Thesis Statement For Death Penalty Research Paper
The Demise Of The Death Penalty
Mandy Szwedko
Western Governors University
WGU Student ID # 000383758
Thesis Statement: Research suggests that capital punishment should be abolished to obviate mishandled executions, prevent wrongfully convicted citizens from being put to death and to lower taxpayer dollars for incurred expenses for inmates on death row.
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Capital punishment, known as the death penalty is punishment by death and is reserved for the most heinous of crimes. The first known death penalty execution in what would later become the United States, was in 1608, when Captain George Kendell was executed by firing squad for being a spy for Spain (Waksman, 2012).
This article discusses how recent …show more content…
Although 60 percent of Americans say they still support the death penalty according to the Gallup Poll, it has dropped from 80 percent in 1994. Six states have also done away with the death penalty and in other states, governors have put a temporary ban on capital punishment. The article points out that 700 people, have been put to death in California before 1976, however the state has 741 currently on death row and has only executed 13 people since 1976. The death penalty has even caught President Obama’s attention and has requested a review of capital punishment in 2014, due to the botched execution of Clayton Lockett. When Lockett was given the needle, he was supposed to be sedated and then his breathing would eventually stop. The medication did not work and instead the prisoner felt that his entire body was burning until a vein ruptured and he died of a massive heart attack. Lockett suffered a horrible death for 40 minutes, before it was over and made many question if it was worth it.
This article provides applicable information from many sources such as a Governors, Political Science Professors, the Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center as well as the President of the United States, providing legitimacy to the
Mandy Szwedko
Western Governors University
WGU Student ID # 000383758
Thesis Statement: Research suggests that capital punishment should be abolished to obviate mishandled executions, prevent wrongfully convicted citizens from being put to death and to lower taxpayer dollars for incurred expenses for inmates on death row.
Annotated Bibliography
Capital punishment, known as the death penalty is punishment by death and is reserved for the most heinous of crimes. The first known death penalty execution in what would later become the United States, was in 1608, when Captain George Kendell was executed by firing squad for being a spy for Spain (Waksman, 2012).
This article discusses how recent …show more content…
Although 60 percent of Americans say they still support the death penalty according to the Gallup Poll, it has dropped from 80 percent in 1994. Six states have also done away with the death penalty and in other states, governors have put a temporary ban on capital punishment. The article points out that 700 people, have been put to death in California before 1976, however the state has 741 currently on death row and has only executed 13 people since 1976. The death penalty has even caught President Obama’s attention and has requested a review of capital punishment in 2014, due to the botched execution of Clayton Lockett. When Lockett was given the needle, he was supposed to be sedated and then his breathing would eventually stop. The medication did not work and instead the prisoner felt that his entire body was burning until a vein ruptured and he died of a massive heart attack. Lockett suffered a horrible death for 40 minutes, before it was over and made many question if it was worth it.
This article provides applicable information from many sources such as a Governors, Political Science Professors, the Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center as well as the President of the United States, providing legitimacy to the