There is no way any person could tell me that the death penalty is a form of justice. There are to many flaws with the death penalty, such as racism and innocence to call it justifiable. I also feel as humans we have no right to take a human life. In my eyes the death penalty does absolutely nothing for society, and it never will. All the death penalty does is hurt people in society. .
One way the death penalty hurts society is racism. The death penalty is supposed to be reserved for the worst of the worst. In reality the way I see it the death penalty is reserved for racial minorities such as myself. Consider the fact that 55 percent of death row inmates are people of color, 43 percent are African American (Hawkins 2002). .
If the death penalty is not racist then why didn't Charles Manson or Ted Kaczynski get the death penalty. Those two committed some sick crimes yet they are still alive. I have a petty good idea as to why they didn't get the death penalty, it's because they are both white males. If that a person with color committed the same crimes as Charles Manson I bet my life they would have gotten the death penalty.
As I said before: the death penalty does nothing but hurt society. It does not even deter crime. The deterrence theory suggests that most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives were at stake. That theory does seem logical, but I don't think it's that simple. .
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In my opinion the deterrence theory is unsound. When a person kills another person they are not thinking of the consequences they might face. Murders probably think "if I"m convicted, I"m going to get the chair anyway, so I mine as .
well take some more people with me." Besides, no criminal commits a crime if he believes he will be caught. .
There are also those out there who believe that the death penalty is a deterrent. Such as Assemblyman Tedisco, who stated, " I suggest to you that it is irrefutably a deterrent.
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....
