Anti-death penalty

Pew Research states that support for the death penalty has been declining for the past twenty years. (Masci) However there are still many people who still support capital punishment, and the debate about it still rages on in the United States. People such as Edward Koch who in his essay “Death and Justice” supports the use of capital punishment but David Bruck’s essay “The Death Penalty” challenges the use of the death penalty. Although both authors are discussing the same topic, they both use

put to death each year. Texas has the highest rate of deaths out of all the other states with the death penalty. Texas currently has three prisoners put to death already. The United States has currently 31 states with the death penalty; the remaining states abolished it. The death penalty should be abolished because of the cost, it shortens punishment for the person who did the crime,and it puts innocent lives at risk. Should the death penalty in the United States cost so much? The death penalty

Furthermore, the death penalty should be dismantled because research has shown that criminals have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to the death penalty when later evidence comes up that proves their innocence. To illustrate, “Since 1973, at least 121 people have been released from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged. During the same period of time, over 982 people have been executed. Thus, for every eight people executed, we have found one person on death row who never should

of the death penalty. The government could pass a law on the Federal level or the states could individually do it. The last option would be the last option since many states, like Texas, would not willingly get rid of the death penalty. However if they, the Federal government should use a model similar to the European Model. It is common knowledge the stance of the European Union, but Behrmann and Yorke wrote it best in their article entitled “The European Union and Abolition of the Death Penalty:”

The death penalty. What a controversial topic in itself. And that’s not even getting into how those sentenced are executed, which is what I would like to discuss- the form of execution. Specifically, death by firing squad. The pros, cons and why I believe it should be legal. Firstly, since 1976 only 3 inmates have been executed by firing squad opposed to the 1,227 executed by lethal injection in the United States. Why? It’s simple. It’s not legal, it is deemed unconstitutional according to the eighth

Thinking about a topic, in my opinion, has been a difficult task to do. After months of planning, I have chosen to write about the pro of the death penalty. As a whole, I believe about the notion that everyone deserves to be treated fairly both mentally and physically. In other words, the constitutional rights of others is important to me whether a person is guilty or not in my point of view. As soon as I feel that a person has been treated unfairly or they have received a lack of justice, I feel

fights over different ideologies. The worst outcome would that it may encourage other states to switch to the death penalty in favor of this increased violence.

The Death Penalty The death penalty has become an extremely pressing issue in our culture today. Both sides of the argument make very valid points. On one side the death penalty could potentially make citizens feel more safe, and on the other hand people can argue that us as mere humans do not have the authority to “play God.” I believe the death penalty should be abolished for a variety of reasons; our government is a broken system, a proposed law would not end all murders, and we, as humans, should

The Texas death penalty is ranked number one nationally, which should not come as a surprise to any native Texans. (Holle, Fellow) Texas even has a prison museum, complete with a capital punishment exhibit, which spotlights an electric chair used to execute 361 prisoners from 1924-1964. Capital Punishment is still legal in 35 states. Japan is the only other Industrial democracy that still has the death penalty. (CNN) The PROs and CONs of capital punishment both have some merit, no matter how controversial

fair, otherwise, we all get punished, regardless of our arrest record. If a criminal is caught, they must be punished fairly, or else our democracy will become one of two extremes, an anarchy or dictatorship. This is why it’s so important that death penalty is abolished, it’s unconstitutional and everyone, regardless of race, deserves a just punishment. Body Paragraph #1: All people deserve the American fundamental right to an equal and just punishment.