Debate on the death penalty
DEBATE: THE DEATH PENALTY
“We’re only human, we all make mistakes." The death penalty has been the highest form of criminal punishment in the American judicial system since the 13 colonies. There has been many forms of the death penalty like hanging, stoning, drowning, burning, beheading, gasing, electrocution, and injection. The taking of a man's life as punishment for criminal behavior is wrong. The moral injustice of murder, the cruelty of execution, and the death of innocent men are all concerns that make the death penalty wrong. The government should abolish the death penalty in order to observe morality, end cruelty, and protect innocent men. What is the death penalty? Capital Punishment is the imposition of a penalty of death by the State. Since the 1970s almost all capital sentences in the United States have been imposed for homicide. Today, 32 states have reinstituted the death penalty. Some 75% of executions now employ lethal injection. The gas chamber, hanging, the firing squad, and most commonly, the electric chair are still used in some states. In 2002 the Federal Court ruled that the death penalty must be imposed through a finding of a jury and not a judge. The states that have reinstituded the death penalty are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. These states still have the death penelty law. Is hand-for-hand, eye-for-eye an approach of humans? I dont think so. The death penalty is irreversable, meaning once someone is killed they cant be brought back to life. What if a member of your family was murdered or raped, but the law enforcement or government caught the wrong person? What if that person has never commited a single crime in their life but
“We’re only human, we all make mistakes." The death penalty has been the highest form of criminal punishment in the American judicial system since the 13 colonies. There has been many forms of the death penalty like hanging, stoning, drowning, burning, beheading, gasing, electrocution, and injection. The taking of a man's life as punishment for criminal behavior is wrong. The moral injustice of murder, the cruelty of execution, and the death of innocent men are all concerns that make the death penalty wrong. The government should abolish the death penalty in order to observe morality, end cruelty, and protect innocent men. What is the death penalty? Capital Punishment is the imposition of a penalty of death by the State. Since the 1970s almost all capital sentences in the United States have been imposed for homicide. Today, 32 states have reinstituted the death penalty. Some 75% of executions now employ lethal injection. The gas chamber, hanging, the firing squad, and most commonly, the electric chair are still used in some states. In 2002 the Federal Court ruled that the death penalty must be imposed through a finding of a jury and not a judge. The states that have reinstituded the death penalty are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. These states still have the death penelty law. Is hand-for-hand, eye-for-eye an approach of humans? I dont think so. The death penalty is irreversable, meaning once someone is killed they cant be brought back to life. What if a member of your family was murdered or raped, but the law enforcement or government caught the wrong person? What if that person has never commited a single crime in their life but