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Death Penalty Pros And Cons Research Paper

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When anticipating the death penalty jurors may be less inclined to convict defendants and sentence them to the death penalty. Minority defendants have shown to be treated more punitively. Should the judge or jury decide who is sentenced to death? Over the last decade, the death penalty decision from jury to judge has increased the number of death sentences. One of the many reasons the jury to judge decision has increased the death penalty is because the jury has more sympathy. They do not want to sentence someone who may or may not be guilty to death. The judge has less sympathy they can tell if people are lying. They are more likely to be able to tell if someone is guilty, so they don't have as much sympathy. Because of the horrible things people do, the death penalty should be legal if the crime is punishable by death. A crime is determined punishable by death if it is determined the crime deserves capital punishment.

Attempts have been made to discover the extent countries go to carryout the death penalty. In 1989 ECOSOC (Economic and Social council) recommend in resolution four more injunctions be added. These are related to providing an adequate time and facilities to prepare …show more content…

The sentence severity may depend on many factors including crime severity, first time offender or not, why they committed the crime, whether or not anyone was hurt and many other factors. Minority defendants have shown to be treated more punitively particularly in capital cases. The research of this study shows that the death penalty may be a cause of racial disparities in criminal justice, and implicate threats to civil rights and to implicate threats to civil rights, and to effective criminal justice. The ECOSOC (Economic and social council) conducted this

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What exactly does the judge wish to accomplish with a sentence? Various motives exist such as retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration (Bohm & Haley, 2011). Retribution is the most primal of the rationales, embodying the belief that wrongdoers deserve to have an equal amount of punishment in return to account for what they have done. The simple mindset of revenge is what motivates the rationale of retribution. However, incapacitation is more oriented to protecting society from further harm by separating the offender from the public.

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