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Texas Death Penalty Ethical Issues

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In the United States death penalty is the execution of either a male or female offender, as said offender has received a sentenced of death for a criminal offense, after they have been convicted by a court of law. The term death penalty is sometimes used interchangeably with capital punishment, because there is a possibility of their sentence being commutated to life imprisonment if another court over turns the original ruling. The metaphysical and ethical basis for the death penalty for some is fundamentally wrong and against moral possibility. Those also point out that the complicated legal process and the extremely high costs involved in the pre-trial and trial phases for all death penalty cases, there for able makes it an …show more content…

A Texas death row inmate Kimberly Cargill was a white suburban mother with a highs school education involved with a child custody case and subject did not want the victim (the family babysitter) to testify against her in the child protective case the ex-husband created against subject to gain custody of the children. The victim a black woman who was developmentally disabled working for the subject as a baby sitter, tricking her into believing that a subpoena for the sitter was going to result in her the sitter going to jail, so subject told the victim “I will hide you out till this all blows over”. She after making unknown drinks for them as they left the residency and went for a drive and victim then had a seizure on the drive that led to a county road, where she doused the victim with lighter fluid and set her on fire. Subject then left the scene. Currently on Death Row in the United States there are only 51 women offenders, one of those being a woman awaiting execution for federal crimes, the other 50 women on Death Row are spread over 17 …show more content…

The debate exist that people believe that penalty has one meaning of just simple punishment and where is capital is concerned it more refers to death so to many the difference between those terms is negligible. Forgot get not the victim while you consider the defendant that all the life choices still available to them that are now denied to their victim. New and more murders will be deterred so repetitive murders will be eliminated. As long as there is a chance that innocent people will be put to death via capital punishment, and this chance cannot be ruled out because we do not have a perfect justice system. There are groups calling for the abolishment of the death penalty, for this

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The death penalty is a controversial issue that has been debated in the United States for a long period of time. In our own state of Texas, executing convicted criminals has become second nature. This is due to the fact that Texas has executed more people than any other state in the United States since 1976. So why does Texas lead the United States in executions? There are many reasons and factors that has led to this point.

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The Death Penalty The death penalty is the highest conviction a criminal can be accused of in the court of law. The death penalty dates as far back as the 18th century BCE, where some of the earliest societies believed in the principle of Lex talionis, which is the idea of “ eye for an eye “ and “ life for a life “; which was stated in Hammurabi's Code (Parks and Ward 15). This punishment has been used for thousands of years and up until the 1930’s was even a public event where parents brought their children to witness the hanging (“Capital Punishment: Should Capital Punishment Be Allowed In The United States?”). There are many crimes that can be committed that are considered death penalties.

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The death penalty is one of the most controversial topics throughout the United States we should start with what exactly is the death penalty. The death penalty can be presented in multiple forms such as lethal injection, gas chamber, or firing squad force. These forms are used to execute someone for their horrific crime or crimes on society, and see’s them as forever being a danger. For the most part people generally lean toward abolishing the death penalty because of the increase of cost than any other type of imprisonment and there has been cases where the authorities have falsely convicted the wrong person. Generally speaking when conducting the death penalty it cost more money than any other type imprisonment.

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Defining the Issue Execution is the ultimate, irrevocable punishment: the risk of executing an innocent person can never be eliminated. The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is an execution done by the government or state as a punishment for a serious crime. There are controversial issues over the death penalty and extremists from both sides widely express their opinions. Such issues include the chance of an innocent person being put to death, the death penalty being a racist form of punishment, and the cost of the death penalty versus life imprisonment. The death penalty breaches two essential human rights: the right to life and the right to live free from torture.

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There have been many people that didn’t have the chance to walk free when it is found out they there were not guilty because they were already put to death prematurely According to Ed Pilkington, a reporter for The Guardian, “the innocence of more than 200 prisoners still in the system may never be recognized” (Pilkington). That is way too much even one life is way too many. With technology advancing at the rate it is there is no telling how much that number will rise in the coming years. We as nation should stop adding to this number.

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