Introduction: Despite the common misconception that capital punishment leads to a safer and utopian society, research provides evidence that there is no correlation between the two. During 1972, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled against the use of capital punishment in the Furman v Georgia case. This ruling arose after three African Americans were put on stand after being accused for different cases of murder and rape. Although death penalty was already imposed for these three cases, the court decided that death was “cruel and unusual” and consequently abolished the use of it.
The moral of the death penalty is that when someone commits a heinous crime, they should be prosecuted in a way that is equal to their crime. Robert Blecker, JD said that "We have the responsibility to punish those who deserve it, but only to the degree they deserve it...." This states that people should get what they deserve. If they go out and commit homicide or murder for fun they should get the same treatment. Losing someone can be tragic, but losing someone because a criminal killed them is even worse.
I believe that the men who commit murders should be treated just as they treated their victims. They do not deserve the luxury of life and they should be put down as soon as possible. The men who commit these crimes take away their rights when they decide to take the life of another human being. Regardless of the hardship that courts must go through to end the lives of terrible men, it is the price you pay to ensure that these men will never be on the streets again. Putting them to death prevents the risk of prison attacks along with prison escapes.
In the beginning of 2018 there was already 2,816 people on death row and in the first 3 months 6 of those people were executed. The death penalty is the punishment of execution administered by someone of authority. It is used to punish someone that has committed a horrible crime . The punishment is the most expensive form of capital punishment that is given. The death penalty is not fair because it is unconstitutional, gender biased, and inhumane.
Whether a criminal is guilty of committing murder or any other capital offense, they should all be given the same sentence - life in prison. How is it fair to allow them to voluntarily choose the death penalty over prison? Criminals willingly sought to break the law and should endure the lifelong debt they owe not only to society but to the family of the innocent victims whose lives have been taken. As asserted by Robert Johnson, a professor of justice and law, and Sandra Smith, a professor of legal studies, death by incarceration is a more effective and suitable form of punishment than the death penalty (Cromie and Zott 174). Although some might argue that it is unfair to keep a criminal alive, they fail to understand that the freedom they once had is permanently lost.
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?
Teens in particular, should not be convicted life sentences. This is because the teen may have not known what they were doing. “Children are not adults”(Ferriss) that statement is saying that children should not be sentenced like adults. That is correct because when it comes down to the science a teen does not know right from wrong yet so they should not be sentenced for life. “The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so”(Sather and Shelat).
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is a legal process in which a person is put to death as a punishment for a crime by the government of a nation. The United States is in the minority group of nations that uses the death penalty. There are thirty-three states that allow capital punishment and seventeen states that abolished it (Death Penalty Information Center). The morality of the death penalty has been debated for many years. Some people want capital punishment to be abolished due to how it can cost a lot more than life imprisonment without parole, how they think it is immoral to kill, and how innocent people can be put to death.
Since ancient times the legal thought regarded the concept of death penalty as a measure necessary to protect fundamental values of the society. Along with the development of a state, state judicial system and regulations were developed as well, creating a two-fold purpose of the criminal law: punishment of a criminal and intimidation of population in order to prevent further possible crime commitment. These two initial positions are still present in the criminal law today and constitute the eternal debate around the topic of “for and against death penalty”. In this essay, I would like to briefly describe the two current positions along with the arguments and afterwards express my own opinion in that matter.
The Death Penalty The argument for criminals to receive the death penalty, also known as Capital Punishment, has been an on-going debate for years. This issue has been very hasty in the United States because people have their own opinion on this topic. A majority of people believes that the death penalty should be passed as a law in the states, but others think that criminals should just have life in prison. If a criminal was to commit a murder(s), the person should receive the same treatment as a person they killed, death.
Deadly Justice For most of recorded history, the death penalty has been regarded as a barbaric and brutal form of punishment. The United States Federal Government should outlaw the use of the death penalty. Eliminating the death penalty is justified because it does not deter crime; it generates higher expenses, violates human rights, and puts innocent lives at risk. Death penalty does not prevent crime; delinquency rates are usually higher in states with the death penalty.
The Constitutional statement on the punishment of death states that it treats ‘members of the human race as nonhumans, as objects to be toyed with and discarded. [It is] thus inconsistent with the fundamental premise of the Clause that even the vilest criminal remains a human being possessed of common human dignity’. It states as well, no one can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property. Additionally, the death penalty is institutionalized revenge, emotional disclosure, and monetary cost. Although some would argue that the death penalty is needed for justice to balance out punishment with crime, the death penalty does not apply to even the worst murderers or even those who have never murdered, but has tortured or done great harm.
I think that occasionally we can have a discussion of a more serious nature. My thoughts on the death penalty which unfortunately mostly no longer exists in many states is that what you do to another person should be done right back to you and the end of that. Happy dancing with the devil but who am I to say there may be other who are of another opinion. Let’s take a look at how the death penalty came about and how it also ended. Many years ago a man named Giuseppe Zangara shot the Mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak.
Imagine you are walking in the park with your child. It’s a lovely afternoon in April. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and life is great. As you continue your walk, you notice a man approaching briskly. His arms are locked, indicating he’s carrying something.
Should people be brought to death after a crime? Personally, I think death penalty should be banned because it is expensive and people turn out to be innocent. Death Penalty is a decision by the judicial system that some should be put to death as a result of crimes or offenses committed. According to Wikipedia, “As of October 1, 2016, there were 2,902 death row inmates in the United States.” That is a lot of people that were sent to death penalty and there is many things behind it which you may of not known.
