The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

A journalist for the Tulsa World wrote after assisting Robyn LeRoy Parks in an Oklahoma execution. “It was terrifying, remarkable, a disrupting intrusion into a moment, so private that reporters, believed for years that interruption is their job, had a dilemma staring each other in the eyes after it was over” (Badau, 2012). On August 10, 1982, Frank J. Coppola was electrocuted in Virginia by two 55-second shocks. The second jolts set his head, legs on fire and loaded the chamber with vapors, (Levingston, 2014). There is one person nationwide that is released from death row for every ten executions. As of 1973, many innocent people had a conviction routinely, and 156 people found their liberties from death rows from the 26 states because of their innocence. The crime rates are 80% higher in the south than all United States, even though the officials are executing alleged criminals; nevertheless, they have highest homicide rates in the country, so the death penalty intensifies violence rather than restraining it. There was a study done in Texas which proves that the present capital punishment system is a result a racist legacy of slavery. From 1930 thru 1996, 4,220 detainees were executed. More than half, nearly 53%, were black. From 1930 thru 1976, there were 455 men executed for rape and 405, around 90 percent, were black. A current

He was wrongly accused by Juan Moreno, who testified against him, and later on, withdrew his deposition. He testified against Cantu just because he was bullied by the police to classify him as the shooter. Moreno stated that he only testified out of fear of the police. Cantu had no previous convictions, and he insisted that he was framed for the murder-robbery. Regardless he kept repeating that he was innocent, and all proofs implied entirely revoked hearsay, the judicial system had him killed anyway, (Levingston,