There are many objections and questions about using the death penalty. There are some valid reasons for it as well as some that make the case to abolish it. There are many subjects to talk about that concern the death penalty. Subjects such as the history of it, how it is used in different countries, problems with it, current issues for it, and the differing opinions of people about it. The death penalty can be very controversial for many reasons.
The death penalty or capital punishment is legal infliction of death for violating criminal law. Throughout history the methods used for this have included crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, impaling, and beheading. The main methods used today are lethal injection, electrocution, hanging, or shooting. Out of the 37 states who use the death penalty Texas has had the most executions of any state with 310 executions.
Countries throughout the world are split on using capital punishment. Close to 90 countries have abolished the death penalty and about as many still retain it. Most of the countries who use it are developing countries. Most industrialized countries favor sentencing criminals to a long term prison sentence instead of using capital punishment. After World War II is when many Western Europe countries abolished the death penalty. The U.S. is the major exception to this. Only China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia have used the death penalty more than the United States since 1997. The United States having the death penalty has raised many questions from others throughout the years because it is thought to be cruel and that the United States might be behind the times for continuing to use it.
Current conditions have changed substantially since the pre-1972 era. Some of the changes have been that mentally retarded people and people who do not understand the meaning of their pending execution cannot be executed, minors cannot be executed, juries not judges decide whether a defendant is eligible for the death penalty, and contemporary laws have been made that authorize the death penalty for only those who's crimes that have not resulted in death have not yet been challenged or reviewed by the court.
It stands for the total abolition of the death penalty but allows states parties to retain the death penalty in time of war. ... Some states have already abolished the death penalty. ... Some people think the death penalty is fair. ... The death penalty is a global issue. ... The death penalty isn't a way to prevent crime. ...
Currently, there have been over 1,000 deaths due to the death penalty since 1976 (Death Penalty Information Center). ... There are many different forms of execution used in the death penalty. ... Three years later in 2009, New Mexico repealed the death penalty. ... The death penalty gives most people a sense of security in many states. ... The Catholic religion is the religion most against the death penalty. ...
I am against the death penalty. ... "A new survey by the New York Times found that states without the death penalty have lower homicide rates than states with the death penalty" ("Facts" 6). ... My last reason for my opposition to the death penalty is its constitutionality, whether or not the death penalty should be legal. ... "The Death Penalty on Trial." ... "Debating the Death Penalty." ...
The Old Testament clearly calls for the death penalty on many occasions. ... In the case of the death penalty, an individual kills another human being and he is punished for it by death. ... Statistics from the Death Penalty Information Center (1997) show that the death penalty does not really deter crime. When comparisons are made between states with the death penalty and states without it, the majority of the death penalty states show murder rates higher than non-death penalty states. ... In 1996, death penalty states averaged a rate of 7.1 criminal homicides per 100,000, while non-death pen...
(Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Website) The main argument that advocates for the death penalty have is that the death penalty deters crime, that the threat of execution is enough to make criminals think twice about committing a capital crime. ... Clearly, by the time he has decided to commit his crime, he has already disregarded other forms of punishment besides the death penalty, such as lengthy imprisonment. ... Also, states that do not have a death penalty experience lower number of murders each year than that of the states who do. ... (Death Penalty Information Ce...
After the Supreme Court made this ruling, states reviewed their death penalty laws. ... The death penalty contradicts the whole idea of human rights. ... Supporters of the death penalty believe that the death penalty helps keep the crime and murder rate down, but that is not so. States with death penalty laws do not have lower crime or rates than states that with death penalty laws. ... If the death penalty is not "cruel and unusual punishment" then what is? ...
-Contact Death Penalty Focus. ... -Start a Death Penalty Focus chapter at your school. ... -Attend national conferences on death penalty organizing. ... What Teachers Can Do -Use the Death Penalty Information Center's curriculum for educators in your classroom! ... Death Penalty Focus can help you find many excellent speakers. ...
One way people are being deprived of their rights is the use of the death penalty. The death penalty is often used to kill people who have committed murder. ... The death penalty is not a surefire way to punish criminals. ... Jury members may avoid the death penalty for this very reason. ... If the death penalty does not deter crime, why should there have a death penalty? ...
DEATH PENALTY The death penalty has existed as long as humans have existed. ... There have been many comparisons of crime rates of death penalty states to non-death penalty states. ... Michigan, Ohio and Illinois all have the death penalty. ... In 1994, the average murder rate in death penalty states of a population of 100,00 was 8.0, for a non-death penalty state, 4.4. ... In 1976 Canada got rid of the death penalty. ...
The death penalty protects society because if the murderers are executed, they are no longer on the streets (The Death Penalty). ... Studies show that by increasing the death penalty by one percent, it would prevent one hundred and five murders (The Death Penalty). ... Why the society defends the death penalty. ... Arguments of those who oppose the death penalty. ... Concluding thoughts of reinstating the death penalty....