Arguments Against Death Penalty

Death Penalty When arguing the death penalty, many people want a way to get back at the person for committing the crime. People never think about why the person committed the crime, maybe it was a mental illness. Others never understand the expenses of having someone put on death row instead of being sentenced to life in prison. On average taxpayers pay about 250 million dollars for each execution, but with life in prison taxpayers pay about 90,000 dollars more a year to house an inmate with life in prison. Others argue whether the crime is a capital punishment or not, basically meaning they either deserve to die in prison or they get put on death row waiting for a death date. If someone was put to death after committing a crime, should the

It is easier to be put on death row than to be sentenced to life without parole because it costs about 250 million dollars for each execution; but with that being said, taxpayers also pay about 90,000 dollars a year for each inmate to be housed in the prison. Others may question why it costs so much, but it’s because the taxpayers have to pay to keep the prison running, they have to pay everyone who works in the prison and they have to provide food, clothes and other necessities that are not provided by the government. People believe that it is more expensive because they improperly compare the prices of life without parole and the death penalty. The difference between death row and life without parole is that: “death row inmates are held in single cells while life without parole inmates are in double celled housing.” Before death row inmates are given a death warrant signed the inmates are kept in a six feet by nine feet by nine and a half feet cell and once they get the death warrant, they are moved to a 7 foot by 12 foot by 9 and a half foot cell until the date of their death. Death warrants do not halt appeals, but the DOC has inmates on duty until the day of their death date. If the inmates want to have people visit them, the visit must be approved. Death row inmates are also counted hourly and must stay inside their

The court system is a sequence of events that happens leading up to the trial and conviction of the criminal. In about half of the states the defendants have the right to have their cases heard by the grand jury, which means that citizens of a jury must hear the case and decide whether or not the crime had enough evidence to indict the accused of the crime. If they plead guilty there is not a trial and they are either sentenced there or later on, but if the accused pleads not guilty, then a date for the trial will be set, unless they are able to reach a plea deal then no trial will happen. All cases begin with a trial, which is an examination of the case in front of a judge and grand jury. From there it goes the appellate process and that’s a review of the case, decided by a court of law, and to the direct appeal, and they ask a higher court to review the case and see what they think and how they would rule the