We Should Abolish Capital Punishment Or The Death Penalty

The Death Penalty also known as the capital punishment is a procedure in which states executes a person for a crime he or her has committed it is normally used for very big crimes like treason against the state or crimes against humanity, The Death Penalty it is inhumane and you are as worst as the person if you kill them for the crime they have done, this procedure should be abolished in all states and all around the world.(Davis-245-248)

Capital punishment is a legal authorization to kill someone for a crime they have committed. The death penalty has been the highest form of criminal punishment in the American judicial system since the 13 colonies. It has taken the form of hanging, stoning, drowning, burning, beheading, gassing, electrocution, and injection. The taking of a man 's life as penance for criminal behavior is wrong. The moral injustice of murder, the cruelty of execution, and the death of innocent men are all concerns that make the death penalty wrong. Our society has taught children that violence is not the answer and yet our highest form of punishment is executing someone which does not solve anything, nor does it fix a problem. The United States should abolish the death penalty due to execution of innocent people, excessive cost and it is against the US constitution.

As stated before, capital punishment is very costly. $90,000 per year per inmate is the difference between an inmate on death row and one sentenced to life without parole (Tempest, 2005). On average California spends $250 million on each execution, these numbers start to add up and they are most certainly more than what it would be to sentence them to life without parole. The side that is for capital punishment would say that these cost are necessary to keep our

Capital punishment is defined as the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. There are many arguments that are for and against the death penalty. Majority of these arguments contain broad categories ranging from morality to attorney quality. Although most would support that capital punishment is the closest penalty for murder it is still used unequally across the prison populations. Capital punishment is a practice that the judicial system should abolish for the future generations.

What is Capital punishment? Capital punishment is the death penalty. It is used today and was used in ancient times to punish a variety of crimes, Even the bible supports death for murder and other crimes like kidnapping and witchcraft. The Death Penalty is a controversial issue because there are people that state the Death Penalty is wrong and good in some way.

Capital punishment is a legal process where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for crime. It has also been one of the biggest debated issues in modern society. Death penalty advocates argue that the execution of convicted murderers deter others from committing murder for fear that they will also be executed, and that murderers should be executed in retribution for their crimes and serve justice. In addition, they also argue that the death penalty will prevent the murders to commit additional killings. On the other hand, opponents of death penalty argue that few murders actually considers their eventual fate when committing murder, and that killing is always wrong whether its done by an individual or the state.

I completely disagree with the archaic and obsolete way of the death penalty since it's way to expensive, it doesn't make the crime go away and the person could be innocent. First off , the amount of money spent on the death penalty is tremendous. Los Angeles Times Study Finds California Spends $250 Million per Execution in a 2005 article, ACLU has reported that "California taxpayers pay at least $117 million each year post-trial seeking execution of the people currently on death row;Executing all of the people currently on death row, or waiting for them to die there of other causes, will cost California an estimated $4 billion more than if they had been sentenced to die in prison of disease, injury, or old age; California death penalty trials

A study done by Loyola Law School in Los Angeles found that California has spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment since it was restored in 1978 (Alarcon & Mitchell, 2012).

Capital punishment which is also known as the death penalty refers to the court-ordered execution of a prisoner. It is a punishment of a serious crime called the capital offense and generally involves felony murder and more. Not all states have laws that support the death penalty but those that do are prisoners sentenced to death. There are people who agree with the death penalty because people see capital punishment as payment for murder. Those who oppose capital punishment like me argue that the death penalty is unjust, immoral, and indefensible state sanctioned murder of a human being. Even though they have committed a heinous crime, that vengeance is not the answer for healing the grief of victim’s families or communities or other loved ones. It does not act as a deterrent to crime, and is not an acceptable alternative to long-term imprisonment because the death penalty carries the possibility of wrongful execution of an innocent person.

In order to carry out the death penalty, a state must have a substantial amount of money on hand. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the state of California has spent a total of four billion dollars on capital proceedings. (Marceau, 2013) The pre-Trial costs alone totaled $1.94 billion. Another nine hundred and twenty-five million dollars has been spent on appeals and state Habeas Corpus Petitions. Federal Habeas Corpus Appeals can account for another seven hundred and seventy-five million dollars of the four billion that the state has spent on this form of justice. Finally the overall costs of incarceration nears another one billion dollars. If the state of California were to simply get rid of the death penalty, the state would be able to pocket more than 4.5 billion dollars over the next 15-20 years depending on the exact amount of cases the state is presented with. (Marceau, 2013)

The death penalty is ineffective because it is an awfully expensive part of the criminal justice system which spends on average, about fifteen years to sentence and execute a criminal (Dieter). In a recent study, Richard C. Dieter states that “about 275 inmates have been on death row for 24 years or more” and “only about 15% of those who have been sentenced to death have been executed.” The time being spent on death row for these individuals may be jeopardized if some inmates were to be proven innocent. In fact, in California, to confine one inmate to death, row would be nearly $90,000 per year more than a maximum-security prison for the inmate (Dieter). With the current population of over 700 criminals on death row, the costs would sum up to

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a capital offender carried out by the state. As of 2018, 31 out of the 50 United States practice capital punishment. Although some may say capital punishment brings justice to the maleficent people of this world, it should be abolished throughout the United States because of its racial bias, its high costs to society, and its infringement upon basic human rights.

The cost of the death penalty compared to the life sentence is excessive. Sending someone to jail and letting them die of natural causes is way cheaper than executing them. According to the Los Angeles Times (Williams, 2011) the death penalty cost Californians $184 million a year. Over 20 years, the state would save more than $2.34 billion if they actually sentenced everyone on death row to life in prison. It costs 20 times more for an execution than a life-without-parole case with the cost of attorneys being $300,000 more to represent a person on death row than someone with a life sentence charge. Along with jury selection of capital cases being 3-4 weeks longer and costing $200,000 more and with the heightened security at execution adding $100,663 with many other expenses. The least expensive death penalty trial costs $1.1 million more than the most expensive life-without-parole case. Making lifetime imprisonment the more sensible option cost wise.

The punishment is usually given to those who have been found guilty of crimes such as murder. Capital Punishment has many ethical and religious ties to it. It violates the constitutional rights of a human being. The punishment is currently abolished in seventeen states. It is a barbaric and cruel punishment against a living individual and can be delegated as one of the most noticeably bad demonstrations of human nature. It goes against every religion because it is not right to play God in determining who should live and who should be executed. The irony is that the United States is the only nation that indulges in this cruel and unusual punishment. More than 140 nations worldwide have abandoned capital punishment except for the U.S, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and China. This draws harsh criticism throughout the world and prevents the U.S in becoming a leader on human rights. Capital Punishment should be abolished because it does not reduce homicide rates, it is unfair, the cost is greater than life in jail without parole, and it could result in the executions of blameless

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment is a legal procedure in which a state executes a person for crimes he/she has committed. This punishment has been implemented by many states, and is normally used for atrocious crimes, especially murder. It is also used on crimes against the state such as treason, crimes against humanity, espionage, and violent crimes while other states use it as part of military justice. There are mixed reactions on capital punishment depending on one’s faith, and the state they come from. In my view, I am not in favor of death penalty, as I strongly believe that, death penalty is unacceptable and an inhumane practice for it denies one the right to live. Death penalty does not deter crime, it is an act