The amount of time it takes to put together an execution is not the only unbeneficial fact about capital punishment. Going through the process of that death penalty is also costly. As surprising as it may sound, it costs 3 times more to carry out an execution than to sentence some to life in prison without parole. The reason for this is because now a days there is a lot of paper work and court processes to go through in order to carry out an execution, and there a very few lawyers willing to do it. This is also the reason why it takes so long for a sentence to be carried out. Lawyers who agree to do this are paid less compared to lawyers who work in other fields. The only way to raise the lawyers' pay checks would be to raise taxes, and no American wants the taxes raised even higher. Based on the given evidence, those in favor of the death penalty cannot deny the fact that capital punishment is unbeneficial to our country. .
Not only is capital punishment costly and time consuming, but it is always subject to error. Mistakes are inevitable. There are people and organizations that are dedicated to proving the innocence of those that lost their lives unfairly to the death penalty. In the 20th century, 23 victims of execution were proven to be innocent, and therefore murdered. There is no way of knowing how many other innocent lives have been lost due to capital punishment. The Salem Witch Trials are a prime example of this. Twenty people were executed for practicing witchcraft, and the methods used to prove this were very unreliable. The colony even later realized the mistake they had made and tried to compensate the families who had lost innocent loved ones. These mistakes could have been much more easily remedied if the death penalty was not a concept put into practice, and the accused were in jail instead of the ground. .
When discussing a controversial topic, it is important to be open minded and not biased towards one side.
The United States of America has not signed it yet. ... America isn't sure if it is ready to abolish the death penalty: especially Texas. ... America as a whole has not abolished it. ... The death penalty is a global issue. ... Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded. ...
The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offence. ... 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. ... Texas, being the largest state in the United States, has the most executions by state at 518. ... Three years later in 2009, New Mexico repealed the death penalty. ...
I am against the death penalty. ... Another reason why I"m against the death penalty is the possibility of a wrongful execution. ... Just think what our allies are thinking, "Europeans are disturbed by what they see as the violence of American society, and that has two basic elements, as they see it the issue of guns in schools and the death penalty" (Alter & Miller 26) Many other people believe in the death penalty. ... "The Death Penalty on Trial." ... "Debating the Death Penalty." ...
In 1967, executions in the United States were temporarily suspended to give the federal appellate courts time to decide whether or not the death penalty was unconstitutional. ... Fifty years ago, America was quick to condemn the Germans for persecuting Jew's, but, today, in 1996 Americans execute their own people the exact same way. ... 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 c...
(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. ... (Death Penalty Information Center Website) People justify the death penalty in saying that in the Bible God says that murder should be punished with death. ... A similar study noted that White defe...
The beginning of the death penalty in America comes from the influence of Britain. The death penalty was a common punishment in British culture and the British brought it with them when they came to America. ... During the 1930's America averaged 167 executions a year. However, in the 1950's the death penalty and the numbers of executions in a year began to drop (Death Penalty Information Center, 2011). ... A person receiving the death penalty has a medical examination before the execution. ...
DEATH PENALTY The death penalty has existed as long as humans have existed. ... IN the United States alone there have been 4047 executions since 1930 and 188 were from 1977-1996. ... In a 1986 poll 70% of Americans favored the death penalty as a punishment for murder. ... Zimmy) Time magazine, 1997 said 52% of Americans do not believe the death penalty deters people from committing crime. ... In Britain, 167 people were one death row. 164 of them said they witnessed at least one execution before they committed their crime. ...
In the 1500's in England, only in major crimes was the death penalty used. ... In the United States, beginning in 1967, executions were suspended to allow the Federal Courts to decide weather the death penalty was unconstitutional or not. ... Since 1973, about 6,000 people have been sentenced to the death penalty in America. ... In the end the death penalty is a very controversial issue. ... But the fact remains that the death penalty is final. ...
Human rights are strongly supported in America. ... For example, some executions have gone wrong and it has taken a long time for death to occur after the lethal injection. ... For example, African Americans are overrepresented on death row. African Americans make up 13% of the population and around 50% of those on death row (Ruggiero). ... While supporters of the death penalty claim that there is no risk of wrongful execution, in fact, there have been people who have been wrongly convicted and killed. ...
