The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

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?

Death is something that a lot of people think about, but do people think about the Death Penalty? Having been given the death penalty means that someone is going to be put to death by a lethal injection or an electric chair; There are more ways, but the injection and the electric chair are the most used. There are many different opinions surrounding the idea of death penalties; which some people think the death penalty should be used more and some believe the complete opposite.

Capital Punishment has historically divided the United States and its meaning has changed depending on the time period. Capital Punishment, the “punishment by death for a crime,” has existed in societies throughout history. In the United States, the constitutionality of Capital Punishment is a debated topic; but the morality behind the death penalty is an often passionate and intense argument. At the birth of the United States and creation of the Constitution, the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments have been interpreted to permit the death penalty. While the Fifth Amendment states, “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law;” the Fourteenth Amendment restricts “cruel and unusual punishment.” Bruce Nelson,

In Kellow Chesney's book The Victorian Underworld illustrates that the Victorians tried to use the death penalty as a means of controlling criminal elements in forms of hangings, lethal injection,Electrocution, and firing squads in order to prevent crime( the victorian underworld). in Victorian times, the death penalty was used as a means of controlling. There should be abolishment of this because of the countless innocent men and women being put to death for the stated purpose of preventing crime out of fear. So There should not be a death penalty because it violates human rights, it does not deter crime, and is a cruel and unusual punishment.

The world is constantly evolving for the better and the worse, with this being said, not only will good come out of it but new evils will arise. We can’t stop the world from changing, but we can decide how we handle it. The death penalty should be legalized all around the world. The death penalty not only diminishes threats to society but it also brings closure to those who are grieving. In the United States alone, the death penalty is not legal in all 50 states, therefore overrunning the prisons with unnecessary bodies. Due to this, there has been an overall increase in the gang activity within state and federal prison. The death penalty shows that violent, brutal, and heinous crimes will not be tolerated and the offenders will be punished to the highest extent. Execution should be used as the highest form of punishment by the means of a rightful conviction.

Despite the fact that the United States Supreme Court has not yet dubbed the death penalty unconstitutional, it violates the Constitutional ban against cruel and

For one, the Death Penalty is inhumane and borderline unconstitutional. The sole reason for why it doesn't violate the 8th Amendment is because the new death penalty law has "objective standards to guide, regularize, and make rationally reviewable the process for imposing the sentence of death”, as stated by Congress. While this answer makes it seem as if the inmates are being executed in these said “rational” manners, this is not the case. The whole point of the lethal injection was to execute the inmates in a painless, humane manner; but in actuality, the lethal injection is nearly as gruesome as a firing squad. For instance, in the case of Charles Walker, an inmate that suffered for two hours, “gurgling” and “gagging” due the executioner’s error in injecting the medicine. His death was so appalling that one witness fainted, disgusted after watching their loved one literally gasp and sputter for their life, for more than an hour. Most states use a combination of three chemicals to kill the inmate, one that knocks them unconscious, followed with one that paralyzes their body, and then finally with an injection that kills the inmate, causing excruciating pain if the medicines are not injected in a precise manner and order. Too often records shows that the injections malfunction, leading to a slow, agonizing death.

In 1972, the US Supreme Court decided, that under existing laws, that carrying out the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and is in violation of the 8th and 14th amendment. (Furham v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238) Within four years of the decision, hundreds of people had been sentenced to death.

The existence of the death penalty is an endlessly controversial issue in the United States justice system that has that has initiated countless debates for decades. The death penalty is most commonly carried out by lethal injection and electrocution and as of July, 2015, there are a total of 26 states that allow the death penalty, 20 that don’t, and 4 that have imposed a moratorium on it (Legality of Capital Punishment in the US, by State). As our country continues to learn through experience and become wiser, it becomes increasingly evident that it is best that the death penalty be continued. Reasons for this include deterrence, morality, and that it is constitutional. Essentially, these reasons are backed with evidence that allows us to

The death penalty has been a debatable subject for many years. Violence is only getting worse

Ending another human’s life is a very touchy and hard concept to grasp. At times it may seem like it is appropriate but I do not agree. Supporters believe that this punishment is discouraging for other criminals. My personal stance on the death penalty is that it is a worthless and an antiquated sentence.

In 1972, the US Supreme Court decided, that under existing laws, that carrying out the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and is in violation of the 8th and 14th amendment. (Furham v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238) Within four years of the decision, hundreds of people had been sentenced to death.

The death penalty has been a heated discussion for a very long time. A lot of people feel like if someone does something that is way over the top, then they have to face the consequences, and face the death penalty. Some people think that the death penalty is way too harsh, and we should punish them in a different way. Either way you think about it, there are positives and negatives to both sides. The death penalty is illegal in 18 states, but 32 states in America still have the death penalty, although rarely used. There are a lot of factors that need to be talked through before sentencing a punishment so serious. Once you sentence something like this, you can't change your mind, and you can't take it back. Usually someone that is going to get this sentence has killed multiple people, or did something really terrible to get themselves in that situation. The death penalty was first brought up somewhere around the Eighteenth Century, and has been around ever since then. I think that there are both good and bad arguments as to whether we should keep the death penalty or not, and they should be thought about very carefully before you sentence anyone to death

The death penalty like other issues have pros and cons, however, the death penalty is considered to be more controversial now than it was twenty or thirty years ago. Some would say that the death penalty, the executions are considered to be the ultimate and final punishment for a horrendous crime. “The death penalty historically has been viewed as a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment.” (Lippman, 2017) So, one asks themselves what exactly is the death penalty. The death penalty is the punishment one may get, if found guilty of a violent crime, it is the act of executing a person. However, there are many that feel that one should not execute a person, but to give them life in prison. That the death penalty is cruel and unusual

in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon which categorized twenty-five different crimes punishable by death. The death penalty law was also present in the Hittite Empire, Athens, And Rome. The early methods of the death sentence were carried out throw means of crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, beating to death, burning alive and impalement. Methods progressed to mostly hanging and commonality in beheading, boiling, burning at the stake, drawing and quartering. As America became to be populated by Europeans, the tradition of Capital Punishment traveled to the newly discovered land. In the 1700’s many theorists like Montesquieu, Voltaire, Bentham, and English Quakers like John Bellers and John Howard began to challenge the controversial law and push for abolition. The abolition movement, still present, persuaded nineteen state to outlaw Capital Punishment. America's death penalty outlines forty-one offenses a major being murder but including espionage, and treason. The death penalty is dangerous for the United States of America because, it is inhumane going against the eighth amendment, it puts many innocent people to death, jury members can be bias towards the inmate, it entails higher cost for taxpayers over the cost of incarceration and it does not deter people from commiting crimes.