Desmond LeSure Professor Bolton ENGL 1020 19 April 2012 “Is the Three-Strikes Law fair and ethical?” There are individuals who were known as habitual criminals who constantly repeated the cycle of committing a crime, getting arrested, and eventually getting released. In 1993, Americans noticed that this was very costly to the public because the process of arresting and trying these criminals was expensive. American tax payers were beginning to become concerned with this issue and wanted something to be done about habitual offenders. Society is pushing the issue that it was more logical to keep repeat criminals in jail and not release them to commit more crimes. Politicians listened to society and executed a law that would put an end to
Proposal: Death Penalty The death penalty has been an issue in California for a long period of time because it costs too much money just to put prisoners to rest. This problem ended up becoming a proposition in the recent election year and it was called Prop 34. The argument of the death penalty was that some citizens wanted to banned it because it was costing California too much money just to execute the inmates. The people who were voting yes on Prop 34, were voting to not have the death penalty anymore. Citizens who voted no on Prop 34, wanted the death penalty still in action for those who commit extreme crimes.
One of most important of the propositions is Proposition 34 this focus on the death penalty yes on 34 is to repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole. People should vote yes to approve Prop.34 because it doesn’t provide closure for the families of the victims; two wrongs do not make a right. In addition it cost more to execute an inmate than life imprisonment. Although the prop 34 should be approved some individuals believe that the execution of the inmate will provide the closure the families need and it is
What gives us the right to put a dollar amount on a human life? Many feel we are overstepping our bounds and rights as humans. You may hear many numbers about the cost of housing a prisoner; although, consensus is that it is more expensive to prosecute a death penalty case and house the prisoner that will be executed than it is to simply house an inmate for life without the possibility of parole. The cost of trying a death penalty case is said to be close to one million dollars in the majority of information regarding these cases. Imagine how much money would be saved if the death penalty was abolished.
According to him, 99% would rather be imprisoned for life than sentenced to the death penalty. Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, as cited in Haags argument says, "Some men, probably, abstain from murder because they fear that if they committed murder they would be hanged. Hundreds of thousands abstain from it because they regard it with horror. One great reason why they regard it with horror is that murderers are hanged”. In the article titled “The Folly of Capital Punishment”, Jeffrey Reinam concludes that capital punishment is immoral to our society; and thus, should not be legalized.
I feel it adversely is shown and sought out to enhance the value of human life by demonstrating the old saying “an eye for an eye.” If government were to lower the penalty of murder it would portray that the victims’ loss of life was less significant than that of the murderer. Some opponents feel that a life sentence in prison is a far worse punishment than death. If this is true, then why do so many convicted prisoners put on death row try to appeal and get a lesser sentence? These prisoners who committed the same act outside prison walls are now facing death with no alternative, as their victim had, and aren’t ready to answer to the consequences. In the case of Stephanie Benton, I saw this with my own eyes.
Americans will save a lot of money from taxes, the prison population would decrease, and the government would realize how harsh and unfair their sentencing system is. Americans would much rather old drug dealers who want to improve and change their lives back on the streets rather than having a murder or a rapist back on the streets. If the drug dealers really want to change their lives and start a new life then they should be able to get out of prison. Most of the inmates have already served more than enough time then they actually deserve. Americans need to start sticking up for what’s right in their country and should stop being bullied by the government.
This is truly a bothersome idea because the capital punishment is irreversible. No matter how many precautions are made, there are always going to be mistakes because decisions are made by humans. If the mistake is acknowledged after the execution, then the state would have committed a crime that’s equivalent to the murder. Since the 1900's, at least 416 innocent people have been sentenced to death penalty in the name of justice. (Popular Misconceptions About the Death Penalty, n.d.).
Capital punishment should be a tool used on many serious felons instead of life in jail. Capital punishment would lower crime rates and subsequently lower overcrowding in our prisons. Also, United States prisons cost taxpayers an exorbitant amount of money to fund and keep running. The number of inmates in jails today has steadily increased
Gun Control People seem to think making more gun control laws is going to solve all the problems we have with guns and killing... But will it they really? After all these years of things being how they are? Is there really going to be a noticeable change in gun violence because of these new laws? I personally don't think so...