving the family of defendants with a burden of a shameful and isolating image.

Capital punishment or death penalty is punishing by death. Crimes that can attract capital punishment are called capital crimes or offenses. In most countries, capital crimes include murder, robbery with violence, and treason (Doyle 2007). At the moment, there are thirty six countries in the world that practice the death penalty. More than 100 countries have abolished the dead penalty while 6 have prohibited the punishment for normal crimes but still practice it for offenses like war crimes. It is important to establish evidence for the death penalty as a form of deterrent punishment because policies must always be supported by evidence (Doyle 2007).

Up to today, 36 countries apply the death penalty, also called the capital punishment. It is the irredeemable approval of the government to take the lives of people who have done irreparable crimes. In other words, it means that people are taking away the lives of other people in order to punish them for having done extreme actions.

What is the death penalty? The death penalty is a capital punishment that is punishable by death or execution. This is usually given to people that have committed serious offences or capital crimes. There are 31 states in the United States that are for the death penalty. Crimes that are punishable by the death penalty, vary from state to state. Examples of such crimes are; first degree murder or premeditated murder, murder with special circumstances, such as: intended, multiple, and murder which involves another crime, rape with additional bodily harm, and the federal crime of treason.

The capital punishment never fail to attract people’s attention and has aroused a wide discussion for a long period. Currently，countries that have abolished death penalty and which have capital punishment are in coexistence. Statistics show that 111 nations have abolished death penalty lawfully or actually nowadays and annually there are three districts giving up the penalty, including HK, Macao, in 1990, and Canada that officially abolished capital punishment earlier in 1976. In my point of view, death penalty is deserving for atrocious criminals.

Many people stand oppose side of the death sentence because they think human have no rights to play God-have control over human lives. However, even more, people agree with a death penalty. According to National Conference of State Legislatures, there are 32 states in America that utilize the death penalty. The number of the annual death penalty never surpass the hundred (Statistic Brain) and more than half of the people (65%) agree with this method of sentencing. Death penalty provides an effective form of punishment for crimes involving the conviction of one person for the intentional killing of another person, it should be agreeable punishment for reasons: to save the budget, to lecture and to warn the potential criminal, and to provide happiness for the majority, including the victim and her/his relatives (public vengeance).

By decomposing the basic facts, one realizes the recentness of debate on the capital punishment is an illusion, capital punishment has been in our modern penitentiary system since 1977 when it was reinstalled after being suspended back in 1972 due to the U.S. Supreme Court considered it violated the Eighth Amendment. However, death as a sentence has been present in humanity punishment practices since the times of the Hammurabi code, far back in the XVIII B.C. Therefore, death as the maximum sanction is not new, but as can be noticed, it carries and transmits an old fashion sense of solving criminal problematics.

The death penalty should be abolished for many reasons. The death penalty laws were first established in the 18th century B.C, it originated in 1990. The death penalty is a decision by the judicial system that some should be put to death as a result of crimes, crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes. About one-third of the countries in the world allows the death penalty; 75 countries have gotten rid of the capital punishment for all crimes. Most countries uses it for crimes such as rape or terrorism. What became valid in 1976 is anyone that is not at least 18 years of age at the time the crime committed may not be executed. Many states had begun to abolish the death penalty but still administered capital punishment. In 1972 the Supreme Court voided forty death penalty, many man on death row were found innocent in the end (“Capital Punishment”).My beliefs are that the death penalty should be abolished because most of the time it put innocents life’s in danger, it costs a lot and it’s also cruel and unusual punishment.