The Death Penalty Should Be Illegal
Capital punishment is the punishment of a heinous crime like murder. It is being used now in some states and has also been used in the ancient times. Thirteen states right now don’t have the death penalty: Alaska, District of Colombia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. But all states should ban it because the American Civil Liberties Union believes the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantees of due process of law and of equal protection under the law. Capital punishment is an intolerable denial of civil liberties and is inconsistent with the fundamental values of our democratic system…. Why kill if you’re trying to tell them that killing is wrong? Killing someone is wrong in all ways!!! The death penalty in the United States is unfair manner against humans because it depends on how much money the person has, the lawyer’s skills and race of the victim and criminal. An African American would most likely be executed than a white person, especially if the victim is white. Also, how much money the county has that the crime was committed in, because if they don’t have enough money they may not put the criminal on death row.
Innocent people are too often sentenced to death. Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows in states that support the death penalty because of innocence. Nationally, at least one person is exonerated for every 10 that are executed. In 1983, Carlos DeLuna was convicted for a stabbing in a Texas Convenience store, supposedly killed the store clerk Wanda Lopez. After his execution in 1989, new evidence uncovered by reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills cast doubt on DeLuna’s guilt and points to another man with similar crimes, Carlos Hernadez, who kept saying he killed the store clerk. ("Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?") In 1981 Leo Jones was convicted for
Innocent people are too often sentenced to death. Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows in states that support the death penalty because of innocence. Nationally, at least one person is exonerated for every 10 that are executed. In 1983, Carlos DeLuna was convicted for a stabbing in a Texas Convenience store, supposedly killed the store clerk Wanda Lopez. After his execution in 1989, new evidence uncovered by reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills cast doubt on DeLuna’s guilt and points to another man with similar crimes, Carlos Hernadez, who kept saying he killed the store clerk. ("Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?") In 1981 Leo Jones was convicted for
Cited: The Case Against the Death Penalty. https://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/case-against-death-penalty. Capital Punishment. http://www.publishyourarticles.org/knowledge-hub/essay/should-capital-punishment-be-abolished-essay.html Executed But Possibly Innocent. www.deathpenaltyinfo.org