It is our duty as a community to protect the innocent from these crazed individuals.
It seems that the life of a convicted murder takes precedence over the life that they stole from an innocent victim(s) and Reiman seems to agree when he states, "That execution should be avoided because of how terrible it is to the one executed." The death sentence is typically only considered in murder cases and to put their rights in front of the victims is disgraceful. They made the calculated decision to harm someone so why should we care how terrible execution is to a murderer. The last thing on their mind when they were killing someone was how their victim was feeling, if they were treating them fairly and the appeals for their life went unheard. .
With the condemned in mind the case of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 153 in 1972 was presented to the courts. When the case was won more than 600 death row inmates who were sentenced between 1967 and 1972 had their lives spared because the United States Supreme Court ruled that the capital punishment laws were "arbitrary and capricious." The court ruling made it possible for convicted killers to be released back into society. Where is the rationalization of this and where was the justice for the victims? How does a person go from being on death row to being released? Letting a convicted killer out of prison is the biggest case of injustice possible and my proof lies in Kenneth Allen McDuff. McDuff was sentenced to death for the murder of two teenage boys and the rape, torture and murder of a teenage girl in 1966 but he escaped execution through the court ruling in 1972. He somehow managed to be released in 1989 and went back to doing what he does best, raping and killing. He murdered at least nine more women before being caught again and finally justice was served when he was executed in 1998. This was not the only case of injustice. I was shocked when I read Paul Cassell's article and he reported that, "of the roughly 52,000 state prison inmates serving time for murder, an estimated 810 had previously been convicted of murder and had killed 821 persons following those convictions.
-Contact Death Penalty Focus. ... -Start a Death Penalty Focus chapter at your school. ... -Support efforts to pass a City Council resolution for a moratorium. ... -Attend national conferences on death penalty organizing. ... Death Penalty Focus can help you find many excellent speakers. ...
The Death Penalty Information Center says that DNA evidence has been used to support seventeen out of 139 exonerations since 1973 (Ruggiero). There are other practical arguments that support opposing the death penalty. ... This adds to the cost and frustration of public support for capital punishment (Costs of the Death Penalty). ... While the Gallup Organization's annual survey showed a 2-to-1 support for the death penalty for murder and 49% said the death penalty was not imposed enough, another poll showed that only 37% believed that the death penalty actually reduced the number of ho...
Research has shown that during the colonial days of the United States, the death penalty was strongly supported and often made a public display. ... Support of the death penalty from society is strong and studies prove that capital punishment is essential for the lowering of the crime rate and for preventing the recurrence of crime. ... Nearly nine out of every ten people support the death penalty in the United States (Vacco 1). ... Outline Thesis: Support of the death penalty from society is strong and studies prove that capital punishment is essential for the lowering of the crime r...
The topic of death penalty support is important because it influences public policy. ... Trends over time in support for the death penalty American support for the death penalty has been varying greatly over the years since 1950s. ... However, support was growing for the death penalty. ... Socio-demographic correlates of death penalty support There are many socio-demographic correlates of death penalty support. ... This leads to more male support for the death penalty than female. ...
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 for Juveniles: An Assessment of Public Support. ... The article provided a research based study designed to focus on the characteristics of those who support the death penalty in comparison to those who support its abolishment. ... The article assessed public support of the death penalty for juveniles through this phone survey of two communities. ... The probit regression analysis was conducted to draw conclusions about the sources of support for rehabilitation versus the death penalty. The studies demonstrate the similar characteristics that those who support the death pena...
"One of the earliest written documents that supported the death penalty was the Code of Hammurabi, which was written on stone tablets around 1760 BC " ("Origins of Capital Punishment "). ... The first aspect that comes to mind when talking about the death penalty is the deterrent rate. ... Each execution results, on average, in eighteen fewer murders... " ("Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime? ... When the opposers believe their counterargument is strong, one must consult to the Bible, the book that Christians strongly follow, which supports the death penalty. ... Many supports state that the...
The Death Penalty: Right or Wrong? ... And in 1972 the death penalty was finally illegal. ... The bill that I am doing is called the "Convicted Offender DNA Index System Support Act."" ... Does death penalty deter crime? ... For years people that support the death say that the fear of getting death for death will make people think before they commit a crime. ...
