David Lat Death Punishment Analysis

Executions Should Be Allowed
Public executions should be established to heightened accountability and strengthen awareness through visual connection.
To a large majority of us the idea of public executions and especially those televised instantly evokes vivid images of horrific and dehumanizing accounts of the destruction of human life. The Death Penalty topic alone is enough to conjure up a great deal of controversy from both sides of the argument, but another form of it appeared in an essay published in 2011 in The New York Times. The authors of this controversial piece were Zachary Shemtob and David Lat. The issue was whether executions should be televised. Both authors are well versed in matters of law and legal issues. Shemtob teaches Criminal Justice and Lat is a former prosecutor.
The authors begin by mentioning an opposition to their argument by one of the defense attorneys who argues against public viewing of his client’s execution. They proceed to grasp the reader’s attention by illustrating the attorney’s displeasure and sensitivity as displayed by “It’s a horrible thing that Andrew D. Young had to go through,” and it’s not for the public to see that” (.53) This strategy of

The confirmation of credible and authoritative sources such as the medical expert’s affidavit and information reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution are components of the essay that add validity and sustenance to Shemtob and Lat’s argument. Inductive reasoning is again used to explain to the reader that although executions are performed in the same manner on different individuals patterns of violent effects are not present as acknowledged by “Mr. DeYoung although executed in the same manner as Roy Blankenship who exhibited violent signs in death did not exhibit the same signs”