Death Penalty
Jessica Palacios
Mrs. Arteaga
English 1302
31 March 2014
Should Some States Continue with its Death Penalty?
"As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men, acting collectively" (Lewis Lawes, warden of Sing Sing prison in NY in the 1920s and 30s.) Many people think that is right to have payback over something that has been done to them and other think that it is brutal and goes against human morals. Also many people often questioned whether it 's fair to continue with the death penalty and whether the punishment is legal or not. Death Penalty is given to criminals because it has been said that it is a danger to society to have such persons. This depends on whether the punishment serves a valid point or not. Death penalty doesn’t prevent people to commit murder; even now the highest rate of homicide happens mostly in states that have the capital punishment. Due to the death penalty many people get to fulfill a desire for revenge, they also get negative results out of it like taking a life away without having the authority as God does to do so.
One of the main ideas of using the death penalty is to be an example to the people; however many criminologists agree that the death penalty does not decrease the capital crimes. If it does not fulfill one of its basic functions, how could it be effective? If it cannot be effective at all and fulfill the expectations, why do it? A society that deals violence with violence will only achieve more violence. Today, the people is still not sure if it is fair or not to enforce the death penalty in some states. Should a murderer get his own life taken or should it be called a cruel unusual punishment? People are just beings and can therefore make mistakes. If a prisoner happen to be innocent and was executed there would be nothing to do to change what has been done. Although we have modern tools to know, for example DNA testing, there is still a one
Mrs. Arteaga
English 1302
31 March 2014
Should Some States Continue with its Death Penalty?
"As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men, acting collectively" (Lewis Lawes, warden of Sing Sing prison in NY in the 1920s and 30s.) Many people think that is right to have payback over something that has been done to them and other think that it is brutal and goes against human morals. Also many people often questioned whether it 's fair to continue with the death penalty and whether the punishment is legal or not. Death Penalty is given to criminals because it has been said that it is a danger to society to have such persons. This depends on whether the punishment serves a valid point or not. Death penalty doesn’t prevent people to commit murder; even now the highest rate of homicide happens mostly in states that have the capital punishment. Due to the death penalty many people get to fulfill a desire for revenge, they also get negative results out of it like taking a life away without having the authority as God does to do so.
One of the main ideas of using the death penalty is to be an example to the people; however many criminologists agree that the death penalty does not decrease the capital crimes. If it does not fulfill one of its basic functions, how could it be effective? If it cannot be effective at all and fulfill the expectations, why do it? A society that deals violence with violence will only achieve more violence. Today, the people is still not sure if it is fair or not to enforce the death penalty in some states. Should a murderer get his own life taken or should it be called a cruel unusual punishment? People are just beings and can therefore make mistakes. If a prisoner happen to be innocent and was executed there would be nothing to do to change what has been done. Although we have modern tools to know, for example DNA testing, there is still a one
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