Paulo Pingol
Mr. Moody
English 4P
7 December 2016 Death Penalty- An Eye for an Eye
America’s justice system has stood firmly in its judging of death as a form of punishment since the eighteenth century. Persons accused of performing a heinous crime will be placed in holding for a trial, and if later charged, can be sentenced to the death penalty. In the modern era, the death penalty has not been a frequently used form of punishment. In fact, the last time a criminal was sentenced to death in California was in the year 2006. Due to the lack of death sentencings, multiple propositions have given alternate forms of sentencing, and trials, and even mention removing this penalty as a whole. Death as a judge ruling conclusion has long been circulating in the history of the world. Originally, the penalty started in Britain and later circulated into American territories. In the 16th century, many crimes that were committed could lead to any one of the desired methods of executions. Some offenses that could lead a criminal to death included lying to a higher official, trespassing, murder, or marrying a person who was seen as less in a society at the time (Findlaw.com). Once punishments began
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Proposition 62’s first negative aspect is if the death penalty was to get repealed, the victim’s family in some cases would not be given a chance of closer over the passing of a loved one. The second issue, by repealing the death penalty there is going to give a sense of fear of not having protection for those who were not only related to the victim but to those who were witnesses to the crime or testified (Ballotpedia.org). The last issue, if the death penalty is repealed that would mean more prisoners would be held within the compound for a long period of time; hence, with every new case the courts receive it will add on to the already standing over crowding