The death penalty is a source of divided opinion and controversy. Capital punishment is the most severe penalty in the US Judicial system. The death penalty is given for the most brutal crimes committed .People have been sentenced to death for many reasons. In America, 2 out of every 3 people support the death penalty. One of the functions of the criminal justice system is to administer a fair and just punishment for the crime committed by the suspect .Most Americans seem to agree with or oppose capital punishment on a case by case basis.
In this paper, I will discuss the effect that capital punishment has on deterring criminal activity. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so terrible, that this type of punishment is the only acceptable punishment for the crime committers. For decades now, there has been an ongoing debate over the death penalty in America. The chief argument in favor of death sentences is the fact that it can be used as a deterrent. Deterrence is the idea that executing the murderers will decrease the rates of homicide by discouraging future murderers.
In fact, the state of Texas has a reputation known for enforcing the death penalty. However, in all of the years mankind knowing of such barbaric punishment, can one actually say that it is just and applied fairly? Despite the fact that the death penalty may seem like justice, the death penalty is a barbaric act that is not applied fairly and is unjust to mankind because there have been innocent people convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Certain factors such as race, location, and money play a large part on how unjust and fair the death penalty is applied. The death penalty is a barbaric action that is unjust and applied unfairly to mankind because although half of the homicide victims are people of color, more than 80 percent of the prisoners executed were convicted of killing whites.
In order to be sentenced to the death penalty, a man must commit a severe crime; for example, murder. If a man were to murder another, the rational thing to do would be to take his life away by sentencing them to death. The argument about it being “humane” counterbalances itself. First of all, committing murder is in no way humane, so why should the punishment of the killer be any different? Why should their life be sparred if what they did was completely and utterly inhumane?
It crosses the line of not just morality but the defining junction of who truly holds the power to pass this judgment. While capital punishment has been invoked in many states there is still an issue of morality. Many of these individual rights have been all but nullified because of an act that may or may not have been committed. But as a society we are deathly quick to persecute another individual for their crimes thinking that it is justice. Is there really justice in killing another human being that has killed someone else?
Arguments go back and forth whether capital punishment is “cruel and unusual punishment” because of the torture people on death row go through. Also, people commit murders because of witnesses that see them commit certain crimes. He or she has evidence of the crime an individual has committed and can testify it to the police. Murders happen because people get scared what a certain person might do and the victims are the ones who get hurt. The article presents a good argument for why the death penalty works because it explains the different type of murders that happen to people and the cause of it and why murder rates have gone down.
The Pro’s and the Cons of the Death Penalty. Capital punishment has been the center of much controversy dating all the way back to its origins. Though the root of capital punishment has its dates all the way back to 1696 BC, arguments over its effectiveness and morality, continue in the midst of its existence today. 1608 the earliest death penalty in the British American Colonies handed was handed out for treason. There are many people who have come up with arguments for both sides.
Although murder is a horrific crime to commit, is death really the only just punishment? No, death is only the punishment the world has chosen for murderers. What is the difference between a murderer taking a life and a state taking a life? There is no difference because in a sense, they are both murderers. Capital punishment supports the death of one individual, the murderer, over the death of another, the victim.
Capital Punishment Imagine being falsely accused of a crime and being sentenced to death. This is the reality for many people on death row and one of many reasons why the death penalty need to be abolished in the criminal justice system. The death penalty is and has always been a controversial topic. It is applicable only to capital crimes such as homicide, various forms of sexual assault, etc. The death penalty is wrong because states do not comply with the standards that have been set that keep the death penalty from being cruel and unusual.
Fleeing refugees, murder from both the government and the enemy have resulted in such a devastated state of countries like Iraq and Afghanistan where the Taliban scares innocent people with death by military equipment. War is also a misconduct of human rights. Rape and torture are inappropriate and should be prevented. If war continues, human right may never be a part of a war-stricken country. These human rights misconducts are just another word to describe murder.