The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished

Elliot Spitzer states, “Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don 't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty.” Although the Death Penalty is meant to kill the ones that have murdered, many innocent people have been executed due to the ignorance of facts during trial. Since this has come to me and my partner’s attention, we are resolved that The United States should change its penal code to abolish the death penalty. The Death Penalty is execution following someone’s conviction of murder or any other serious crime. Abolish is to end the observance or effect of. The Penal Code is a set of criminal laws of a particular country, society, etc. Our courts are not steady, which is why we need to abolish the death penalty.

The Prosecution relied mainly on evidence from both the police and unsworn (meaning the witnesses were not put under oath at the time their knowledge of the events occurred) testimony of three young children. The first child was a 6 year-old boy who was thought to be with Corey and the accused at the

Forcelli explains his displeasure of our broken criminal justice system when he states, “The sad part is that getting an innocent man out of jail is way, way, way harder than putting a guilty man in jail.” When detectives are constantly pressured to close cases and produce high conviction rates it can cause in accuracies in convictions. Garry’s case is a perfect example of how a case with minimal evidence can result in an innocent getting placed in prison. Garry has sat in prison for over 20 years waiting to appeal his case and plead his innocence. The ease of convicting an innocent man should be consistent with difficulty of exonerating an innocent man. In Garry’s case he awaits a decision from a judge where the judge has three options, to exonerate him, grant a retrial, or

Imagine that you are arrested and going to be tried for a crime that you did, or did not, commit. What if you cannot afford the cost of a lawyer? Will you be able to handle the physical and mental toll that all of the appeals have on a person? The death penalty, or capital punishment, is one of the most debated topics in America. It has been used for centuries, but many claim it to be barbaric, and want the practice to end all together. The death penalty should only be used in cases where there is absolute evidence that the criminal is guilty, because life in prison can be an alternative, there are many flaws in the justice system, and it can be a cruel and unusual punishment.

I would like about whether or not the United States should abolish the death penalty. The United States should not abolish this because those who commit a capital felony which is punishable by imprisonment or death, should serve a capital punishment which is the death penalty. Many believe that certain crimes such as rape and murder should punishable by the death penalty. Although many also see it as inhumane, many also view murder and rape as inhumane. One can view this as part of Hammburi’s Code law that states “An eye for an eye.” Capital punishment has ben around for thousands of years; beginning even before the ancient Greeks and Romans. At that time, there were many different ways to carry out capital punishment such as, beheading, stoning and electrocution (PBS).

the jury reached a quick verdict because they never believed he could be innocent due

from the facts and evidence you will see he should have been GUILTY. Officer Dante Servin

The relationship between law enforcement and prosecutors, which goes hand-in-hand, can’t be overlooked. Evidence of a crime that detectives and law enforcement discover is as equally important as a good trial on part of the prosecution. If detectives aren’t able to find good solid evidence – that case usually isn’t bothered in being pursued. Several years ago, in the late 80’s, there was a murder case in Southeastern Oklahoma which now serves as a tragic example to the need for honest, constitutional work in the criminal justice system. Disreputable investigative procedures, fraudulent sources, and bad evidence were the foundation of this case that shattered innocent lives.

The O.J. Simpson murder case investigation took a very embarrassing blow when it came to the forensic specialties of the Los Angeles Police Department. Since the case was extremely broadcast to the entire world, it made a mockery out of forensic evidence gathering. The defense attorneys had a simple task of pointing out all of the mistakes made from the time the detective arrived on the scene. First and foremost, not all evidence that was clearly needed was gathered properly and some of it was not even documented into

society was in 1940s. He was innocent and the jury knew it, but this meant nothing to

Innocent, but guilty. Justice system, it was a fucking joke that's what it was. Even his friends had deserted him, refusing to take his calls, finding excuses to avoid him, ine months after the declaration of non-innocence, Mark Dupoint found and he was no longer able to afford both the rent on his three bedroom apartment, and food, he'd he'd relocated to a dingy apartment on the bad side of

mind about the boy. They do not want to look further into the evidence because they do not see

Death-in-prison sentences should be abolished because they go against the Declaration of Independence and they don’t allow the juveniles to make their own decisions when they are adults. This sentencing will not allow them to have a family, work, or learn. When and if they get out of prison, they will have no social skills and they will have to go back to school and start from where they ended prior to being in prison, and for some of these children that is as far back as 7th grade. These children should have the opportunity to stand before a parole board when they are 18-21 and allow them to make a judgement for their release, based on how the prisoner has been acting while in the incarceration system.

Should the Death Penalty be abolished? It’s is a topic that has been controversial for many decades. The ideas of the death penalty came from the Europeans when they came to settle in the U.S. The first execution was Captain George Kendall in 1608 he was executed for being a spy for Spain. The death penalty has been around for many centuries; But is it okay to execute people for their wrongdoings to show justice, when taking that person’s life is equally wrong, especially when it’s premeditated? There are many reasons to be against capital punishment. Some reasons are because it is uncivilized, Inhumane, violates Human Rights, shows discrimination of color and it is expensive. Why is it up to the Supreme Court to take a human life away?

What does America has in common Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia ,North Korea and China the answer is the death penalty. Do we as civilized progressive Americans want to have anything common or affiliated with these countries. Countries that are in constant war and turmoil. Death penalty is dead wrong It 's time to outlaw capital punishment in America completely. We are meant to be better and bigger than this then why do w still have this barbaric law in practice it is inhumane, morally wrong and expensive. In my paper I will try to cover the taboo topic of capital punishment and why it should be abolished because if we as a society want to grow and advance in a sophisticated society we must abolish the death penalty all across the land.