Banning the Death Penalty

The death penalty forms protection, order and security in society. It may sound as a harsh and horrifying statement for some people. But the law should be strong and harsh sometimes to maintain order in the community. I am sure that some of us have had a small thought of killing someone they hate during an extreme rage even if it was in a fraction of a second. Some people convince themselves...

The fact is, the government does not seek out people to sentence to death. It is a fate that can only be brought upon someone through his or her own actions. And to be frank, in my opinion, individuals who commit vile, murderous crimes, which show nothing other than a savage indifference to the suffering of a fellow human being, have earned their destiny. It is really that simple.

Yes, the death penalty is humiliating for the criminal and may give some sort of closure to the victims ' families, but it is also unethical, expensive, and not 100% accurate. The use of capital punishment is barbaric and final. To kill somebody is a horrible thing to do, even if it is politically allowed. "Hate, revenge, and anger will never cure the emptiness of a lost loved one. Forgiveness is the only way to start the healing process, and this won 't happen in a revenge-focused" world

The death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. The death penalty could open the door for even worse. It’s also against many religions. This isn’t including the costs to be put under the death penalty. The death penalty costs roughly $1.2 million. Cases without the death penalty cost $740,000. Is the money really worth it? Don’t others think that people deserve second chances? The death penalty should be banned, because the cost is too much, the system is unfair, and it could lead to more dangerous

In some cases, innocent people are on death row so in the end some are put to death. These deaths are tragedies that are in no way irreversible but next time those in charge should put the extra effort to reveal their innocence. About 4% of people that are on death row in the US are later found out after death to be not guilty. The Death Penalty Information Center who is in charge of investigating this type of foul play have suspected that a number of prisoners were wrongfully accused and put to death through abuse of

This is mainly due to: “the long and complex judicial process for capital punishment cases.” Even with such systems in place, there can never be a guarantee of not executing an innocent person. The fact that this controversial “act of justice” is still occurring is astounding. There is more than enough evidence to conclude that it is more beneficial for both the state and the prisoner to not be put to death.

But that is not always accurate; the court system makes mistakes because innocent people have been found guilty of crimes that they did not do and are put to death because they were wrongly accused. The wrongful deaths of innocent people is not right, and it can never be corrected. For example, Troy Davis was executed on September 21, 2011, for allegedly killing a police officer in Savannah, Georgia. In spite of the mistakes in his case, he was electrocuted anyhow. In his case, there were a lot of witnesses speaking against Mr. Davis. The witness stated in sworn affidavits that they were put under a lot of pressure by the cops into signing declarations or speaking against the convicted. Furthermore, at trial there was no evidence that connected Mr. Davis to the crime (Sarat

There are a lot of people who think that the death penalty should not be legal in the United States. Killing someone doesn't right the wrong that has been committed. They say that executing the offender doesn't give him or her a chance to be rehabilitated and become a productive member of society. This may be true, but executing an offender does prevent a criminal from killing again.

It can take a very long time for their case to come to its final judgment of whether or not they will get the death penalty, life without parole, or another sentence. Even though an inmate’s case may stay in court for months or even years on end does not always mean the ruling on the case is correct. Since 1973, over 140 people have been freed from death row, many more were not as fortunate though; they were found innocent after their execution (Innocence and the Death Penalty 2015). One of the more recent cases of wrongful execution happened in Texas to Cameron Willingham. On the night of December 23, 1991 a fire was set in Texas killing Willingham’s three young daughters. When his daughters were killed Willingham was asleep and his wife was out buying Christmas presents for the three girls. In court he was convicted for allegedly starting the fire; he was condemned on the means of faulty forensic evidence and a misguided informant. Cameron Willingham was executed on February 17, 2004. Since then, the case has been reopened and Willingham was found innocent but sadly nothing can bring back the dead (Cameron Todd 2010). While in the grand scheme of things 140 plus people does not sound like a lot; however, those are innocent lives lost and killing an innocent person is a crime of its own. It is almost impossible to prove someone completely guilty or innocent.Even with an

“And thine eye shall not pity, But life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,” the Book of Deuteronomy 19:21. When the word “death penalty” or capital punishment is mentioned, so is morality. Others claim that there is no morality in such punishment. However, what is more moral than the Bible? The Bible encourages condemning sinners. The golden rule practically sums it all up: do unto others as you want done unto you. If you choose to kill, then you had better be ready to accept the consequences.