The Relevance Of Capital Punishment In The United States

“Capital punishment is literally a life-and-death issue. Sometimes called the death penalty, it is the execution of people who have been found guilty of offenses considered to be capital crimes. In 2015, twenty-eight people (including one woman) were executed in the United States” (“Capital Punishment, Par. 1). During the 15th century in England, there were seven capitals crimes, the crimes included treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. However, currently in the United States, murder is the only capital crime that Supreme Court punishes by death. (“Capital Punishment,” Encyclopedia). Capital punishment serves as a deterrent to those contemplating committing a capital crime because the consequence is so severe.

Firstly, when it came to color the blacks were accused more. According to the scottsboro trial, 9 Blacks were accused of raping two women on a train and two of the boys were only 13 years old with another crippled boy (Jessie) . Also in the book to Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson was accused of rapping Mayella and when he was a boy the got his hand caught in a cotton gin and it tougher all the muscles loss of his bone ( Lee, 248-249). In both of these cases tom and the scottsboro boys both were incapable of committing the crime because of the disabilities and age just because they were accused by white people.

Capital punishment in many places can also be seen as racially bias. Those who make most of the critical death penalty decisions in this country are caucasian. Many studies have shown that around the

The death penalty was used during eighteenth century B.C. There were twenty five specific crimes that qualified someone for the death penalty. Also, the death penalty was part of the fourteenth century B.C. Eventually, the death penalty became the punishment for all crimes. That was put in a code of the Draconian Code of Athens. The federal government and United States of America have the death penalty in 36 states. There were five different methods of execution, lethal gas, firing squad, hanging, and electrocution. Over time it was deemed inhumane to execute people using the lethal gas and the firing squad methods. The death penalty is similar to both slavery and the freedom riders. Execution was used during slavery times when slaves acted in a manner that their master did not like. Also, some the Freedom Riders experienced executions when people were shot by police officers. On August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri there was a young 18 year old guy who was killed by a police officer. Furthermore, for slavery still impacts today because back in 1619s started. There was slavery trade going on in Africa to the United States of America. There should be a different crime instead of killing people. That is completely wrong to execute people because the government or anyone can not decide for them to get excuted or not only God decides for them. The death penalty is wrong because of racism, Ferguson, Missouri and slavery.

Capital punishment was used in 1608, and has been used since. Many would argue to say that Presumably a long period in prison would be grossly disproportionate compared to the amount crime the offender has done, but in 2013 1,400 murders were committed and there were only 35 executions. The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the seventieth Century. The death penalty could be used for 25 different crimes. To this day the penalty is used in 31 U.S. states, and was voted to be legal again in 1977 after it was abolished in 1967. 1,400 offenders have been executed.

Capital punishment has in the past been practiced in virtually every society, although currently only 58 nations actively practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it and the remainder of 101 countries keep it as a law for really serious crimes.

In 1990 the US General Accounting Office found “racial disparities in the charging, sentencing and imposition of the death penalty”. A defendant was seven times more likely to be sentenced to the death penalty if they were white.

In the beginning of independent America, all or most of the states used the death penalty. But, as time went on, many states abolished the death penalty. The primary crimes the death penalty was used for in all states were murder and treason. Although every state had this aspect of the death penalty in common, the specifics of the criteria needed to get the death penalty differed from state to state. Many at this time used the death penalty because they thought that it would be an effective deterrent from criminal actions.

Capital punishment is the execution for a crime. There are lots of ways to execute people. Nowadays the only types of execution include gassing, the electric chair, lethal injection, firing squad and hanging. In our society we don not use capital punishment as it was permanently abolished in 1970 after a five-year trial. But in some countries it is still in use.

This argument made by Bushman is inaccurate due to the fact that the details of the crimes committed come out during the trial. Most would argue that sentencing can be racially driven regardless of the evidence presented to the judge and jury that would indicate the murder being committed in the heat of passion. Along with the problems listed above targeting people of color is also a problem for the death penalty.

Capital punishment also known as the death penalty is a government sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. In 2004 four (China, Iran, Vietnam and the US) accounted for 97 percent of all global executions. On average, every 9-10 days a government in the United States executes a prisoner.(kathy Gill 2017) There are a lot of different kinds of capital punishment. Capital punishment was the use of long time ago, in this time a lot of country cancel Capital Punishment. In this time for Capital Punishment is used Lethal Injection.In America there 33 states have Capital Punishment, and another 17 states cancel the Capital Punishment. As of April 1, 2008, the Death Penalty was authorized by 37 states, the Federal Government, and the U.S. Military. Those jurisdictions without the Death Penalty include 13 states and the District of Columbia. (Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin).(D P) Capital Punishment should be legal and use in our country because it can help to deter against crimes, save money for the government and help us to treat everyone fair. In our country capital punishment need to be used every State.

Capital punishment is a death penalty form of punishment legally practiced by certain nations on people who commit capital crimes. Capital offenses include crimes against humanity, treason, war, murder, genocide, and espionage. Other crimes of this sort include rape, kidnapping, arson, robbery, theft, and burglary (Pojman & Vaughn, 2009). During capital punishment, the death sentence put on the individual is followed by an execution. In the contemporary world, various countries are actively practicing this form of punishment despite the fact that most countries withdrew from the appointed practice. Many states enacted laws and policies that prohibit death as a remedy for various crimes. Other countries basically stopped practicing the mentioned form of punishment by making the occurrence insignificant.

“For most of American history, governments did not have secure prisons in which violent criminals could be safely housed for long periods of time. A town or county jail was suitable for short stays only, and the state prison wasn’t much better. There was little alternative to killing prisoners who could not be set free” (David Von Drehle). Capital punishment or the death penalty was originally made because county prisons would fill up too fast and they didn’t have enough people to staff the prisons. Then they would kill the prisoners with the worst crimes to make room for the criminals that committed petty crimes. The other reason they used capital punishment was to show white supremacy, but that was when America still had slaves and segregation. Capital punishment would be used on the slaves

Racial discrimination is also another matter of concern that crops up in the event of execution. According to Oakley Johnson, from the total of thirty nine people who were executed for crimes of rape case as per that time only two were blacks since 1907. However, this issue was defended by Dwayne Smith that they are not by race and that the sentences decision was by a degree of the crime. The research was also conducted by Margaret Fae Klemm in 1986 and to which also revealed almost the same trend in the number of blacks executed. She exclaimed that despite the decisions made from the evidence, the findings showed a significant degree of racial aspect in the making of the rulings in the Louisiana court law. But according to the Louisiana law court, a

Capital punishment is the punishment of death for a crime given by the state. It is used for a variety of crimes such as murder, drug trafficking and treason. Many countries also have the death penalty for sexual crimes such as rape, incest and adultery. The lethal injection, the electric chair, hanging and stoning are all methods of execution used throughout the world. Capital punishment has been around since ancient times; it was used in ancient Rome, and one of the most famous people to be crucified was Jesus Christ. Capital punishment is now illegal in many countries, like the United Kingdom, France and Germany, but it is also legal in many other countries such as China and the USA. There is a large debate on whether or not capital