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Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

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The death penalty is currently legal in 31 states in the United States. The fact that capital punishment is not morally required in any case is true. One could argue jail is not moral either and we would have a larger number of criminals who do not fear any type of punishment. Why should mercy be shown to those who commit senseless acts that take another’s life, on of the most sacred things? I do not see how just punishing capital crimes is compatible with showing mercy. If Bradley Wilson’s arguments were true people would be speeding and committing other misdemeanors with no punishment. The death penalty is set in place as a deterrent. The average citizen is not going to commit a murder if they know their life will in turn be taken. According
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I am not one to argue that capital punishment is without its flaws, nor am I one to argue that the death penalty is not inherently ugly in its entirety. I simply make the argument that the death penalty, or capital punishment, is a necessary evil. To accomplish this, I will begin by dissecting the arguments made by Stephen Nathanson in An Eye for an Eye. Nathanson states that for some crimes, it would not be considered morally acceptable to provide equal punishment to crimes committed. For example, I listed earlier that if we applied the equal punishment principle flatly across our justice system, it would require us to not only kill murderers, but also rape rapists, torture torturers, and kidnap kidnappers.

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While there are far more subjects to discuss regarding to this issue, I feel it necessary to state that I believe the death penalty should exist in a perfect society. I believe that certain crimes and certain situations warrant the punishment of death. However, the our society is not perfect. The justice system has failed to fairly use this punishment in far too many instances, and concludes that they cannot justly wield this

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1) The reason why the death penalty in Florida was determined to be unconstitutional were due to the U.S. Supreme Court believing judges had too much power in deciding whether someone should be sentenced to death, or receive the lesser penalty of life. Legislators decided to require only ten out of twelve jurors to agree imposing a death sentence in regard to capital criminal cases, when the law was changed earlier this year. While Florida legislators believed their system was rational, the state's high court opposed. The U.S. Supreme Court declared in January that judges had too much say in sentencing someone to death, when constitutionally it was the jury alone.

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The United States remains in the minority of nations in the world that still uses death as penalty for certain crimes. Capital punishment is seen by many as barbaric and against American values, while others see it as a very important tool in fighting violent pre-meditated murder. One of the supporters of the Death penalty was a man named Walter Berns (a professor of American constitutional law and political philosophy.) He wrote clearly about his view on the death penalty in his Crime and Delinquency article, “Defending the Death Penalty.” He argued that the “Opposition to capital punishment is a modern phenomenon, a product of modern sentiment and modern thought” (p. 504) and with the help of historical references and logical reasoning throughout

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I believe that death penalty is considered to be a cruel and unusual punishment. In my opinion, a life is priceless and shouldn 't be taken away without their willingness. All men are created equal- no man was made better than the other and therefore should not bring death on their life. On the other hand, I think that there are more reasons why people would support the death penalty.

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The death penalty should continue to be legal because it is inexpensive. The death penalty makes for a good way for people to get the justice they deserve. In Texas the death penalty being legal makes sure that the people that commit heinous crimes pay. Texas does not suffer from political doubt, and certain cases are a no other answer that the death penalty. It cost the Texas Department of Criminal Justice $83 to execute a prisoner by lethal injection alone.

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The US court has always strived to practice moral standards, while imparting a fair punishment upon its victims, but when it comes to the death penalty, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line. The first execution in America happened in 1608 in Virginia. In 1612 laws such as the Divine Moral and Martial Laws, were created. These laws used the death penalty for even minor offenses. In the 1930’s executions reached the highest levels in American history at 167 per year.

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The more concerns that society has with prisons overcrowding, the higher the expenses are for the taxpayers of the community. The continuous use of community corrections programs is inevitable if inmate population is to be maintained under control. The overall percentage of the prison population often diminishes with the use of community corrections programs, but some of the percentage is diminished through the death penalty. As stated on page 158, “the constitutionality of the death penalty was decided in Gregg v. Georgia in 1976.

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We all have opinions and views, so I am not looking for a fight with my readers on this controversial subject, I have just not said much on it ever in my writings in the past, of over 5000-poems, articles, books, short stories, and so forth, and why I ask myself, have l left out Capital Punishment? The best reasoning I came up with was: I never got around to it, I always had my beliefs, opinions, thoughts on the subject: so right or wrong, here area a few. Most of my view comes from my Graduate Studies at Liberty University, in Old Testament Studies (and perhaps, being in the Army for 11-years also framed my thoughts on the subject): "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man." (KJV Genesis

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The article which title reads “Will more states abolish capital punishment?” is based most of it on facts. When an essay is based on facts, I believe gives a great amount of credibility considering the arguments that exist in the article. In addition, it shares valuable information about the criminal justice system in the United States. This video is based on a true story; it is about a lawyer that needs to defend a young-adult boy since he has committed a murder.

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“Therefore if any man is dangerous to the community and is subverting it by some sin, the treatment to be commended is his execution in order to preserve the common good. Therefore to kill a man who retains his natural worthiness is intrinsically evil, although it may be justifiable to kill a sinner just as it is to kill a beast, for, as Aristotle points out, an evil man is worse than a beast and more harmful.” –Saint Thomas Aquinas Killing by all accounts is an evil thing but, for the worst of the worst in society it is a necessary evil. In the early morning of June 12, 2016, a lone gunman walked into a gay night club in Orlando Florida.

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Back to the times of Hammurabi people have wanted “an eye for an eye.” I believe that this is still the case today. If a human being kills another human being, shouldn’t they have to suffer a similar fate? Maybe not in a cruel and inhumane way, but in a way that is practical to today’s standards and cost effective.

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