There has been some form of death penalty in the world throughout history. It is still legal in many countries as a punishment for major crimes. Executions have been performed by decapitation, electrocution, firing squad, gas chamber, hanging, lethal injection, shooting and stoning and other rude ways. Oscar Wilde's long poem,"The Ballad of Reading Gaol," is an example of a death sentence, hanging, and describes us how brutal the punishment is. With this historical example we can easily say that nobody has the exact right to give a death penalty order because it is applied unfairly, retribution of homicide is immoral, and there is a risk to execute innocent people.
The death penalty decision is changed by different factors, for example, the judge's moral values, the attorney's quality skills, the country in which the crime is committed and the race of the victim or suspect. Most of the suspects charged with death penalty are poor ones who cannot afford a reputable attorney. Their inexperienced attorneys generally fail to analyze the whole case. Without a good defense, they are incapable of getting rid of false charges. Also, according to a report by the Human Rights Organization, death penalty decisions interestingly increases if the victim is white rather than black in the United States. The same report tells that more than 125 black suspects have been executed for the murder of a white victim, while only five white suspects have been executed for the murder of a black victim. This is an apparent discrimination towards the blacks like John Coffey in "The Green Mile." Moreover, for the same crime, a suspect is sentenced to death in Japan while he is sentenced of life without parole in the United States. The death penalty must not be used until discrimination of race, economic factors and geographical elements are eliminated. .
Furthermore, we can say that retribution is a type of revenge, an emotional impulse, a notion of an eye for an eye, or a life for a life.
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." ...
Death Penalty Opposition The death penalty may be one of the most controversial social problems that exist today in the United States. ... From the Pro- Death Penalty groups to the Anti-Penalty groups, there are many facts, and different opinions on this subject, but whether the death penalty is what America needs may never be answered. ... Just how wrong is the death penalty? ... Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective). ... The death penalty does little to deter crime. ...
Secondly, why does the death penalty for juveniles remain? ... 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 Supreme Court's Narrow Majority To Narrow The Death Penalty. ... Currently, the US Supreme Court's death penalty jurisprudence ...
Why is the death penalty used as a means of punishment for crime? ... Thousands of people will attack the death penalty. ... This may sound awkward, but the death penalty saves lives. ... Jim Mattox, former Attorney General of Texas, who supported the death penalty during his term of office, does not believe that murderers in Texas are hindered by the death penalty. ... Why is the death penalty used as a means of punishment for crime? ...
Capital punishment can be defined as "the penalty of death for the commission of a crime". In colonial America, both violent and non-violent crimes could merit the death penalty. ... As with all controversial issues, capital punishment is no stranger to opposition. ... The Moratorium Campaign suggests: States that do not have the death penalty have an average murder rate that is actually lower than states that do have the death penalty. ... Without a steady increase or decrease in crime it would be impossible to be sure how effective the death penalty is. ...
Introduction What is this whole idea about the Death Penalty? ... There are so many reasons why the death penalty is wrong. ... Should religious people agree or disagree with the death penalty? ... Catholic Conference, by a substantial majority, voted to declare it's opposition to capital punishment. ... support the death penalty laws. ...
The debate of whether the death penalty is right or not is as controversial as the debate of abortion. ... In the Old Testament, the death penalty was commanded by God for those who committed murder, rape, and other serious crimes. ... Obviously, the death penalty for capital offenses was not consideredcruel or unusual punishment? ... Romans 13:1-4 is clean that government has the right to execute the death penalty. ... The main argument portrayed in the oppositions? ...
Opposition To the Death Penalty The death penalty should be outlawed in the United States. ... A major problem with the death penalty is racial discrimination. ... Another problem with the death penalty is the financial cost. ... The death penalty is also very barbaric. ... Supporters of the death penalty argue that a person may not commit a crime knowing that the death penalty is a deterrent. ...
There are many arguments against the death penalty, but there are also just as many arguments for the death penalty. ... People who are opposed to the death penalty assert that in other countries and other states where the death penalty is not used as a punishment have lower murder rates than the countries and states where the death penalty is enforced. ... Since the laws of the death penalty were changed. ... The people in the opposition to the death penalty state that it is an irrevocable sentence and once the penalty is carried out we cannot bring an innocent person back to life. ... T...
The Death Penalty A major ongoing debate today's society is the death penalty. ... In opposition to the death penalty, people note the fact that since the death penalty has first been used, murders and many other felonies have not decreased. ... An anti-death penalty argument might be composed of the idea that the use of the death penalty is not holding a person's life to the highest degree. ... Usually if prisoners are not given the death penalty, they are given life in prison. ... All these problems would be solved if the death penalty was given. ...
