In order for one to receive the death penalty, their crime has to be equal to their punishment or it goes against the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment (LII). People who were charged with the death penalty had committed a number of crimes. According to a recent online Sentencing for Life article, 81.8% of people sentenced to the death penalty committed murder, 6.7% committed rape, 1.9% were guilty of a slave revolt, 1.7% committed a burglary, and 1.1% was from robberies (Controversial Topics). Since most of the people who were sentenced to the death penalty from murdering someone, they fit into the category of "an eye for an eye," (Pros and Cons). In the US specifically, approximately 1,188 people were executed between 1977 and 2009, primarily by lethal injection (Pros and Cons). .
While there are other types of executions, lethal injection is most common because it seems less brutal and cruel. When it comes to lethal injection, there are three different shots the criminal receives: the first is sodium thiopental, which is used as anesthesia, the second shot is pancuronium bromide, serving as a paralyzer, and the final shot which is potassium chloride used to induce cardiac arrest (Controversial Topics). The order and precision of the injections are to ensure that the criminal feels little to no pain (Controversial Topics). There are 35 states in the US that offer the death penalty as an option for punishment, eight of those states also have electrocution, three have gas chambers, three have hanging, and two have a firing squad (DPIC). However, all of the 35 states have lethal injection as their primary method (DPIC).
One reason the death penalty is beneficial is because it rids the world of a criminal forever. This person would no longer be a threat to the society, since one cannot commit a crime if they are no longer living. If they had simply been given a sentence such as life or many years in prison, they could commit their crimes within the prison, escape, or be released for some reason to cause more trouble wherever they went (Resolved Capital Punishment).
It stands for the total abolition of the death penalty but allows states parties to retain the death penalty in time of war. ... The argument for the abolishment of the death penalty is whether or not it does any good to decrease crime. ... Some people think the death penalty is fair. ... The death penalty is a global issue. ... A big argument is whether or not the death penalty prevents crime. ...
(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. ... Also, states that do not have a death penalty experience lower number of murders each year than that of the states who do. (National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Website) Another argument I would like to refute is that it costs too much of taxpayers dollars to keep an inmate in jail for a life sentence. ... ...
The Old Testament clearly calls for the death penalty on many occasions. ... The argument most often cited by supporters of death penalty is that the threat of executions deters crimes more than life imprisonment. ... 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 1...
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. ... According to Isaac Ehrlich, for every inmate that was executed, seven lives were spared because others were deterred from committing murder (Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty, 1). ... The Catholic religion is the religion most against 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. ... There are other practical arguments that support opposing the death penalty. ... If the death penalty does not deter crime, why should there have a death penalty? ...
The Death Penalty I. ... The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. ... The deterrence of crime has always been one of the strongest supporting arguments for the death penalty. ... Another strong supporting argument for the death penalty is that it provides justice for the victims of the crime. ... The death penalty is final, irrevocable. ...
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....
Secondly, why does the death penalty for juveniles remain? ... In an in depth analysis on a controversial issue it is essential to discuss both sides of the argument and interpret the main underlying points of the different perceptions and define the bias that is illustrated. 1. ... Juveniles and the Death Penalty. ... Cothern presents the point of view in opposition to the death penalty for youth with the argument that the juvenile justice system contradicts the foundation and purpose for separating the juvenile justice system from the adult system. The death penalty is looked at in a hist...
Capital Punishment Capital Punishment is the lawful procedure of the death penalty. ... In the 1500's in England, only in major crimes was the death penalty used. ... In the end the death penalty is a very controversial issue. ... But the fact remains that the death penalty is final. ... But on the other hand an eye for an eye is just as good of an argument. ...