A death sentence brings finality to a horrible chapter in the lives of these family members. It would mean that the family members of the victim could then end all sadness of the crime committed and try to forget about it as best they can and know that justice has been served to the defendant. If it wasn’t for the various types of punishment there wouldn’t be a way to deter people from committing crime. The death penalty creates another form of crime deterrent. Prison time is an effective deterrent to a point, with some people more time is needed.
The penalty of death is a very thought out process when it is subjected to a convict. The convict has to deserve the severity of the punishment and the courts cannot have any thoughts of the sentencing as unconstitutional for it to come into affect. Some arguments that were made that are for the death penalty, “gives closure for victim’s family who have suffered, creates form of deterrent crime, parole or escaped prisoners are given another chance to kill, and gives prosecutors another bargaining chip for plea bargain process” (Messerli). The constitutional arguments against the death penalty are, “financial costs of death penalty cost more than life in prison, appeals clog court system, why kill people who killed someone, innocent men and women may be put to death, and it does not bring the victim’s life back” (Messerli). The arguments for and against the death penalty are very strong arguments and could persuade a person’s mind to believe in both sides.
Economist Isaac Ehrlich compared the murder rate in the United States with the rate of executions between 1933 and 1967. His conclusion: “The trade-off between the execution of an offender and the lives of potential victims it might have saved was of the order of magnitude of 1 for 8.” In other words, each use of the death penalty seems to have deterred the killing of eight potential victims. Homicides decreased by almost 36 percent immediately following a
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) lists a Seattle University Study that found that each death penalty case costs an average one million dollars more than a similar case where the death penalty was not sought. Death penalty opponents also maintain that life in prison is a worse punishment than death and a more effective deterrent in preventing others from committing similar crimes. The DPIC references a 2009 study, among the nations’ police chiefs, who rank the death penalty as last in their priorities for effective crime reduction. Just as there are numerous arguments against capital punishment and certainly more than I’ve mentioned, proponents believe that society benefits when the punishment fits the crime. With DNA, the likelihood of false convictions is minute and, following an appeals process, it’s even smaller.
The guards used dehumanization of their enemy to make it easier to commit brutal killings such as the ones seen the the Reserve Police Battalion 101. As John Dower had observed, “The dehumanization of the Other contributed immeasurably to the psychological distancing that facilitated killing. Distancing, not frenzy and brutalization, is one of the keys to the behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101”(162, Browning). Most of these people in the Reserve Police Battalion 101 had never seen blood or war before. So distancing themselves, in other words, making them seem as least human as possible, made it easier for the soldiers to commit these horrible atrocious killings.
3.05 Hear What I Say! Jared T. Falk The Morality and Justice of Capital Punishment (Speech MLA Format) Why, I ask you should the death penalty be abolished completely from our society? Is capital punishment not justified when the life of an innocent human being is taken by another? Every single one of us grew up under a rule, whether it was administered in schooling, our parents, or church we were all taught to treat others how we wish to be treated. I believe that capital punishment honors life, in the sense that our justice system administers the strongest penalty possible on those convicted of taking the life of another.
Tanjala Harris ENC 1101 6 May 2014 Ex-Felons should have their rights restored immediately Introduction Ex-felons are people who are convicted of a crime known as felony (Drum 2). This is a serious crime which is punishable by death penalty or a very long term in a state or a federal maximum security prison (Drum 2). In broad terms, felony crimes range from rape, arson, murder and robbery with violence (Drum 2). These are crimes that most constitution demand heavy punishment in a campaign to eliminate such vices in our society. It is to this kind of unsocial behavior that debate came up on whether such convicts should be granted their rights or not.
When a black person murders another black, it’s barely seen that the defendant receives capital punishment. It seems like the systems only really cares about white murder victims. Receiving capital punishment for being a murder is wrong, even a criminal deserves to live their life. They will just have to life their life in jail. Giving someone the death penalty is murder so, that’s like saying the prosecutor should be
The Constitutional Death Penalty Kissandra Moore U.S. Constitutional History 556 Douglas A. Dribben Sep. 10, 2012 Arguments over the death penalty always refer back to Amendment V or Amendment VIII regarding due process and cruel and unusual punishment. To understand the use of the death penalty in America, it is important to consider that executions were common prior to the Constitutions framing and that Amendment V recognizes capital crime. The framers were obviously aware of capital punishment and considered capital crimes as they set forth the provisions that would protect those accused. Prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment was also considered, but cruel and unusual punishment is subjective.
Capital Punishment Essay As America progressed and grew to the beautiful country it is today, there were different ways to punish the people that committed high crimes. The one form of punishment that is most feared, yet controversial, in the American society is capital punishment. Capital punishment is the practice of giving major criminals the death sentence. Once given this sentence, you are put on death row to die. Many people argue whether this should be practiced in the United States.