Understandably, family members of murder victims want the murderer to suffer as much pain as the victim did, but before rewarding revenge, the goveronment has the take into consideration the Constitutional rights of the murderer. ... African Americans and Caucasians are killed in primarily equal numbers but murderers of whites are more likely to be put to death than murderers of any other race. " In the 20th century, nearly 75% of those executed for childhood offences were African Americans. ... -www. amnesty.org (human rights website) These statistics bring up...
Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can never kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people again. So...
Although Kant agrees that the hurt done to the criminal should equal the hurt the criminal did to others, or "eye for eye", I still agree with his views on the utilitarian theory. ... One should not lose their freedom or rights due to certain societies yearn for good. ...
Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can ever kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people ag...