Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

“Assume that all murderers would instantly die upon murdering. Murderers would then kill only if they wished to die themselves. Murder/suicide is an extremely small component of all murders. Therefore, if a swift and sure death penalty was universally applied to our worst criminals, it is logically conclusive that the death penalty would be a significant deterrent and that many innocent lives would be saved. In fact, swift and sure executions do result in deterrence”(Sharp). The death penalty should be allowed and enforced in every state because it is cheaper than life in prison, and it would scare potential criminals away from committing felonies that could lead to the death penalty. Also the death penalty would only be enforced in a case

The death penalty is only in effect if someone commits murder, kills someone due to drug trafficking while using armor piercing ammo, or shoots a weapon into a big group of innocent people. “The federal death penalty only applies for murder committed in furtherance of drug trafficking or when the offender fires a weapon into a group of two or more persons to escape detection of a major drug offense or, when in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime the offender uses armor piercing ammunition to commit a killing that qualifies as murder. These are aggravated murder offenses. A few states have similar statutory provisions. Killing while engaging in or working in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise is punishable by death”(Death Penalty). This proves that someone can only have a chance of receiving the death penalty if they are trying to purposely cause harm to other human beings. Another thing is the Supreme court found in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana, that no one can be punished with the death penalty if they are not being charged with causing a death. So unless someone kills another person they can not receive the death penalty. “The Supreme Court held in Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) found that offenses against persons not resulting in death are not punishable by death”(Death Penalty). This shows that it has been proven in court

In the last 41 years only 13 of the thousands of cases have been questionable now when looked at. So the court is very careful and go into great detail when dealing with the death penalty. And yet there is still no proof that any of them were innocent. “There is almost no way to tell how many executed were falsely accused, but of the thousands of cases since 1976 only 13 cases had some sort of signs that show innocence”(Executed). This explains that there has only been a few cases that are now doubted for receiving the death penalty. Also with the DNA testing that is around today it's almost impossible for there to be any uncertainty on someone's guilt or innocence, because with all of the testing that is done at the crime scene they will be able to know very quickly whether or not you did it. “DNA testing and other methods of modern crime scene science can now effectively eliminate almost all uncertainty as to a person's guilt or innocence”(Should). This establishes that it is nearly impossible for you to be falsely accused and receiving the death penalty because of all of the testing they do at the crime scene. Also when arguing about the death penalty some may try and say that the suspected could be falsely accused of a crime they did not do, even though there has never been