The Death Penalty

As I mentioned before, my theory is based on what is best for the society in a holistic form. While I do not disagree that the punishment of the death penalty, results in a lack of happiness for the murderers family or even the victim’s family, eliminating an accused murderer does contribute to the greater good of the holistic society because it eliminates the fear within society that they too could be a victim of a murder by that individual. Therefore the level of happiness for the greater good is increased, in spite of the pain a few individuals may experience.

Did you know, that according to a study at North Carolina State, a murder case cost 2.16 million dollars more with a death penalty then with a sentence of life imprisonment? It 's true! It is estimated that the death penalty cost the U.S. Judicial System an extra one billion dollars a year! It 's not only expensive, it 's wrong. The worst part is Juveniles are being executed. This is wrong because the human brain is not fully developed until the 20s.

Many years have passed since the death penalty was first established and the legal courts have found many pros and cons over the issue. However we will continue to have the pros and cons over whether it should be abolished or remain legitimate.

The right of survivors and victim’s family to watch executions is a modern development in the United States. The point of this process is to allow those who have been hurt the most by the crime to testify to society’s justice, giving them closure (Grier). According to Waddell’s article, the execution is meant to measure the depths of emotions that were directed at the offender. The death penalty may state a desire for vengeance or bring welcome closure to a torturous judicial process. It is said to bring closure to families, but not all families feel relief after the execution. The death penalty is not said to be a relief, but is said to leave the families with feelings of hatred and grief. The execution is said to be a letdown or that the severity of the punishment did not fit the crime. (Waddell). The families want closure to the case, but breed violence with violence, causing there to be no closure, only grief. Since the death penalty is not bringing closure to families, the state is wasting money on the execution process and killing the defendant when there is nothing good that comes of it. Closure is said to be a concept that simply does not describe the loss the victim's families suffered

Capital punishment is faulted by discrimination within the court system as well. Capital punishment is often a strong example of institutionalized racism. “Capital Punishment: Should capital” states that “more often than not… death penalty cases involve black defendants on trial for allegedly murdering white victims, facing sentencing from an all white jury”. Black defendants accused of murdering white victims had a much higher chance of conviction, whereas white defendants accused of murdering black victims often were not convicted; demonstrating that institutionalized racism within the court systems is common. The percentage of death row inmates is much higher for minorities, in which “of the 1,058 prisoners on death row by Aug. 20, 1982, 42 percent were black, whereas about 12 percent of the United States population is black” (Meehan). While only a small percentage of the United States population is black, a large percentage of death row inmates are black. Meehan furthers her argument by stating, “those who receive the death penalty still tend to be poor, poorly educated, and represented by public defenders or court appointed lawyers”. Discrimination within an unjust court system leads to minorities and poorly educated defendants with a higher probability of receiving capital punishment. The most logical way to prevent this type of

As stated by former governor of New York, Mario M. Cuomo," Always I have concluded the death penalty is wrong because it lowers us all; it is a surrender to the worst that is in us; it uses a power- the official power to kill by execution- that has never brought back a life, need inspired anything but hate." (Cuomo 1) This is one of the main arguments against capital punishment (also known as the death sentence.) Capital punishment is the ability for a government to execute a person who has committed a crime. People that agree with using the death penalty, will argue that the death penalty is a way to bring justice to a murderer. But, nobody has the power to end the

Also, being wrongly convicted is rather uncommon but usually not detected for many years after the execution if carried out. Even if this is the case, nothing can be done as death is an irreversible penalty (Motherjones).

Groups that support the death penalty often say that it deters criminals from committing future crimes like murders or other heinous crimes. On the contrary, many criminals do not think of the consequences of their actions when they are committing a crime, nor do they care what happens

This research paper focuses on capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) and the issues surrounding it. It involves death that is the termination of an individual’s existence. The paper portrays death penalty as a significant yet divisive issue in the United States, especially in a deliberate exercise of it. Various arguments concerning the subject are also precisely evaluated. Comparing both sides of the argument, I don’t tacitly agree with the practicing capital punishment and that justice is not upheld while exercising it. Only citizens are mandated to decide how to punish criminals so as to preserve the security of the community. The decision comes with the responsibility for determination of factors and

An issue that has been widely debated for several years in the United States, and even throughout the whole world is capital punishment. Capital punishment is of course punishment by death after committing a capital crime or a capital offence. The word capital comes from the Latin capitalis, which means “regarding the head”, which is referring to beheading. The debate about capital punishment is whether or not is moral to punish someone with death after a crime they committed. Many view that those who commit capital crimes should be killed, as it is justice for the capital crime/crimes they have committed. Other believes that no crime is heinous to warrant execution of the committer of the crime. This question has been debated across the world for years, and has recently become a more pressing issue as now there are more humane ways of execution and people value human life more than in the past. Many already know how Americans and Europeans feel about capital punishment, however, how did old Eastern Philosophy feel about the death penalty? How does current Eastern Philosophy feel about the death penalty?

Death penalty, which is often described as capital punishment, is pronounced on offenders who have committed extremely heinous crimes. It is an ancient practice but in the United States it has faced several controversies in the latter half of the twentieth century (Robertson, 14). Does the death penalty serve any purpose in our current judicial system? Criminal executions were first implemented in our society as a crime deterrent to ensure that the offenders cannot engage in future crimes but time has shown that cost, errors, and effectiveness have led many to believe there are alternatives available.

In 1976 the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled the Death Penalty constitutionally permissible. The debate over capital punishment has always been a topic of great controversy. Before the Supreme Court ruling in 1976 America had been practicing capital punishment for centuries. At the current time some states enforce the death penalty, while some do not. There are differences of opinion’s relating to whether or not the death penalty is the proper way to punish human beings for taking a life, or if death is truly deserved for the horrendous acts they have perpetrated upon another human being. This essay on capital punishment will present several arguments why it is believed that capital punishment should be outlawed in America, followed by a summary of arguments in favor of capital punishment.

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The death penalty has been a controversial issue for many years. It was established centuries ago and has been accepted by society. It was put into place to punish those who had committed an offense against laws of the institution that was in place at the time. Within our society the death penalty has been associated with several symbols. ‘An eye for an eye,’ is a symbol that has come to be the representation of the death penalty; which was one of the original ideas behind it. Times have changed and the death penalty is now used for more serious offenses and considered to be a deterrence. The death penalty should be abolished because it does not effectively deter crime. I will be discussing the lack of deterrence on the death penalty

Capital punishment also known as the death penalty refers to the lawful infliction of death as a punishment. The first case of death penalty laws was first established in the Eighteenth Century B.C. Capital punishment is still used in the United States despite the controversy surrounding the law. Death penalty is done by either fastening the criminal to an electric chair, hanging or a firing squad shooting at the criminal.