Should Death Penalty Be Banned In The United States?

In 1984, former NFL player Kermit Alexander lost his mother, sister and two nephews due to a gang related shooting on the wrong family. The Alexander's family was not supposed to be targeted, it was a miss communication between the gang members. Alexander was so full of rage that he prowled the streets at night in search of the members that did this to his family, his goal was to give revenge for what they had done. The only reason he did not become a killer himself was because the mayor Tom Bradley made him promise to let it go and let the law handle the situation from there and in 1986 the killer, Cox was found and sentenced to death. Capital Punishment should be allowed because it stops the killer's from being able to kill again, it provides some closure for the families who have lost a loved one, and it is a deterrent showing what will be done to you if you do these heinous crimes.

There is a better way to execute someone without the risk of killing hundreds of innocents, an example is life without parole, an example is Oregon there is the option of sentencing murderers to life in prison without parole. Every day people are executed by the state for a variety of crimes, sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. Before people die they are imprisoned for years on death row, not knowing when their time is up, or if they will see their families one last time. Not only is capital punishment morally incorrect but it does not help the economy of the states. Enforcing the death penalty costs Florida $51 million a year above what it would cost to punish all first degree murderers with life in prison without parole. Another example is Texas, the average cost of death penalty is $2.3 million, three times the price payed to imprison someone for fourty years. (Death Penalty Information Centre). Currently the state of California is fighting to eliminate capital punishment with Proposition 62, the passing of this proposition could save the state $150 million per year. A death row sentence costs eighteen more than life in prison, all mosey that could be spent on education, public safety, and crime prevention. (Official Voter Information

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

Should capital punishment be abolished in America or is it a reasonable form of punishment for certain criminals? That’s the question that has been asked for the past 40 years and it is a sensitive topic on the count of people’s lives being at stake. It is a reasonable debate though, because there are many people that think it is morally wrong and should not be practiced, but then there are others that believe in capital punishment and think it should stay in place. Is America going to totally abolish the death penalty?

When I first signed up for this philosophy course, I didn’t do it because I wanted to, but instead because it is a required course for my major. I honestly thought that it would be a boring course, and it would be super hard to get a good grade. However, as the course progressed, it turned out to be the only class that kept my attention the full semester, and I believe the main reason for that, was that I was interested in the subjects and learning other people point of view and opinions on the subject.

Are you a liberal or a conservative? Many individuals choose their sides depending on what values they believe in. liberals have confidence in government taking action to succeed in equal opportunity, and equality for all the individuals. It is the duty of the government to care for civil liberties and individual human rights. For example, liberals think that the death penalty should be abolished because it is administered in a discriminatory way. On the other hand, conservatives rely on personal responsibility, inadequate government, free markets, customary American values and a strong national defense. They believe in the idea that the role of the government should provide the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals. For example, conservatives think efforts to allow illegal immigrants to remain in the country should be rejected because laws should be respected and the national border should be protected. Then again, both the conservatives and the liberals want the same things in life and that’s freedom, reduce the amount of people that are suffering, and crime free streets. Many individuals express their thoughts on the internet in which their ideas separate themselves in the liberal and conservative side. An example of a web site that is liberal is the Americablog.com. The website presents an article “Two cool things buried in President Obamas budget, which republicans aren’t even reading”. The main idea about the article is Obama’s budget would eliminate federal

An excessive amount of money is involved in the death penalty. “An Urban Institute study of Maryland’s experience with the death penalty found that a single death-penalty trial cost $1.9 million more than a non-death-penalty trial. Since 1978, the cost to taxpayers for the five executions the state carried out was $37.2 million dollars — each.” “The Cost of the Death Penalty.” The Cost of Death Penalty, 9 Dec. 2011, deathpenaltyfacts.wordpress.com/the-cost-of-the-death-penalty-3/. Why spend extreme amounts of money only to end another's life? “In California, the current system costs $137 million per year; it would cost $11.5 million for a system without the death penalty.”“Death Penalty Cost – Amnesty International USA.” Amnesty International USA, www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-cost/. I understand the want to give victims families justice, but in reality, justice isn't served. Consider the crime one committed was murder, the person who has committed that crime also has to lose their life, doesn't that mean there are now two murders? Now the person in charge of these executions is just as wrong as the person who committed the crime. Two wrongs don't make a situation right. There no need to continue the death penalty. Who makes the decision to take a criminal's life? They may have done a bad crime to get them in the predicament they're in, but it's not okay for another human being(judge) to decide when someone should be sentenced to death. It could at the least be decided by multiple individuals, that one judge may have a bias feeling towards the criminal, or the judge may be prejudice towards different races, there are too many factors against why this important decision should not be made by one person.

This paper explores five published articles that report on discussion on the very old and yet to answer question of whether the death penalty in the USA should be abolished? The articles, however, vary in their stand on death penalty. In all article it is very different on publisher stand. They discuss thing argument with their own way and vision of thinking. Adina Nicoleta (2011) has raised question for fair trial on the proceeding of the criminal cases. In other article Maestro Marcello (1973) raised a question by what right do men kill other men? This paper have studies of Adina Nicoleta (2011), Maestro Marcello (1973), Reiman, J. H. (1985), Davis, M. (1981), Kim, R. C. C. (1965) argument, discussion and research in relation death penalty, its history and needful of same in today’s world.

Capital punishment is defined as the “lawful infliction of death s punishment; the death penalty” (Capital Punishment, 2015). The death penalty has not always been just in the history of American. It has gone through various modifications and alterations in the past centuries, falling in and out of public favor. Should the death penalty be banned as a form of punishment? This is a topic that has been debated for many years. This subject also has a plethora of pros and cons that should be taken into consideration before one can truly make an informed decision. One of the moral questions concerning capital punishment has less to do with whether someone convicted of a violent crime deserves to be put to death than with whether state and federal governments deserve to kill someone whom it has incarcerated. However, there are those who say that the death of a convicted murderer rings closure to the family. Those that oppose capital punishment probably see it as a barbaric punishment that violates the “cruel and unusual” passage in The Bill of Rights. They may also believe that life in prison is a harsher punishment than death because the person has to live with what they have done for the rest of their life. Those in favor of capital punishment say that it is another deterrent and that the punishment should fit the crime.

Laws and regulations vary from nation to nation. Attitudes towards the capitalism, as well, vary from person to person. The death penalty, it seems, has become more debatable topic than ever. Although some people think capital punishment, just like death penalty, is a inhuman act which against human 's rights for life and it is too cruel to give the criminals another chance to live a new life. I suppose capital punishment is still an effective way to deter violent criminals, because it can give comfort to the victims and their families. Also, death penalty gives citizens the right message, that is, punishment is proportionate to crimes. And from economically speaking, it saves a lot of money by sentencing murderers to death rather than sentencing them to life imprisonment. So in my observation, I strongly oppose the abolition of death penalty, and this paper will seek to prove that death penalty has to be preserved and impletmented as a valid means of prevention serious crimes.

The death penalty, also called capital punishment, has been a topic of debate among the public for many years, gaining very little ground in changing the legality of it one way or the other. The topic is very controversial because many people feel that it is wrong to take the life of another person. On the other hand a very comparable number of people push for the legality of capital punishment for condemning convicted criminals that have committed a crime of a certain degree. For example murder, rape, kidnapping, human trafficking, and drug trafficking. Another reason behind the skepticism of capital punishment are the morals influencing the sentencing of the accused. As former President George W. Bush said, “I don’t think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don’t think that’s right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people’s lives.” This quote is a good example of the morals needed in order for the death penalty to be an effective method of punishment and deterrent for future crimes.

Death penalty sends a bad message to the society. The people in the society are made to believe that human life has no value, and when one commits a heinous crime like murder, they deserve to die. This is a bad message to the society because, the society should be taught to respect each others life and that every individual has a right to life. A humane society does not kill or support the killing of their fellow human beings, therefore, capital punishment is a violent homicide that teaches the society the permissibility of killing in order to solve social issues, and this is a bad sign. Hence, death penalty should not be allowed because it is the worst example to the society.

One of the many problems with capital punishment is the cost. The death penalty alone makes taxpayers pay ninety thousand dollars more a year. Not all states still use the death penalty but those who do have separate costs. People today think that if someone are serving life in prison that it's more expensive but it's not. That's one of the main misconceptions. “Between 1982-1997 the extra cost of capital trials was 1.6 billion that's just in the US. North Carolina alones spends eleven million for the death penalty. If all the expenses were added up the cost would be

The United States is ranked fifth in the world for the highest execution rate. Not only should the death penalty be banned from the United States, but also around the world. Hundreds of crimes are committed daily, but how severe does the crime have to be for an individual to receive the death penalty? The death penalty should be banned because the sentencing will stop the chance of killing an innocent life, stop inhumane actions, and stop the search for documentation or evidence because there is none which states what crimes or the severity of it should be sentenced to death for.

Capital punishment is the death penalty given by the government of a country, to people who have committed hideous crimes like homicide, rape and so on. Death penalty has been a way of punishing people since ages. Although there are some countries that have abolished death penalty from their law, there are still many which still practise the act of killing a person for crime. Death penalty is prevalent in the US, Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Some of the ways of executing criminals are hanging, shooting, electrocution and giving lethal injections. People have different opinions on the issue of death penalty given to a convict. While some think that death penalty is necessary for those who have committed a terrible crime, there are