Depriving a person of his will to live is the same, if not worse than killing that person. If murder is illegal under all circumstances, then torture should be illegal. Torture is unimaginable and permanent scaring of the body and soul (Dieringer). Torture is inhumane because it severely injures human bodies to a degree that can never be fixed. Torture has tremendous negative physical effects on the human body.
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.).
Death Penalty is a Crime To use a lethal injection, electrocution, or gas to murder someone is a crime. This is what law enforcer’s use for the death penalty, also called capital punishment. Death penalty is wrong, and making someone suffer by causing them pain is not a good way for a punishment. The death penalty is racist; also some people that received the penalty were innocent. Our country’s money is being wasted on death penalties.
The Homicide Act 1957 has been criticised mainly under these following premises. The Mandatory life sentence for committing murder has been criticised for being too rigid in the cases of mercy killing, for example, a man may have helped to kill his terminally ill wife because she begged him to put an end to her pain. The court may feel considerable sympathy for the husband who carried out the act of a mercy killing, but would still be obliged to impose a life sentence. The mandatory life sentence for murder means that once convicted of the offence, the defendants face the same penalty whether they are serial killers, terrorists or mercy killers. This inflexibility prevents the court from taking into account motive or circumstances, both of which can make a significant difference to the way in which society would view the individual offence.
He explains that the death penalty is just an act of torture and is too horrible to be used by our civilized society, stating that it is “torture until death” (220). He goes on to argue that the death penalty is unjust in its practice because it is applied in arbitrary and also in discriminatory ways. Quoting, “Remain grants that the death penalty is a just punishment for some murderers, but he thinks that justice does not require the death penalty for murderers” (221). He goes on to say that life imprisonment can be an alternative decision that stratifies the requirements of the justice
By law manslaughter is a felony and should not be done. The physicians are at fault because they are giving the drug to the patient to drink. This is often confused with euthanasia, which the difference is the doctor administers the drug instead of the patient. From a biological standpoint a drug is administered to the patient to kill them. The drug given to them is known as a Barbiturate.
In March 1999, he was convicted of second-degree murder and the delivery of a controlled substance for assisting in the death of a terminally ill patient. He was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison.” (Fordham University School of Law, 2013). “However, despite Dr. Kevorkian s prison sentence, last October, the U.S. House of Representatives passed "The Pain Relief Promotion Act," “Chilling repercussions are likely to result from the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999, a bill passed by the House of Representatives and now being considered by the Senate. In essence, it is a simple piece of legislation with two major provisions. The first essentially nullifies patients' rights to physician-assisted suicide under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Murder - CRITICISMS Introduction • Murder has existed since the 17th Century. • However, in 2006 the Law Commission Report stated that there are many problems with the current law on murder. Murder • Murder is a common law offence so it is not defined properly, • but in the 17th Century Lord Coke introduced a definition: “murder is the unlawful killing of a human being under the Queen’s peace with malice aforethought”. • The definition is too broad – a person may be convicted of murder even though he only intended to cause serious harm. Intention • Main problem is the meaning of ‘intention’ – caused problems in court.
Mentally Ill Criminals In the United States, capital punishment is also referred to as the death penalty. It is the highest, as in the most severe punishment that a citizen can be sentenced to. There has been an ongoing dispute as to whether or not mentally ill criminals such as grossly insane offenders should be able to face death penalty charges. According to the United States federal government, the legal definition of being insane is having a mental illness of such severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality. According to the Supreme Court, for a person to receive capital punishment, it is required that they have a rational understanding of the reason and effect of the execution.
Since the capital punishment is still carry on, many opponents and defenders of the death penalty appeal to the sanctity of life. However, the death penalty is not justified. This is because death penalty is not an effective crime deterrent, executed innocent people and it needs a higher cost to carry on. First of all, some opponents argue that death penalty can help deter crime and protect public. For instance, the criminal will think twice before killing for fear of receive the strongest punishment.