Death Penalty
This is it. You got off easy for the crime you commited. For that lady you murdered because of your anger issues. Or maybe for that 13 year old girl you raped because she was wearing clothes that showed skin. They will strap you down to a chair one way or another. Depending in which state you live in, they’ll decide in which way to execute you. The executioners will inject you, electrocute you, hang you, or use another one of the methods. Maybe you’ll try to fight it and try to stay alive, but you’ll be asleep soon and that will be the end of it for you. Over the years, the death penalty has been a controversial topic across America. People have different opinions on how they look at it. Some of these approve it, and others
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Nevertheless, what if that failure of the court or the justice system gives you the death penalty and ends up executing you on accident. Based on the case, the jury decides that your are guilty of the crime. The wrong crime. It would be the end of it all because to everyone, you look guilty when in reality you’re innocent. Events like this have happened to people across the United States. Some of these people were exonerated and others were executed before they were found not guilty. This is sad because people who didn’t even deserve this got put to death, while the actual guilty person is out there somewhere still. “156 individuals have been exonerated from death row--that is, found to be innocent and released - since 1973. In other words, for every 10 people who have been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S., one person has been set free.” In 1983, mentally disabled half-brothers Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown, confessed to raping and murdering an 11 year old girl in North Carolina. They were both given the death penalty as their punishment. Even though later on Brown’s sentence got commuted to life imprisonment, McCollum spent three decades on death row before they were proved innocent with DNA evidence. This case proves exactly how the Death Penalty is not …show more content…
Some people may ask, “how could that even be possible knowing that giving the death penalty to someone is a wrong thing?” A person who is out there committing crimes could be gotten rid of. Therefore, it can keep other potential victims from being at risk. A criminal is not forced to commit any crime whatsoever. Yes, they might be peer pressured to do something. However, in the end, it is up to that person himself or herself whether or not they want to do it or not. If that person knows how to tell right from wrong, then they can understand that they could face consequences when murdering or raping someone. In some cases, the consequence could be the death penalty, which would get rid of that person and keeping them from hurting any more people. By executing a criminal, his actions can be stopped and he will not be a problem
The death penalty has been considered one of the most severe punishments by governments. However, recently, many people have rebelled against the death penalty. The death penalty is an act that is similar to being ruled under fascism instead of democracy. Under the rule of democracy, citizens are responsible for the acts of other fellow citizens, which can be inferred that crime is caused by the lack of responsibility in society. The victim's loved ones suffer due to the victim's death. It is understandable that they would want the murderer dead, but society often does not work that way. People need to think on behalf of the society.
Now many would think what type of pros can you receive the death penalty? One pro would be retribution this is just to make sure that the person takes full reasonability of the crime they committed and know that they are being punished for it. The next one would be deterrence which will help them understand that they should engage in no form of a crime because of the consequences behind it, however, I don’t believe that it actually works all the time because many individuals learn the consequences of a crime in elementary school from DARE. Less damage is adopted to prevent more now this can mean different levels to many. Well, a criminal is like the flu, they are an airborne virus to society. They affect everyone’s life rather they realize it or not. The death penalty is actually cheaper than what people think. Society pays less for individual who are sentenced death than those who are not. The death penalty eliminates all the negative on society if a person kills someone we never have to worry about that person again because they will be put to death and never have a chance to hurt society
The death penalty how much does society really knows or understand about the process? Many people view the death penalty a justice “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” They it is justice and feels safe because of the option of the death penalty; however, most do not really know much about the process of executing a death row inmate, how much more the death penalty cost comparing with keeping an inmate in prison for life without parole. The death penalty is unethical and waste of millions of dollars, because the death penalty is a very slow process, and waste of tax payers’ money.
The death penalty basically says that the guilty people will never change and always be a criminal but people do change and become good. People might abuse the death penalty by planning a crime to try get someone else in trouble, this will cause an innocent person to be killed. So people can kill who they want to kill, but not actually be the one who kills them. Executing someone teaches that person nothing, they can do the worse crime and then just die. Maybe that person wants to die so he goes on a killing spree then gets sentenced to death. But in the end, the death penalty is killing someone, even if they are a criminal, it’s still murder.
Capital punishment does it help or hurt people throughout the world? Capital punishment is known all across the world as the death penalty. Capital punishment has been known to care of the murderers in the world and put a stop to their unthinkable crimes. Many Americans agree that the death penalty is a good thing, but some see the situation differently. I agree that capital punishment really does help America and that it is a good thing. The death penalty gives closure to the victims’ families, it makes sure the killer will never get the chance to kill again, and helps to stop overpopulation in the prison system.
The Death Penalty started in the eighteenth Century B.C. when it was established into the Code of King Hammurabi in Babylon, which codified the the Death Penalty for 25 different crimes.The Eighth Amendment states that the Death Penalty is considered a “cruel and unusual punishment,” which means that the Death Penalty is unfair to the persons getting the Penalty, but is also unconstitutional because it’s a punishment that ends the lives of people. So really you are killing the person that killed another or more, and you are just adding to the death toll. I oppose the Death Penalty because it could put innocent lives to death and costs way too much the country could afford to use.
As Cass R states… “Capital punishment may be morally required, not for retributive reasons, but rather to prevent the taking of innocent lives”. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any person. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of losing their own life.
There are many cases in which people spent years in prison for the crimes they did not commit. Death penalty is permanent and cannot be undone. Many people have been proven innocence after the execution is carried out. If an innocent criminal has received a life sentence then he has the opportunity to be proven innocence in future with more advance investigation. For example in U.S as of September 11, 273 people including 17 death row inmates were exonerated by doing DNA testing. The use of DNA testing helps to confirm if a person is innocent and not sentence him to death. Likewise, in near future with more advance technologies someone can be proven
The death penalty has very little impact. Studies imply that the death sentence deters crime efficiently and effectively. However, there is very little actual proof and research of this to be seen and is just estimations. In fact, the death penalty in states which is active has a higher crime rate than those states in the united states without it. The capital punishment is very unethical. When a denizen of the underworld commits an abominable crime, they are convicted. The actual punishment takes very long to occur, up to 20 years potentially for the execution. Furthermore, this draws out the grieving process for the victim's family or families if the crime was said murder. Executing/killing the criminals achieves practically nothing. Seeking retribution for victims by executing the perpetrator solves nor accomplishes nothing. The death sentence is solely there to execute criminals to fill some sort of misplaced sense of justice and very cathartic. The death penalty is incompetent as it has little impact on crime rates, is unethical and that it does nothing by executing death row
The death penalty is engaged to show governmental power and is used against people to show others that you will not have the right to live if commit such a terrible crime. People have been killed by the death penalty for many reasons such as treason, terrorism, espionage and murder. Having the death penalty gives closure to the families victim, justice is better served, and deters criminals from committing crimes. Think about if you were close to a victim who traumatized or even killed by a master criminal. You would want the same to be served to the harsh owt law who endangered your
Capital Punishment is not a fair choice to do and it violates the human right to life. Everyone is born with the human right to life, even those who commit any type of crime; sentencing a person to death and executing them violates that right ( ). Just because a murderer killed someone, it does not mean their life should be taken away for punishment. It is generally accepted that people should not be punished for their actions unless they are guilty ( ). Whether the person is guilty is guilty or not they should not be given a deadly punishment. He inmates should just be locked up in prison and die from natural causes. When the prisoner becomes executed it is painful and cruel.
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 does not deter criminals from committing crime. Most criminals who commit crimes do not have intentions of being caught and believe that they are invincible from the repercussions of their actions. Because of this, the death penalty really does not deter criminals from committing a crime. In fact, the death penalty could be considered an “easy way out” because the criminal does not have to spend several months, years, or even the rest of his or her life behind bars with little contact with the outside world. The criminal can just die and no longer have to suffer with knowing what he or she did, how it has affected others, and how it will continue to affect his or her life. Also, many criminals end up committing suicide in prison because they do not want to have to spend every day locked in a jail cell for extended periods of time.
The man, that hasn’t done anything wrong, is put to death. Convicted for the killing three people he didn’t even know but, yet they still believe it was him. Though there was very little evidence. Before the man was strapped to the gurney he mumbles a few simple words “ I thank,you mother. For giving me the life that I have lived.” within a few minutes the man is dead from three doses of three different substance.The man accepted his fate. This year let alone six states killed people on death row with Texas killing the most, thirteen people. The US sees it as a way to get rid of the criminals who have destroyed everyone hopes and dreams, but the way some people see it is more sentimental. The way they believe is that the will pay for their
Death punishment, gives closure to the people involved with the tragedy. It helps to the overpopulation problem in the prison system, instead keeping an intern 25 years or more. Finally, people who received the death punishment usually are not able to be rehabilitated. If these people have the opportunity they will kill, rape, and torture again. There are many factors that make murders incapable to