Outline For Death Penalty

Alexius Sparkman

Dr. Ernest Williamson III

English Composition II

19 April 2017

Death Penalty The death penalty is a controversial capital punishment which is given against a crime usually involving murder. It is controversial because many people support it while many others condemn it. It is a big ongoing controversial societal issue in the United States and many other parts of the world. Capital punishments like death penalty help in deterring the crime rate prevailing in a society, but it has also divided the world into two. One side holds belief that the death penalty should be illegal, while the other side supports the legitimacy of the death penalty and appreciate implementation in order to control the crime rate in society. A majority

There are solid and logical reasons behind punishments like the death penalty or life sentencing when crimes of severe nature are committed. The debate about the death penalty within the United States does not employ the terminology of human rights. Nevertheless, the use of the death penalty in the U.S. intersects with international law and is challenged by it. The law and court systems have their own reasons behind inflicting punishments like this. In my opinion, the death penalty is no longer acceptable in modern society; given what we know about it’s inconsistencies and mistakes, and given the alternatives that are now in place.

The thesis of this paper is that international law and an analysis based on human rights are useful means to address capital punishment in the United States. In spite of the fact that the U.S. utilizes different terms in securing fundamental rights and has carefully protected itself from key human rights treaties regarding the death penalty, there is currently more openness to examine the issues of the death penalty. Especially around the issue of innocence, criticism of capital punishment inside the United States and concerns of the international human rights group remain on shared conviction. In the event that the U.S. is headed towards the annulment of capital punishment, the following couple of years will be critical in deciding if that process is fast, or drawn out over numerous

In any case, inside the United States, an alternate phrasing is utilized. The U.S. laws talk about "civil rights" or "constitutional rights." Civil rights concentrate on securing equity under the law for specific groups, such as racial minorities or women. Individuals or groups claiming abuse by the government vouch their protests in terms of their civil or constitutional rights, not their "human rights," not just in courts, be that as it may, in the public forum. This might be because of the presumption that human rights are a "given" inside the United States, or essentially to the U.S's. dependence on a constitution that uses distinctive wording to express similar principles. Early American criminal law was brought over from England, which permitted capital punishment for some wrongdoings. In the United States, capital punishment could be applied for murder, additionally for assault, burglary, treachery, and even blasphemy. (Banner) Gradually, the list of death qualified crimes has been abbreviated to basically one: murder. Laws continue existing which permit the death penalty for different violations, however no one is on the state or federal death row for a crime which did not include the murder of someone