Pro Death Penalty

    The death penalty is an overkill of our society’s morality. Our humanity will be lost if we allow the death penalty. Humanity consists of our ability to have moral considerations towards life which is looking at more than just happiness that utilitarians tend to do. Innocence, being understanding, valuing people and things in life, and being virtuosic are views that keeps our humanity. There comes a time when people act off of emotions and decide to push away their morals.  Some may consider killing someone for their crime, but that makes us just as bad as them. Now, we are the killer. People have impulses that can become irrational and

The death penalty is supposed to deter murder and bring the justice that the murder families of the victims should be rewarded (Hyden). Although many scientific researches can conclude that it does not deter murder and the members of the murder victims’ family have rejected/rejecting the program because it retraumatizes them with long process of trials, appeals, and of course the media (Hyden). In contrast, a sentence of life in prison is certain and instant, allowing the families to move on knowing that the justice of the crime is being served. Comparing whether or not the death penalty should be legalized, the reasons as to why it shouldn’t be, are strong enough to change one person’s mind. The death penalty still should be illegal in the United States.

The death penalty is a capital punishment that is put into effect for major crimes. The death penalty is a very controversial topic in the United States and throughout the world. There was a time period were the death penalty was banned for about four years in 1972-1976. Many feel that the death penalty is justice because it is retribution toward criminals who have committed heinous crimes. However the death penalty is inhumane and should be abolished in the United States.

The problem with the death penalty is, there is a better alternative which is life without parole. The death penalty is unnecessary because the high cost of the death penalty, puts innocent lives at risk, capital punishment doesn’t deter crime, the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, and Deterrence value of the death penalty.

2008 murder rate in death penalty states was 41% higher than the non-death penalty states, 2009 the murder rate was 35% higher than the non-death penalty states (Cooper, 2011). As you can see capital punishment had no influence on preventing criminals from doing illegal acts. Therefore, all of the work and energy that goes into executing a criminal in the name of justice is illogical and ineffective.

Let us begin by stating the death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. The first recorded death penalty dates to the eighteenth century which can be found in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon (Death penalty curriculum). This code is arranged to the death penalty for over twenty different offenses. The United States of America adopted the death penalty from Britain and were performed as beheadings, boiling in oil, burying alive, crucifixion, and many other death punishments. The Death Penalty is only giving to punish criminals that

The death penalty does not keep crime from happening. Over the years, the death penalty has been a very major moral issue within today’s society. This particular form of punishment is usually given to people who have been found guilty of capital crime. However, penalizing an individual in this manner is not a solution to the problem. The United States is already in a tremendous amount of debt and dealing with budget shortages, so spending thousands even hundreds of thousands on ending an individual’s life because they were found guilty of a crime is absolutely absurd. The death penalty costs taxpayers way more per year than a prisoner within the general population. It is a cruel punishment against mankind and therefore should be ceased. In conclusion, the death penalty should be discontinued in the United States because it uses up tax

With all of the special lawyers, court dates, prison cells and maintenance, a death penalty case can cost millions of dollars. Like a lot of things, capital punishment is paid for with tax dollars. Cases with the death penalty can cost upwards of 1.7 million dollars while cases without it are usually about 740,000 dollars. Maintaining death row prisoners can also bring costs up immensely. One of the most severe instances of these high costs is California. Every year it costs California 180 million dollars more to maintain death row prisoners than it does to maintain LWOP prisoners. They have put thirteen people to death from 1973 until now, and each case has cost 137 million dollars. A 2011 study showed that California has spent four billion dollars on capital punishment since 1976, and that has only grown higher. This is only one of the horrendous examples of our tax dollars at work. Do we really want our hard earned money going towards the killing of what might be innocent

In America, a lot of controversial issues come and go, but the death penalty is one that has been discussed for decades. The death penalty should be made illegal because of how it affects the prison system, the government and society. The death penalty affects the prison system negatively by increasing crime rates, people dying over crimes not justified for death and getting wrongfully executed, it affects the government by negatively hurting the economy, being unconstitutional, and distancing the USs’ closest allies, and it affects society by requiring trust in the proven flawed US judicial system, resentment from the general population, and creating a larger division in races.

The death penalty is one of the oldest sentences in the books. This penalty can help deter crime, but not if it’s abolished at state levels. As of April 2011. 34 states had the death penalty legislation in place (Parks). Stated in the article by Parks, “In an October 2012 Gallup poll, 64 percent of participants said they were in favor of the death penalty for a convicted murder.” (Parks). Keeping the death penalty in place gives justice to the victims and families, prevents crime, and allows more space in prisons.

In California there are seven hundred and fourteen inmates sentenced to death row. The death penalty is much more expensive than a life sentence with no parole. In Kansas housing the death row prisoners cost twice as much per year ($49,380) as for the general prisoner is half of that according to forbes.com. In a tough economy the money being spent for the death penalty can add up quickly. Though state and local government’s budget for this it is paid through our tax dollar. It is estimated that the state of California could save ninety million dollars each year by ending the death penalty. The annual cost in California is $137 million for the death penalty, lifetime in jail would be $11.5 million. In our own state it costed us nearly $14.6 million (Omaha.com). Not only is death row expensive but it is unjust and taking a beautiful thing away from so many

Did you know that the cost of the death penalty was about $184 million annually in California? Now picture a lady casually walking down the street when someone runs up, shoots her, just for the $20 in her wallet. But she’s also a single mom with two children who now have no mother. Now those kids will grow up without anyone to guide them but there foster parents. So now there lives are forever changed and that murderer gets to live just because the government doesn’t want to pay for it.

The most severe punishment attainable is the death penalty, and although it is extremely serious and irreversible, it is necessary for the justice of the United States. The death penalty is a controversial issue brought up for debate year after year in America. The country is split between supporters of capital punishment and non supporters. John Wayne Gacy was a man many people loved. His friends said he was a joyous guy who loved to entertain children, Gacy would dress up as Pogo the clown for neighborhood parties. Soon the name “Pogo” would change to “Killer.” In years later John was charged with raping and killing 33 boys and young men, 29 of whom were found underneath Gacy’s house (John). It is important that the death penalty is discussed, decided, and refined so the country can better agree on the

Death Penalty laws were first established back in the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty. In modern times when Capital Punishment reached America it was influenced by Britain more than by any other country. Death Penalty is not the best way to punish criminals for their actions because it is expensive for people who haven't committed any crimes Taxpayers. The Death Penalty also shouldn't be allowed since it fails to recognize the actual crime. Death Row does not deliver justice and it’s less painful than what they really deserve for their crimes, this process should be abolished in all states since is morally wrong.

In some states they practice death penalty as a form of capital punishment. The death penalty has been around since the country has been founded and is defined as the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. Legally there are only a number of ways one can be executed here in the U.S, those include; lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, and firing squad, with lethal injection being the most common form. For centuries people have argued for or against this potentially controversial saying morally, constitutionally it is either correct or incorrect, it will or will not deter criminals, and the cost of death/life in prison is cheaper.