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.
In the story Antigone, Creon was able to sentence Antigone to death. Though in the time the story was written it would have made sense but today the death penalty can’t be used as freely as that anymore. It is forbidden in some countries whereas others use it but parts of the country won’t accept it. Today many democratic countries use it as a punishment; this includes the European Union, which includes Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, and Greece. The entire Latin America also uses the death penalty, as does the U.S.
They believe this was a right that they were given by our Four Fathers, which is clearly not true. Yes, they have the freedom of speech but when should the freedom be taken away? What about the rights of the innocent victims and their families? Hate crimes, because of their nature will always lead to violence and this is not a freedom that people should have. In my opinion, the penalties for hate crimes should continue to be more severe than that of a regular crime because so many innocent people are injured and even killed simply because they are different.
So many non-supporters of the death penalty say they are against it because of racial discrimination, or how it treats humans as like animal, or that it is cruel and unusual, or that retribution is another word for revenge and therefore they believe that life imprisonment is a just enough punishment. But giving a convicted murderer life imprisonment could still result in death by their hands
The death penalty has been viewed by many people as wrong, while still other people see the death penalty to be acceptable in today s society. People who oppose the death penalty complain that it is morally wrong, and the majority of the people who receive the death penalty are wrongfully treated, either due to race, poverty, or even gender. Even though many people oppose the death penalty, there are still people, such as myself, who feel that the death penalty should be accepted in the United States today. Whether it is to reduce overcrowding in prisons, or to cut down on serious crimes, I
The Author supports their position by stating, “What we refuse to accept is the severity of the crimes the individuals on death row have committed. They were handed capital punishment for a legitimate reason, they are a threat to society.”(Paragraph 12)
They are just like us, but for what they have done to become a felon must have been hard for them to make a choice like that. People; don’t interact with them, because they have that view on them as being a murder. So Do you believe felons should
Others feel that the country should abolish the death penalty all together (1). Shalom gives the response that many of our neighboring countries do not practice the death penalty. These include Western Europe and Latin America. There are many reasons why they have abolished the death penalty; one of them being that it is unjust (2). The author
This seems to say that “Compassion” would help me to understand why the reasons of the murder to kill. I don’t have to accept these reasons, but it would give me understanding to make a reasonable decision on the murderer’s future. If I use the word compassion, people could believe that the feelings I have for the person killed are weak, they would not justify why I feel that compassion; however, the way I interpret the word is only to understand the reasons the murderer has to kill that person related to me. If I only use the feelings I have for the person close to me, I would be anticipating a decision that could be wrong. I need to have understanding of the reasons the murderer has to kill someone close to me.
These criminals deserve the worst death penalty for breaking American laws. They know that there are consequences and that they will get caught in the long run. Now many people argue if the death penalty is constitutional and there have been many controversies over the death penalty. Argument is: Whether the United States should keep this punishment or abolish it completely. Very few nations such as The United States, Iran, China, and other nations leave the death penalty as an option depending on the victim then there are a few other nations that completely abolished the law of killing someone by using the death penalty.