Why Do African-Americans Need The Death Penalty

There are many socioeconomic factors missing which could explain the disproportionate representation of African-Americans on death row. Things such as their economic status, education level, and the condition of their families. As we have learned things like family, religion, and education are among the most influential social institutions. If these begin to breakdown, it

The article that I read about the racial bias of the death penalty in the U.S. by David Love explained how southern states are responsible for the vast majority of African American executions in the United States. Love explicitly stated that “the application of the U.S. death penalty is unfair, arbitrary, and racially biased.” Most disturbingly, the article explained that whether or not a capital punishment defendant receives the death penalty does not depend on the facts of the case but more so on the race of the defendant and the race of the victim. Moreover, even the county in which the case was prosecuted can play a role in capital punishment sentencing.

In fact, the death penalty is considered immoral for it goes against the Constitution and ethnic code. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution states that the use of “cruel and unusual punishment” is considered unconstitutional. However, majority of the capital punishments are filled with discrimination and injustice. The fact that the majority of prisoners who are sentenced with the death penalty are African Americans, reflect the cons of our society. Aside from racial discrimination, socio-economic discrimination also contribute to the flaws within our justice system. One of the top reasons why innocents are being executed or accused, allowing the guilty to get away with their crimes is that criminals who are exceptionally

Out of the 50 states, 26 of them have had at least one death row execution. American people (approximately 65%) say that they are still strong supporters in the Death Penalty. That is over half of the American population, for the Death Penalty. One may argue that it is a horrible way of giving people what they deserve; however, those people may not see the mistakes these people have made, making them not agree with this act. As this may be a contradiction, capital punishments is one of the life learning punishments known. It is legal in many states, but that doesn’t make it fair to all because its blameful, the cost is outrageous, and it’s time that needs to be spent helping, instead of killing.

Nearly 80 percent of murder victim in cases resulting in an execution have been white while 50 percent of murder victims are white 82 percent was found to influence the likelihood of being charged with capital murder or receiving the death penalty.Senator RussFeingold stated "we simply cannot say we live in a country that offers equal justice to all Americans when racial disparities plague the system by which our society imposes the ultimate punishment" (senator RussFeingold 108th congress 2003). A 2007 report concluded that one-third of African American death row inmates in Philadelphia would have received sentence of life improsement if they had not been African-American.In 1990, non-partisan US General Accounting found a pattern of evidence Indicating racial Disparities in the charging, sentencing, and imposition of death penalty (Feb 1,2001)."Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life"(Writer Activist and Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King Feb7, 2006).

The Americans might feel that death penalty is a good choice for a murder; however, most of the public knows very little about the process of the capital punishment. In the past it was “the darkest part of the American history- slavery, lynching, racial oppression, and perfunctory capital trials known as “legal lynching’s” (Waller, 2011, p. 262.” It was considered darkest history because most these cases people were innocent. The death penalty was carried based on a person 's color. It is of course not all related race in America another reason is to with bring a closure to the family of the victim.

Over the course of time, capital punishment has been one of the most controversial issues all over the world. According to Amnesty International, 141 countries have already abolished the capital punishment in their system. A total of 56 countries worldwide have the death sentence in law and in practice, ranking the Middle East and North Africa for

The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil. Blacks are more likely to face the death penalty than whites in the commission of identical crimes(CNN, 2014). The history of capital punishment dates back to the days before Christ. The Old Testament adage 'an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,' has survived throughout the ages despite the New Testament's rendition of 'thou shall not kill'. Today's American victims endure a more demure of style of cruel and unusual punishment; death by lethal injection has replaced the barbaric traditions of the past.

The United States is supposed to represent freedom, liberty, and peace. However, the death penalty contradicts everything the founding fathers built America on. Everyone is entailed to life even though they commit terrible crimes. Technology advancements are rapidly growing which is supposed to allow less pain in time of execution. So far in 2011 there have been eight executions and three more executions are going to be taken place on March 10, 29 and 31. Many people are killed by lethal injections, electrocutions, gas chamber, hanging, or a firing squad. These killing methods are both immoral and unconstitutional because they are killing the people like animals. This is an endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge that continues because the people have a desire to get revenge on the people who killed their loved one. Even thought that loved one will never return and enjoy life before it was quickly taken away.

Studies have also been carried out to explore whether the state’s chronological use of the death penalty to control African Americans has differentially affected African American and White support for capital punishment beyond a possible geographical divide. Past studies have shown that public opinion on national policy issues is shaped by distrust and opposition to government power (Hetherington and Globetti, 257; Kinder and Sanders; Kinder and Winter, 441). Various studies have concluded that groups are much less likely to support policies enacted by a government that they distrust, principally if past policies have negatively affected them (Hetherington and Globetti 259). In addition, Zimring argues that distrust of government should be

There are many controversial points of view on the death penalty in America’s society. Is the death penalty socially correct? Is it just? The death penalty is an execution sentence that a person convicted of a capital crime must face. A person can only be sentenced to death in 33 states (deathpenatly.org). There have been as of April 1, 2012, 3,170 death row inmates in the Unites States history, with an exception of the two inmates in New Mexico and eleven in Connecticut that remain on the death row due to the law not being made retrospective to these inmates. The controversy whether the death penalty is just or unjust has been a debate in America for many years. There have

Crime in America is something that has been around for many decades. While a large number of crimes are considered minor, many more result in the serious injury or death of another human being. “When we think about crimes, we … normally focus on inherently wrongful acts that harm or threaten to harm persons or property” (Bibas 22). The death penalty, also called capital punishment, has been used as a means of punishing the most violent of criminals in an attempt to prevent others from committing similar crimes. Over the centuries, the methods used to conduct these executions have evolved and changed due to effectiveness and public opinion.

Since 1976, there have been 1,435 executions in the United States (The Death Penalty Information Center, 2016). According to the Death Penalty Information Center (2016), there were 796 white, 495 black, 120 Hispanics, and 24 other defendants executed. The number of death sentences per year has dropped tremendously since 1999. Smith (2014) states there have been a decline of annual execution from 98 in 1999 to 39 in 2013. Today, there are over 2,000 inmates that are on death row. By state, California has the highest people on death row (743

After the 1976 Supreme Court ruling concluded that the death penalty does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishments,” many states have given the capital punishment to over 500 convicted felons. However, there is still a debate on whether the decision on the sentence is fair or not, particularly on the issue involving race. In 1998 the Death Penalty Information Center published the Death Penalty in Black and White, a study examining the sentences following the 667 murder convictions in Philadelphia to see if race was a possible factor in the decision of the death penalty.

There has been more than 1452 executions in America alone. The total number of Death Row inmates as of July 1, 2016 is 2,905. (Dunham) So many criminals are sentenced to death for murder, kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom, aircraft hijacking and a few other reasons. When someone gets sentenced to death, they are placed in a maximum security prison and placed into the “Death Row” division. There is so much that people don’t know about the death penalty. Most Americans argued that the death penalty was unconstitutional and a type of cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty has caused many problems for the government from different protests, rallies and other crimes being committed to stop it.