The Death Penalty Is Not The Satisfaction Of Justice

Capital punishment in America developed as a result of the influence of the British when they settled in America. They brought with them the laws that include capital punishment. The earliest form of death penalty ever recorded was that of Captain Georg Kendall in the year 1608 in Jamestown Colony, Virginia. Kendall’s execution was attributed to his being a spy of Spain. Captain Georg Kendall was a member of the first council that was appointed in Jamestown in Virginia colony. In that year, he was executed by a firing squad making him the first person to have ever been sentenced to death in the United states.

“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.” -Desmond Tutu

The death penalty has been around since the time of Jesus Christ. Executions have been recorded from the 1600s to present times. From about 1620, the executions by year increased in the US. It has been a steady increase up until the 1930s; later the death penalty dropped to zero in the 1970s and then again rose steadily. US citizens said that the death penalty was unconstitutional because it was believed that it was "cruel and unusual" punishment (Kurtis 67). In the 1970s, the executions by year dropped between zero and one then started to rise again in the 1980s. In the year 2000, there were nearly one hundred executions in the US (Biskupic 34). On June 29, 1972, the death penalty was suspended because the existing laws were no longer convincing. However, four years after this occurred, several cases came about in Georgia, Florida, and Texas where lawyers wanted the death penalty. This set new laws in these states and later the Supreme Court decided that the death penalty was constitutional under the Eighth Amendment (Biskupic 34).

The practice of capital punishment was brought to America by the British and was first recorded being used in 1608 for the execution of Captain George Kendall of Jamestown in Virginia. Nearly a century and a half later, people started to consider a reform on capital punishment. Thomas Jefferson proposed Americas first bill to reform Virginia’s death penalty but was overruled by a vote. This bill was to make the death penalty use in cases of murder and treason. In 1834, Pennsylvania became the first state to vow to carry out the executions in a prison out of the public eye. Twelve years later, Michigan abolished capital punishment for all crimes except treason. It wasn’t too long after that Rhode Island and Wisconsin got rid of it all together.

The death penalty was first introduced into the criminal justice system in 1622. Since then, this capital offense has taken many strides in the system. The first execution, done in 1622, was given to a man on an offense of a theft. Now, the death penalty is only imposed on certain cases of murder, treason and in just a

Life is precious and should not be taken for granted. In the United States capitol punishment has been abolished or overturned in 20 states. According to Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the nation's opinion is split right down the middle. The death penalty has been the topic of discussion in recent years, it has been very controversial primarily based on how it is permanent. Once action is taken and the punishment of death has been dealt wrongful execution of an innocent person would be an injustice that can never be rectified.

The death penalty today is a hot button question that many experts cannot agree on. The topic deals with justice, logistics, and human morality which leads to either a person remaining alive or losing their life. It is not an easy choice to make because the death penalty has so much to do with human desires for justice as it does the justice system carrying out just punishments for crimes committed. In almost all of human history, capital punishment has been a punishment that was used to punish individuals who broke laws the society upheld. The United States of America is no different as it still continues to use the death penalty as a punishment in many states across the nation. The United States has contemplated the legality of the death penalty, with multiple court decisions dictating if and what is legal, as discussed in the video produced by CNN (http://www.cnn.com/videos/crime/2014/05/06/orig-jag-death-penalty.cnn/video/playlists/death-penalty/).

These laws went into effect from 1636-1647. The strictness of the death penalty varied from state to state. For example, the New York colony in 1665, had over ten crimes punishable by death, while in South Jersey colony there were only two crimes punishable by death (Reggie 1). This shows that even since the beginning the rulings on the death penalty have always varied. There has never been a consistent view on how to handle the death penalty in the United

The death penalty is when a person is put to death, by the state, for a crime that they have committed. The death penalty is also called Capital Punishment. The first recording of the death penalty was recorded in 1608 when a man named George Kendall was sentenced to death for spying in Spain. This happened in Virginia and after four years things such as, exchanging goods with Native Americans or killing chickens were considered crimes and people could be punished by death. Capital Punishment had then spread through Pennsylvania to Michigan, and then started spreading throughout the United States.

There's a long history of capital punishment in the USA as it has been used since colonial times. The American constitution gives each state the right to govern over their own criminal laws. 31 states still have capital punishment and they use it on a number of crimes, including treason and crimes causing death, and use a number of different methods to kill those convicted of capital crimes. The death penalty has its supporters and opponents. Both groups have heated and emotional reasons for their point of view, plus, they each have their statistics to strengthen their argument. Additionally, each side uses the US Constitution to bolster their argument. Proponents use the Fifth Amendment which outlines the conditions for capital crimes. Opponents

The first known time they used the death penalty was in the colony of virginia in 1622. (Goldberg) . Many colony have different rules and view when it comes to the death penalty even to this day, but that is not how it use to be. It use to be that if you were found guilty by the jury your only choice was the death penalty until the 1990s when the jury's got to choose if you got the death penalty or life in prison. When the death penalty started getting more popular the United States was a top contender. In 2015 twenty-eight people when executed including one woman (Goldberg) Many people think that the death penalty is unfair and

The United States has a long history with the death penalty. The “first recorded execution was in Jamestown in 1608” (“Death Penalty in America” 259). Since then, thirty five states have continued to use the death penalty. Now it can be considered a normal punishment and many people feel strongly about it, but maybe we should forget what we have done in the past and take a second look. The death penalty should not be used in the United States because it is too expensive, affects the poor and minorities more than others, and (even though many people think it is true) the death penalty does not deter crime.

The debate on the death penalty is an extremely controversial topic in the United States. Much of this is attributed to the fact that today; very few developed countries still use capital punishment. In fact, only 21 countries carried out capital punishment in 2012. There are many reasons to ban the death penalty. The death penalty can be very inaccurate, it fails at deterring crime, and costs more tax dollars. There is no reason to keep an obsolete method of punishment like the death penalty in such a developed country like the United States, especially when it has no statistically proven benefits.

The establishment of the death penalty goes back as far as the Ancient Laws of China. In the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of Hammurabi of Babylon, which gave the death penalty for 25 different crimes. When European’s came to America, they brought their practices of capital punishment with them. In 1608, the first recorded execution took place in the British American colonies when officials executed George Kendall supposedly for plotting to betray the British. By 1622, the legal executions for crimes began.

The Death Penalty has been used in the United States since the very foundation of our nation; the first recorded case was the execution of Captain George Kendall in 1608 in the Jamestown colony as it was believed Kendall was a spy (DPIC). Americans have seen executions throughout history and are somewhat exposed to the idea but the 21st century is a very different place than the 17th century. This century is a time of equality and rights for people of all