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

National government forcing the death sentence in all states can possibly be used as a means to persuade criminals not to become criminals in the first place. In “Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime?,” it was stated that “The modern refereed studies have consistently shown that capital punishment has a strong deterrent effect, with each execution deterring between 3 and 18 murders.” Not only is execution a form of crime deterrent it also allows justice to be better served. An author once stated that “the most fundamental principle of justice is that the punishment should fit the crime. When someone plans and brutally

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.

Data collected by the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to discussing capital punishment with reports and statistics, shows that 746 inmates reside in California’s Death Row. However, since 1976, the year the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty nationwide, the state has carried out only 13 executions; in fact, the first occurred in 1992, an astonishing 16 years after the Supreme Court decision (“State by State”). The death penalty in California is a highly controversial issue and the topic of heated debate, especially in state government. Political decisions regarding capital punishment in California reflect the state’s divided stance on it. Although voters in California recently made a democratic effort to resolve the issues surrounding the state’s death penalty system, they are unaware of the injustice of capital punishment. The punitive measure costs both the government and taxpayers dearly, it wastes valuable time and resources, and years of human error have flawed cases in which the judicial system handed convicted murderers a death sentence.

In 1936 59% of Americans favored the death penalty and 38% did not. In a more recent study 47% favored the death penalty and 48% said they would rather have them sentenced to life in prison (Jones, “Support for the Death Penalty”). The death penalty is a very controversial topic that is primarily based on morals. There are many reasons why people favor it. For example and many believe if you are insane enough to murder someone you deserve it. But, there are also many reasons why people oppose it. For example, there have been innocent people sentenced to death. People are also frustrated because the money that the government uses to either kill or house a prisoner for life, comes out of their taxes. Everyone has their own story and belief on why they death penalty should or should to be legal.

The death penalty has been a huge part of many political debates for decades. Most citizens of the Unite States believe there are two sides, those for and those against its continued use. Those for, tend to believe that it is necessary to keep these criminals out of society and that it deters crime, while those against tend to believe that the practice is medieval and unethical in society today. With a controversial topic like the death penalty, it is important to determine why this controversy exists and if there is a possible solution. The focus at hand is whether or not the United States Government should continue its use of the death penalty and how this answer could be implemented.

“I don’t think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don’t think thats right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people’s lives.” George W. Bush. The death penalty is a very debatable topic, both sides seeing two different views of putting people to death because of crimes they committed. People who are for the death penalty have an opinion that someone killed someone and they should be killed because it could save more lives, or that they put someone through that so they should be put through it. The other side sees it and they know that it costs less to keep them alive then to kill them, and that they don’t want their families to suffer because their loved one was executed. Both of these opinions are very valid and you cannot say one is correct and the other is wrong or vice versa, but many more variables come into effect with this topic.

The death penalty is a form of punishment that is not used as often as one may think. Even though most of the American population is not personally affected by the death penalty, the friends and families of victims see it as a form of justice for their lost loved ones. From 1976 to the present there have been over 1,400 inmates executed after being put on death row (Baker, 1). The death penalty is an expensive style of punishment, costing around 470,000 dollars more in cases that consider capital punishment as an option compared to the cases that do not (Erb, 1). With most of that extra cost being paid by state taxes, there are other government funded programs that would experience a loss of support if the death penalty is used frequently. The U.S. National Government should ban the death penalty for economical reasons.

Those who believe that deterrence rationalizes the execution of offenders hold the responsibility of proving that the death penalty is deterrent. We assume that the fear of receiving justice for one's actions will deter murder. If this were true, then people would not sell/abuse drugs or even speed on the highway for the fear of being prosecuted for their actions. There is overwhelming evidence and years of studies that prove that the death penalty is no more of a hindrance than a life sentence to prison. Most supporters of the death penalty place little weight on deterrence as a serious justification as a continued use.

Although some do believe that we should take a life for a life taken, the death penalty isn’t the best option. The death penalty is a capital punishment where a person is put to death. Not only is the death penalty a very expensive process, but also, many lives that are taken are found to be innocent. Also, many find the death penalty more inviting than to have life in prison without parole.

or other internal beliefs that drive your thought processes, the heated argument for or against

The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.” This Amendment outlaws the federal government from implementing unreasonably harsh penalties on criminal defendants which includes the cost of pretrial release or the penalty of a serious crime (Stinneford & Stevenson, 2016). The penalty of a serious crime usually consists of imprisonment for two or more years. However, a serious crime may also include the death sentence in some cases, such as murder. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is defined by the process of sentencing convicted offenders to death lead by the statutes enforced by Congress or any legislative authority (U.S. Department of Justice, 1979).