Since the first civilized cultures emerged and created the concept of capital punishment various government through out history have been putting people to death. In many cultures these killings were sources of entertainment where the entire town would gather to watch. Some methods that were utilized were quite messy and inhumane such as when the convicted were beheaded, stoned or disemboweled. Since such crude times, more sophisticated and technological means have been developed. Regardless, the sick desire to watch someone be killed remains inside of us. With the recent execution of Timothy McVeigh, I was disgusted with the propaganda. People were selling tickets on Ebay and celebrating a death of an individual. On the matter of capital punishment, I whole-heartedly agree with Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking. In this book, Sister Helen displayed her belief that a human being is worth more than his/her worst act. Beside the immorality of the death penalty its fundamental dynamic just don't make sense. Contrary to popular belief, it does not deter crime, it is expensive, and justice is not always served and is hypocritical. .
Various methods of government sponsored killings have been developed. The five used in the United States today are electrocution, hanging, firing squad, lethal injection, and lethal gas. From 1977-1990 143 people were executed and three people in 2002 have already been executed. Nine of the 143 were juveniles. Most of people executed had committed murder or were accomplices of murders. This statistic proves the hypocritical nature of the death penalty. We are attempting to stop people from murdering by murdering them. .
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Many supporters of the death penalty believe that it is less expensive to kill the criminal than to keep him alive for the rest of his life. The facts prove that the reality is quite the opposite. The average cost from point of arrest to execution is $1 million to $3 million per case while the average cost for people sentenced to life in prison is $500,000, including incarceration costs.
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....