The Death Penalty Is Immoral And Violates Human Rights

The death penalty is an inhumane capital punishment that is accompanied by many disadvantages. Among these are; the deaths of innocent people, failed executions, and morality of human execution.

It is bothersome to know that while students are making out in the hallways with minor penalties, a man was publicly humiliated for kissing his wife in public (Cox). Acts like this were punished commonly during the colonial times. In the early American colonies, religious authorities established punishments for actions they presumed to be crimes, but as time passed, laws evolved to protect people from cruel and unusual punishments. The colonial treatments were harsh, cruel and inhumane. These treatments, more commonly known as punishments, included public humiliation and the even death penalty. Juries would let the presumed criminal be released as innocent to prevent the person from the death penalty (Lynch). This resulted in a flawed and unjust government. As a response to the actions of the jurors criminal justice and laws evolved slowly over time; therefore, protecting people.

I think capital punishment is morally wrong and cruel because as a human, I make mistakes, we all make mistakes. The government killing a murderer who has murdered another human just shows that murder is completely unethical. If the government turns to the death penalty, some humans will merely view this act as a form of government hypocrisy. This is a conflict in the government policy that complicates criminals and any crime because the death penalty does not have a deterrent factor. Capital punishment is an invasion of natural human rights because it is taking ones liberty and right to life. A criminal who receives the death penalty cannot seek human dignity or rehabilitation to help him or her become an ethical and merciful person.

To many of us death is a scary thing. We will all die one day, but when someone else takes another person’s life we think of that as wrong in many ways. Killing is wrong. If you take someone else’s life in the United States of America you go to jail. Of course you must be proven guilty of that murder before being charged. It doesn’t matter where you live in almost every state, city and town if you kill someone you are looked down upon and you will suffer the consequences of that action. The question is, if murder is wrong then why is the death penalty okay? Is that setting a good example for society? If you kill someone then we kill you. How much sense does that make if we are

Have you ever thought how many criminals get away with intolerable crimes without getting any punishments. The controversy about whether or not the death penalty looked at as unethical or perhaps needed has been discussed throughout every state and 31 states have already applied it. Criminals need a higher penalty for those who don’t care about going to jail. Criminals commit many crimes, making them a menace to society, and committing a crime can be harmful towards others and other's families. The death penalty allows the state to give appropriate retribution, criminals must face the consequences of their action. Along with historical writings like the constitution and the bible, both state that death should be done to anyone who commits murder, larcency, rapes, and burglary. Life sentences for criminals that deserve death penalty put an unfair financial burden on the state (Dave Anderson). Every prisoner has to be taken care for which makes a lot of costs and taxes.

To begin, the death penalty can ruin the life of an innocent suspect. Someone who is innocent could sit there in agonizing pain, for something they did not do. There has been countless number of times an innocent person was sentenced to death and was executed. Only to find out later, with evidence, that person was actually innocent and not guilty.

Madison Hobley was sentenced to death based on a coerced confession. He was wrongly accused of starting a fire, which killed his wife and child and some others (Six). He was tortured by the police, they hand cuffed him to a wall ring and beat him, then he was taken downtown, where he was handcuffed to a chair and kicked by Sgt. Patrick Garrity (Six). Then they suffocated him with a typewriter cover until he blacked out (Six). Hobley never confessed and nor was he evidence proven that he did it was valid (Six). In 2002 there was hearing that discovered evidence that the jury was intimidated and that the gas canister they said he bought was actually put at the crime scene and had no signs of being burned (Six). Mobley was on death row

The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) clearly states that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” (). Life is the most fundamental and basic right that humans have since they are born until they die. They deserve to live and no one has the right to take their life away. However, capital punishment violates this very

The death penalty should not be legal because of two major reasonings. These reasons are, the death penalty takes the lives of many innocent people, and it also costs too much.

Imagine yourself lying on a bed, being somewhat conscious, not being able to move any part of your body and then slowly starting to asphyxiate. After the choking, would come a burning sensation throughout your whole body that is so intense, it feels like you are in the fiery pits of Hell. Then would come the worst muscle cramp that you have ever felt in your entire life, however, it is not only just your calf or thigh, it is your entire body. Then finally your heart gives out on you because you have just gone into cardiac arrest. That experience is not a dream for a convicted felon who has received the death penalty sentence, it is his or her reality. The drugs used in the lethal injections are Sodium Thiopental or Pentobarbital which acts as an anesthetic, Pancuranium bromide, also known as Pavulon, which acts as a paralytic, and Potassium Chloride, which gives the inmate all of those sensations before sending him or her into cardiac arrest. The company that is contracted by the United States Government to make the drug Sodium Thiopental, Hospira, has officially stopped making this drug due to global outrage by death penalty opponents. This requires states to now figure out a new way to execute the people on death row. A firing squad method would be the easiest and most efficient to implement. Lethal injections do not always work like they should. Lethal injections are also not always pain free. In fact, according to newscientist.com over 90% of inmates felt pain, and over

They say the death penalty is inhumane, but people will never know unless they have someone close to them killed, raped, mutilated in ways that couldn’t even be replicated in the movie theaters. Who could possibly be qualified to make such a judgment? Is it judges or jurors? Is it even ethically or morally correct to do so? Since the beginning of time, different methods of execution have been used. These forms have been hanging, guillotine, gas chambers, electric chair, drowning, torched, and firing squads. The first recorded execution was in 1608 and it was for treason. The creator of the death penalty was King Hammurabi of Babylon, and it could be issued for 25 different crimes. Throughout time the British improvised it and it influenced every other country, specially the United States. Some countries use it as a form of population control, others as a show of force. But even still to this day, the world is still individually split on whether they should keep the death penalty or abolish it. The reason people still to this day argue the fact that the capital punishment should be used, is because it bring a sense of satisfaction to the family of the victim, it puts fear within society’s, it eliminates over crowdedness within the prisons, and the mental and physical stress inmates go through. However, people argue it should be abolished because it doesn’t deter crime; there is a chance of executing the wrong individual, cost to taxpayers, discrimination against skin color,

In today’s society, crimes have risen in many forms. People tend to commit crimes even though the government clearly states the consequences for such actions taking place. One prime example is murder. Though people commit murder and acknowledge that the penalty for such act is life in prison, which still doesn’t deter humans from undertaking the act. Death penalty could be a solution to stop humans from committing such gruesome acts. Therefore I strongly believe that the death penalty is acceptable in several cases.

The death penalty is wrong because in our society, looking at things "eye for an eye" will never solve anything. People who look at things "eye for an eye" are usually violent people. We want people not from the United State to know revenge will always make matters worse. Killing someone for killing someone sends

Recently a new survey was released that described how police chiefs all over the country feel concerning the death penalty. Most chiefs came back and said that they feel the death penalty is unsuccessful. Politicians on the other hand have forgotten what law enforcement is all about and have instead given tax payers an tremendously expensive way to deal with crime. Politicians fail to realize that instead of using that money to support the death penalty we could be using that money to advance law enforcement. The police chiefs feel that the death penalty does not reduce crime and have actually ordered it as the least cost effective way for regulating crime. The police feel that reinforcing people, controlling illegal drugs, punishing criminals through corrections and controlling guns are more effective than the death penalty. Most people believe that the police are supporters for the death penalty, but the reality is that most officers would agree that a life sentence without parole is a more appropriate punishment versus the death penalty. It has been proven that the death penalty does not reduce the risk of rapes and other major crimes. The biggest problem with the death penalty is that our politicians in Congress are too busy debating whether or not to keep the death penalty so they are not coming up with more effective ways to deal with crime. The death penalty should be eliminated in America because it does not prevent crime; it costs a lot of money, and has had a

human rights that are 8th and 14th amendment away. From the death penalty, many innocent