The Death Penalty Is Right Or Wrong

In this paper I will be discussing everything you need to know about the death penalty such as its pros and cons. While the innocent can be killed, the death penalty has its pros because it prevents them from killing again if they are released or have escaped from prison, it helps overpopulated prisons, and it can help victims’ families get justice and closure. Not only can the innocent be killed, but in the past the death penalty was very inhumane. To some its feels right but to others they feel like 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Most people think that the defendant deserves the death penalty, but what does the defendants’ family think?

The death penalty will always be a topic some people refuse to talk about. When in fact, it is a very serious topic and people should know how and why the death penalty is not justified. I believe the death penalty is not justified in the least bit because there are people sitting up in prison just living life because the state does not want to pay for an execution, or they find it to be morally corrupt. Personally if you committed a crime that resulted in someone dying then you deserves to die as well. The idea of killing another human does not sit well with people and that is mainly the

Imagine Sierrah coming to court and hearing the judge say she is sentence to die. Imagine waking up every day in a cell waiting to die. There are no contact visits and she is in a cell 23 hours of the day by herself. She wait on death row for two decades until finally her day of execution comes. The guard comes up to cell twenty eight and says it’s time to go and takes her to the death house. She gets the last meal and says final goodbyes before being strapped to a gurney and asked to say her very last words. Family slowly watches her die and soon they take the body to prison cemetery. So, is the death penalty right for America? There have been people that were convicted of a crime they did not do. Innocent

Furthermore, the death penalty should be dismantled because research has shown that criminals have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to the death penalty when later evidence comes up that proves their innocence. To illustrate,

For many years, there has been a debate of whether or not the death penalty is morally justified. This debate has centered on whether humans have the right to take the lives of other human beings and has long divided people politically and socially. People who are in favor of the death penalty believe that, “Intentionally taking the life of an innocent human being is so evil…the perpetrator forfeits his own right to life”(Pojman, 232). Pojman is unambiguous about murderers as evildoers who do not deserve to live. On the other hand, people who are against the death penalty believe that it is morally wrong to take anyone’s life even if that person committed a heinous crime. The consequences of each position may determine its feasibility.

In Missouri, Texas and Virginia investigations have been opened to determine if those states executed innocent men. To execute an innocent person is morally reprehensible; this is a risk we cannot take. The reason why some people are with the death penalty is because The death penalty gives closure to the victim's families who have suffered so much.It creates another form of crime deterrent.Justice is better served.Our justice system shows more sympathy for criminals than it does victims.It provides a deterrent for prisoners already serving a life sentence.DNA testing and other methods of modern crime scene science can now effectively eliminate almost all uncertainty as to a person's guilt or innocence.Prisoner parole or escapes can give criminals another chance to kill.It contributes to the problem of overpopulation in the prison system.It gives prosecutors another bargaining chip in the plea bargain process, which is essential in cutting costs in an overcrowded court

Since 1973, 153 people have been exonerated from death row. To exonerate means to take away from death row or to let the accused individual go. The death penalty should be abolished from all over the world once and for all for many reasons.

“Everything in the world, according to Aristotle, has a distinctive and essential function or activity.” (Weston p. 176) The function in this question is life itself. As morally rational beings the function of each life is defined. Each life in this question must be determined as a good or bad life. An innocent individual functions properly to be considered a virtuously good human being. A fetus has no good or bad to reside in its function because it has not lived in actual society. As a virtue ethicist the following must be considered: What is fair, what practices the most humility, and what is wise in the decision being made. The two lives at risk are the fetus and the person to be executed. It is not justifiable in any way to take a life. Life

Throughout history, the death penalty was a normal punishment for criminals. If the death penalty was not unethical in the past, then why should it be considered unethical in today’s society? “The use of bodies of the executed for human dissection is as old as the exploration for human anatomy itself” (Hildebrandt 6). “Bodies of the executed became a widely used source for dissection” (Hildebrandt 6). If people did not dissect the bodies of the executed, people would be unable to learn about the human body. If the death penalty did not exist in the past, our knowledge of human anatomy would have been limited.

Congress or any state legislature may allow the death penalty (capital punishment) for murder and other capital crimes that they see fit (“Death Penalty”, n.d.). Also, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledges that the death penalty is not a violation of your Eighth Amendment 's but defines procedural aspects to be considered by juries when they use the death penalty and how the verdict must be proportional to the crime otherwise, the punishment violates the Eighth Amendment 's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments to the offender (“Death Penalty”, n.d.). Furthermore, Eighth Amendment requires the courts to consider the changing standards of decency to determine if a particular punishment constitutes a cruel or unusual

The death penalty continues to be an issue of controversy and is an issue that will be debated in the United States for many years to come. It is also known as capital punishment, and although many countries try to abstain from it, many countries still use it. It is easy to grasp the mechanics of the act of execution, but the emotions involved in carrying out a death sentence, regardless of how much the person deserves it, is beyond my own understanding. However, the act is sometimes necessary, and I personally agree with the death penalty because it does deter others from committing the same crime and it helps victims get a “peace of mind.”

When watching the news on television or reading the newspaper, communities are bombarded with reports of murder, shootings, rape, and other heinous crimes. Unfortunately, it is almost unheard of for a day to go by and not hear of these tragedies. If the police are able to make an arrest, the suspects are put through a process for conviction. At the end of the trial, the jury makes a verdict deciding if the prosecuted is innocent or guilty. If found guilty and the crime committed consists of murder, kidnapping, treason, or aircraft hijacking, the sentencing could result in the death penalty. Currently, the world is in a very widespread debate regarding the death penalty and whether it is ethically right or wrong. The death penalty is the

One of the most controversial issues in the current century is the death penalty. In ancient times, actions such as speaking out against a King or the nobility were reasonable grounds to be “sentenced to death”. However, times have changed and most of society relegates this “ultimate penalty” to the most heinous of crimes such as capital murder. There is much debate about the ethical nature of the death penalty with contrasting arguments on both the far left and far right. Nonetheless, I believe the Death penalty is a morally appropriate punishment only when the legal system is just and imposes strict scrutiny in giving/applying the penalty. It can be argued that society gains no utility by providing heinous criminals the right to live,

From an early age, children are taught that murder is morally wrong. In today’s complex society that is impeded by unsettling periods of civil unrest, it is an expectation for everyone to acknowledge and accept that murder is one of the worst crimes individuals can commit. Perhaps it can be said that the death penalty is one of our legal system’s biggest contradictions of itself, as, if someone commits murder (or another heinous crime of that caliber), such ‘murderers’ will, in states that have capital punishment laws, be sent to Death Row and ultimately murdered in order to prevent potential future crimes by such perpetrators. I believe that the death penalty is wrong not only as it is immoral to take a life, but also, such ineffective laws waste money and do not deter crime.

The death penalty has been seen as a just system for individuals that are seeking justice, but they seem to forget the morality of the issue. Those that support the death penalty argue if a heinous crime is committed then justice must be brought on forward with punishments such as the death penalty. Many will furthermore argue that the death penalty can prevent an individual from proceeding with his or her odious crimes and will never be given the chance to commit another capital offence. The theory of justice which demands “Tooth for a Tooth and an Eye for an Eye” is the type of justice that those who are for the death penalty demand. Opponents on the other hand argue that there is no reason to go on with the death penalty, and that if the individual is sentenced to prison without the possibility of parole then he or she will be given no possibility to commit further crimes. The right to life is one of the strongest arguments that the opponents provide us with. Every individual has the right to live no matter if he or she has committed a crime or not; the right to live should not be taken away from an individual. Therefore, making the death penalty a form of action that is wrong.