Why Is Death Penalty Wrong

As Cass R states… “Capital punishment may be morally required, not for retributive reasons, but rather to prevent the taking of innocent lives”. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any person. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of losing their own life.

Now many would think what type of pros can you receive the death penalty? One pro would be retribution this is just to make sure that the person takes full reasonability of the crime they committed and know that they are being punished for it. The next one would be deterrence which will help them understand that they should engage in no form of a crime because of the consequences behind it, however, I don’t believe that it actually works all the time because many individuals learn the consequences of a crime in elementary school from DARE. Less damage is adopted to prevent more now this can mean different levels to many. Well, a criminal is like the flu, they are an airborne virus to society. They affect everyone’s life rather they realize it or not. The death penalty is actually cheaper than what people think. Society pays less for individual who are sentenced death than those who are not. The death penalty eliminates all the negative on society if a person kills someone we never have to worry about that person again because they will be put to death and never have a chance to hurt society

There are many cases in which people spent years in prison for the crimes they did not commit. Death penalty is permanent and cannot be undone. Many people have been proven innocence after the execution is carried out. If an innocent criminal has received a life sentence then he has the opportunity to be proven innocence in future with more advance investigation. For example in U.S as of September 11, 273 people including 17 death row inmates were exonerated by doing DNA testing. The use of DNA testing helps to confirm if a person is innocent and not sentence him to death. Likewise, in near future with more advance technologies someone can be proven

The death penalty how much does society really knows or understand about the process? Many people view the death penalty a justice “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” They it is justice and feels safe because of the option of the death penalty; however, most do not really know much about the process of executing a death row inmate, how much more the death penalty cost comparing with keeping an inmate in prison for life without parole. The death penalty is unethical and waste of millions of dollars, because the death penalty is a very slow process, and waste of tax payers’ money.

Capital punishment does it help or hurt people throughout the world? Capital punishment is known all across the world as the death penalty. Capital punishment has been known to care of the murderers in the world and put a stop to their unthinkable crimes. Many Americans agree that the death penalty is a good thing, but some see the situation differently. I agree that capital punishment really does help America and that it is a good thing. The death penalty gives closure to the victims’ families, it makes sure the killer will never get the chance to kill again, and helps to stop overpopulation in the prison system.

The Death Penalty started in the eighteenth Century B.C. when it was established into the Code of King Hammurabi in Babylon, which codified the the Death Penalty for 25 different crimes.The Eighth Amendment states that the Death Penalty is considered a “cruel and unusual punishment,” which means that the Death Penalty is unfair to the persons getting the Penalty, but is also unconstitutional because it’s a punishment that ends the lives of people. So really you are killing the person that killed another or more, and you are just adding to the death toll. I oppose the Death Penalty because it could put innocent lives to death and costs way too much the country could afford to use.

The death penalty is a punishment where if a person has committed a crime of such a high caliber (Ex: mass murder) that the only plausible punishment is death by electricity, firing squad or lethal injection. The death penalty been used throughout history like in the french revolution and has been in effect for a long time in countries like the United States. Though it has not always worked as executions of death row inmates have gone haywire leading to an excruciatingly painful death for what is supposed to be quick and clean. Furthermore, there have also been instances in which, people who were executed after receiving the death penalty turned out to be innocent like Cameron Todd Willingham. These problems and more with the capital punishment has and have sparked a public outcry

Capital Punishment is not a fair choice to do and it violates the human right to life. Everyone is born with the human right to life, even those who commit any type of crime; sentencing a person to death and executing them violates that right ( ). Just because a murderer killed someone, it does not mean their life should be taken away for punishment. It is generally accepted that people should not be punished for their actions unless they are guilty ( ). Whether the person is guilty is guilty or not they should not be given a deadly punishment. He inmates should just be locked up in prison and die from natural causes. When the prisoner becomes executed it is painful and cruel.

The death penalty has been considered one of the most severe punishments by governments. However, recently, many people have rebelled against the death penalty. The death penalty is an act that is similar to being ruled under fascism instead of democracy. Under the rule of democracy, citizens are responsible for the acts of other fellow citizens, which can be inferred that crime is caused by the lack of responsibility in society. The victim's loved ones suffer due to the victim's death. It is understandable that they would want the murderer dead, but society often does not work that way. People need to think on behalf of the society.

The death penalty basically says that the guilty people will never change and always be a criminal but people do change and become good. People might abuse the death penalty by planning a crime to try get someone else in trouble, this will cause an innocent person to be killed. So people can kill who they want to kill, but not actually be the one who kills them. Executing someone teaches that person nothing, they can do the worse crime and then just die. Maybe that person wants to die so he goes on a killing spree then gets sentenced to death. But in the end, the death penalty is killing someone, even if they are a criminal, it’s still murder.

The death penalty can be summed up entirely in one word, bias. For a country that prides itself on “justice for all” and “all men are created equal”, the death penalty falls short of such boast. The subsequent arguments are not formulated to defend the individual and their horrific crime, rather they are presented in order to support why the death penalty is unfair and should be eliminated. If such brutish punishment if seen as just for the crime committed, should it not apply equally to all, regardless of race? The debate of whether the death penalty is inappropriate has been been thoroughly investigated for many years by scholars and journalists alike. I shall defend my position against this sanction based on erroneous convictions, racial biases, and the the high costs associated with the prosecution and detention of death row inmates.

Do you believe in the saying ‘an eye for an eye’? If someone hurts another, does the other person have the right to hurt the person back? Taking this idea to capital punishment, which is an officially sanctioned punishment by the death for very bad crimes , is an eye for an eye reasonable in this case? The abolitionist perspective of capital punishment, which is the perspective this paper focuses on, are those who want to get rid of capital punishment because they believe the death penalty is never justified. The topic of this paper is why is capital punishment wrong? Capital punishment is wrong because there is a possibility of wrongful convictions, based on a variety of reasons, such as race. The punishment people receive in the prison system

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment or execution, is a punishment that kills someone for committing a crime, usually murder. Almost every place in the world has had a death sentence penalty, but it’s mostly seen in the United States through a judicial system. The death penalty is a cruel and unethical way of justice. There must be a way to solve this complex issue.

The death penalty does not deter criminals from committing crime. Most criminals who commit crimes do not have intentions of being caught and believe that they are invincible from the repercussions of their actions. Because of this, the death penalty really does not deter criminals from committing a crime. In fact, the death penalty could be considered an “easy way out” because the criminal does not have to spend several months, years, or even the rest of his or her life behind bars with little contact with the outside world. The criminal can just die and no longer have to suffer with knowing what he or she did, how it has affected others, and how it will continue to affect his or her life. Also, many criminals end up committing suicide in prison because they do not want to have to spend every day locked in a jail cell for extended periods of time.

Death punishment, gives closure to the people involved with the tragedy. It helps to the overpopulation problem in the prison system, instead keeping an intern 25 years or more. Finally, people who received the death punishment usually are not able to be rehabilitated. If these people have the opportunity they will kill, rape, and torture again. There are many factors that make murders incapable to