The Death Penalty Is Not Effective

The death penalty is the only suitable punishment for murderers. The death penalty insures that criminals know that if they kill they will be killed, and they are going to receive a harsh punishment. Also it could be cheaper than sentencing a prisoner to life in prison. People feel that the death penalty is too harsh of a punishment. Which that would be a harsh punishment but they took another human's life. So they need to have a harsh punishment so people know they can not get away with murder. The death penalty insures that a murderer won’t kill again.

     There are many reasons to both support and oppose the death penalty. Many people can feel very strongly about whether or not they approve of this method of punishment. I feel that the death penalty is wrong, and I believe that there is much support to back this up. I believe that the death penalty is wrong because it is not an effective deterrent, racially and economically bias, unreliable, expensive, and morally wrong of society.

     The death penalty is absolutely outrageous. There is no real reason that the government should feel that it has the right to execute people. Capital punishment is murder just as much as the people being executed murdered. The is no need for the death penalty and it needs to be abolished. It goes against the Constitution which states that there will be no cruel and unusual punishment. There is nothing crueler than killing a person.

We are all people and just like justice Thurgood Marshall said, “No matter how careful courts are, the possibility of perjured testimony, mistaken honest testimony, and human error remain all too real. We have no way of judging how many innocent persons have been executed, but we can be certain that there were some.” Make mistakes. (Capital punishment). There have been many occasions where innocent people are sentenced to death without parole and end up executed. This was the case for Cameron Todd Willingham who was sentenced to death for allegedly setting his house on fire and killing his three daughters. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004 but later evidence after his wrongful death proved his innocence. Another case that almost resulted in an execution of an innocent man was the case of Ernest Willis. Willis was freed after the forensic evidence used to convict him was deemed invalid. Thanks to the Innocence Project, these and many other inmates have had their cases reviewed and found innocent of their charged crime, alive or already executed. Without an organization like the Innocence Project, many innocent people would have fallen victim to a wrongful execution without a chance of clearing their name. (Cameron). The deaths of innocent people is just one example of the

It is wrong in every way; it is unfair in every way. The death penalty punishes minorities, it punishes the poor. Once a minority is convicted, their case has practically already been settled since people of poor backgrounds do not get the competent lawyer they need to even fight against their case. Instead of following such an unjust system, let us follow a system in which we do not have to kill people for what they did wrong. There are so much better alternatives in punishing criminals. For example, in every state that retains the death penalty, jurors have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentence is cheaper to tax-payers and keeps violent offenders off the streets for good. Unlike the death penalty, a sentence of Life Without Parole also allows mistakes to be corrected, since you do not have time to reflect on your act once you die. It is much more effective and ethical since we do not have to taint blood on those who execute others with the people they are forced to

People may think capital punishment is a good thing that the criminals deserve to die for the horrible crime they have committed. But the truth is that capital punishment is expensive, it violates the U.S Constitution, sentencing someone to jail for life is a worse punishment than being sentenced to death, and the death penalty goes against God and several religious beliefs. There are also innocent people on death row and that the death penalty is not a crime deterrent. These are some reasons why it should be illegal to give criminals the death sentence.

The Death Penalty, is it right? No it is not. Over 150 people have been exonerated from death row. At least ten people have been executed, but evidence that was later discovered proved they may have been innocent. The Death Penalty should be outlawed in all states. If we were to keep all the people on death row alive, taxes would be even more expensive. Yes, if a person was on death row, they commited a bad crime, but they do not need to be executed. Many people believe the death penalty is the best way to punish the suspect of a crime. The Death Penalty costs too much money, it is cruel and unusual, and many people have been wrongly convicted.

The death penalty is not good for the non deterrence. People will always cover up the death penalty by saying it is stopping people from committing crimes obviously it isn’t. Wouldn't you think that if it really did deter crime people would eventually stop committing the crime. In my opinion if the death penalty isn't going to deter crime then why should we have it. It’s not going to make a difference on whether people kill or not. In Other words if you are a killer

I strongly believe in the death penalty because it deters crime. According to James Pitkin (2008) “Advocates of the death penalty argue that it deters crime, is a good tool for police and prosecutors (in plea bargaining for example), makes sure that convicted criminals do not offend again and is a just penalty for atrocious crimes such as child murders, serial killers or torture murderers.”

The debate on whether or not the death penalty is productive or not is prevailing depending on what side you are on. Each side has its own opinions and facts but there are always certain points about the issue that are more publicized. With the laws in the United States our mistakes can cause the freedom we have to be taken away in just a second. By looking at each side of the issue it gives us an understanding on why this is relevant in today's society.

Since the foundation of our nation the Death Penalty has been a way to punish prisoners that have committed heinous crimes, however since the turn of the 20th century the practice of Capital Punishment has been questioned on its usage in America and the world as a whole. The Death Penalty is used in America to punish criminals who have committed murders, or taken the life of an innocent person, and while the death penalty seems like it is doing justice to those who have killed others it is actually being used improperly in most situations, while also hindering our economy and is a means of ending more lives than necessary. The Death Penalty can be a valid source of punishment for criminals in the US however due to the misuse of this power by the government it is a huge detriment to our nation and the people that inhabit it. Because of the fact that Capital Punishment is used unfairly, and ineffectively in our nation it is an obsolete form of punishment and should have no place in the United States justice department.

Some people appose the death penalty because they believe it cost more to kill the person than to keep them in prison for life. If you put any thought into this at all, you will see that it is entirely wrong. If you put someone in jail for life, you have to feed them every single day, keep them sheltered, and take up the space in the jails. If you put someone to death, you don't have to worry about any of that. The cost of executions is far less than life in jail. Death penalty cases have alot of appeals, that cost alot of money, but life without parole cases have just about the same amount of appeals and cost just the same. When it comes down to it, putting the murderers in our country to death saves money, time, and space in our jails.

The death penalty has been around throughout history and has been known for being one of the worst charges that a criminal could face. Many people argue that the death penalty is still harsh enough to work, but along with all the arguments, the history, and the different ways of putting someone to death, make the death penalty is one of the most effective ways to put fear in any criminals eyes. By instilling this fear in the public, crime rate decreases. The death penalty has been around for hundreds of years in different forms, it would not have been used for as long as it has if it did not have positive results.

Second, the death penalty has executed innocent people. According to Samuel R.Gross, an American lawyer, he conducted an experiment of how many innocent people were given the death penalty for crimes they did not commit. He found an estimated 4.1% or 1 out of 25 inmates on death row were executed for crimes they did not commit. He says these numbers are just an estimate and they are most likely higher than this. Also, these numbers are extremely alarming because exoneration from the death penalty rate for

While people assume that the death penalty lowers crime rates because it scares people, it actually has not made any difference in crime rates. The National Death Penalty Information Center states that in 2016 the percent difference in murder rate between death penalty and non-death penalty states is 25% (Death Penalty Information Center). Thus proving that just because the death penalty is active in that state, does not mean it is safer. States that do not have the death penalty have lower crime rates than those who do. Most people who commit crimes of that capacity do not think about the possibility of capital punishment when doing them, rendering the use of the death penalty useless.