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.

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 Death Penalty is the punishment of execution to someone who legally by court of law convicted a capital crime. In the United States of America this is mainly used for aggravated murder. Additionally this means that the murder has circumstances that are severe. For instance it was planned murder, intentionally killed below the age of 13, killed someone while serving term in prison, killed a law officer, and killed someone or illegally terminated a person’s pregnancy while in the process of committing, trying to commit or escaping after the act of rape, kidnapping, aggravated arson, arson, robbery, aggravated robbery, burglary, aggravated burglary, terrorism, or trespass. The death penalty is balanced between pros and cons, where it

The death penalty has been a controversial issue in American society for decades. There are some who believe that the most villainous of criminals (i.e serial rapists, mass murders, serial killers etc.) should pay for their crimes with their life since they had the audacity to take the life of another. Others believe that taking away a life, no matter how immoral or treacherous the person or their crime may be, is wrong under any and all circumstances. In Stephen Nathanson’s book An Eye for an Eye, he follows the belief that the death penalty should never be an option when sentencing, and I agree wholeheartedly. There are many other ways to inflict punishment on someone without taking away the most sanctified part of them: their life.

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.

What is the death penalty? The death penalty is a punishment of execution. There are many methods of executions, such as lethal injection, beheading, hanging, electrocution, or shooting in the back of the head, either by one person or a firing squad. Many people have different opinions on the death penalty, whether it should be legal or not. The death penalty argument in the US has left the country divided for a long time. There are thirty-three states where the death penalty is legal and seventeen states have abolished it. In my opinion, the death penalty shouldn’t be legal throughout the entire country. It breaches basic human rights: the right to life and the right to live free from torture. There are multiple reasons why the death penalty shouldn’t be legalized including, arbitrary, fallibility, high cost, and deterrence.

A numerous amount of innocent people have been put to death in our history. The death penalty has been around for centuries therefore, there must have been millions of people that were highly accused before even proven guiltless. However, humanity has been this way since the beginning of time, starting with the crucifixion, which was still an execution that was ordered. I assume that there have been many diverse methods in the past and not enough testing that would reveal the truth of each person’s case. Lynching that occurred, especially in the south is brutally remembered till this day because of how many innocent people were hurt. This later resulted with lethal injection and it has been known that in history some individual cases were still not complete in the court of law before the person was already put to rest.

The death penalty is quite a controversial subject, and for good reason, with news headlines such as “5 of 6 candidates for California governor oppose death penalty”, this one being from the San Francisco Chronicle, coming up everywhere. There is more to it than just political candidates making a stance on the subject to help appeal to voters. Out of the fifty states, thirty-one support the death penalty, while four have a governor-imposed moratorium, which suspends the death penalty until events warrant the need for it to be imposed again. With capital punishment being such a hot topic, many people are either for it or against it. Those who are against it may consider it unconstitutional and error prone. Well, that is not necessarily the case because the death penalty has many pros. In fact, the death penalty helps deter future criminals, has a lower cost compared to life without parole (LWOP) for criminals, and executions are humane.

Only God should create and destroy life “Many Christians believe that God commanded "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 21:13), and that this is a clear instruction with no exceptions.

The death penalty has always been an issue or debate in the United States, typically being asked if it should be illegal or not. As of right now there are thirty-one states, including Ohio in which I live, that still use the death penalty as it is illegal in the rest. There are many supporters of it, there is also a huge amount of opposition. There are things included in both sides that can make the argument harder to be one-sided but I believe that the death penalty should be legal throughout the entire nation. Not only does it create deterrence, it also creates morality and retribution.

I feel that the death penalty was and is a very effective form of punishment. The death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. I also feel that the death penalty should be practiced in all fifty states and be the punishment for more crimes.Since 1976 there has been over fourteen hundred deaths caused by the death penalty. I also feel that if we see the ability to get the punishment at lower standards such as for rappings or for harder drug cases, then we will see that the crime rate will drop. I feel that this would be worth it even though each death penalty case cost about three million dollars a piece.

While researching about Capital Punishment also known as the “Death Penalty,” there were lots of disturbing facts about the subject and also learned enough about it to where I have come to the conclusion that it should be abolished. The Death Penalty is the most severe punishment known to man; it takes experienced law enforcement officials to execute the criminal convicted and it’s unnecessary to do so. There’s no excuse why it shouldn't be abolished because of a few reasons; it punishes the innocent to die, it’s a cruel and unusual punishment, there is a high cost to execute a person every time, and also it fails to present guilty criminals the potential to change and rejoin society. In this essay I will elaborate on the Death Penalty and why it is an unjust system

Many crimes need to get punished and there are a multitude of different types of punishment that are defined by laws. The law that I choose was death penalty, which is quite a controversial topic. This law was to address the most extreme type of crime which is murder. This death penalty goes far back to Hammaurabi Codes, of course back then it was used for many reasons now the death penalty is just used for murder still following Hammaurabi’s Code “an eye for an eye”. Most states still have the death penalty and many due it by lethal injection. In Arizona, lethal injection was approved by voters in 1992 (Reufers 2017). The goal of the death penalty is deterrence. The reason it is deterrence is because it is the most permanent punishment there is for committing a horrendous act such as murder. The reason this law should be eliminated is for three reasons too many people on death row, no regulations, and too much money being spent on death row.

The death penalty is the ultimate punishment for some of the most heinous and brutal crimes. The majority of death penalty cases in the United States is almost exclusively for the crime of murder, including but not limited to murder related to smuggling of aliens, genocide, murder committed in the federal government facility, and murder committed during an offense against a local law-enforcement official or other person aiding in a federal investigation, just to name a few. (federal) New York City alone has an annual cost of $167,732 which is what it takes to feed, house, and guard each inmate. According to a study that the Vera Institute of Justice released in 2012 found that the aggregate cost of prisons in 2010 and 40 states that participated was $39 billion. (NewYorkTimes.com)