Persuasive Essay On Capital Punishment
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“No matter how vicious the crime, no matter how vile the criminal, some death penalty opponents feel certain that nobody can ever deserve to die -- even if that person burned children alive, massacred a dozen strangers in a movie theater, or bombed the Boston Marathon. Other opponents admit the worst of the worst of the worst do deserve to die. They just distrust the government ever to get it right.”(Blecker, Robert 1) What is capital punishment, but insight into human morals and our sense of justice. For this very reason capital punishment is a debated controversy to this day. The death penalty as we know it is flawed, however it is still a proper punishment for those who commit heinous crimes. The death penalty has been around for since …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that medical ethics preclude doctors from participating in executions. however, a doctor will certify the inmate is dead.
- Opines that the cost of a human life is priceless, and people's lives are at stake.
- Argues that the death penalty is open to corruption just as much as the rest of our crime system is.
- Concludes that the death penalty is not a flawed idea and can cause some good in the world. it forces people to sit back and realize what they are capable of upholding justice.
- Explains that the death penalty is flawed, but it is still a proper punishment for those who commit heinous crimes.
- Argues that lethal injections are highly opposed due to the fact that they have not been tested as vigorously. the firing squad, among all traditional methods, probably serves us best.
By ensuring death through anesthesia, however, we have nearly severed pain from punishment.” (Blecker) We as a human beings have an innate fear of being the reason for another 's death. We do not want to look at the harsh fact that if we want someone to be put to death due to our sense of justice that we will actually have to have someone kill that person. “No matter how vicious the crime, no matter how vile the criminal, some death penalty opponents feel certain that nobody can ever deserve to die -- even if that person burned children alive, massacred a dozen strangers in a movie theater, or bombed the Boston Marathon. Other opponents admit the worst of the worst of the worst do deserve to die. They just distrust the government ever to get it right.” (Blecker) We as a society have trouble drawing a line for what justifies a death and if our government can actually deliver a just way to apply this …show more content…
The United States justice system desperately needs to be revamped. The fact that society acknowledges these problems, then does nothing to fix them is upsetting. Our society needs to grow, discover our weakness, and then work to solve them. If our society can not grow, then it will flounder due to our own ignorance. There is still racism in our current age. This definitely affects our courts and the idea of a death sentence. “Montez Spradley, sentenced to death by an Alabama judge in 2008 over a jury 's 10-2 recommendation for life without parole, was freed from prison on September 4. Spradley spent 9.5 years incarcerated, including 3.5 years on death row. He was granted a new trial in 2011 as a result of multiple evidentiary errors in his trial. The state 's key witness against Spradley, his ex-girlfriend, Alisha Booker, later testified that she had lied at trial because Spradley was cheating on her. ‘I just felt he was doing me wrong,’ she said. Booker also testified that when she told law enforcement officials that she had lied, they told her that she faced jail time and having her children taken away from her if she did not stick to her original story. The defense has also alleged that Booker received $10,000 in reward money for her testimony. Spradley agreed to an Alford plea or ‘best interest’ plea, in which a defendant does not admit guilt, but
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- Explains that capital punishment has been used to punish criminals and exemplify the consequences of abhorrent crimes.
- Explains that modern america has moved towards a more humane and systematic form of execution, lethal injection.
- Analyzes how capital punishment critics have used the moral transgressions of botched executions to try to outlaw the death penalty.
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- Explains that the death penalty dates back to the eighteenth century b.c. in the code of king hammaurabi of babylon.
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- Opines that the evolution of capital punishment has been tremendous and has improved tremendously since this time in history.
- Argues that capital punishment promotes fairness using the biblical principle of eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
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- Explains that the death penalty is an effective deterrent to violent crime, and it causes potential criminals to think twice before committing murder. studies have determined a strong link between execution and lower crime rates.
- Argues that capital punishment opponents argue that racism and bias can lean the jury one way, and determine the results, but today's legal system strives for accuracy.
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- Argues that the possibility of innocent people being convicted of murder challenges the idea of capital punishment.
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- Opines that murder takes the life of an innocent victim, and in many cases, the family and friends with them. capital punishment makes this process easier by giving the victim’s loved ones relief.
- Explains that ted bundy was one of the most famous murderers. he kidnapped, raped, and decapitated many of his victims, keeping the heads in his apartment as mementos.
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- Opines that the death penalty is not an effective way to punish offenders.
- Opines that the cost of execution is not the problem; it is the endless retrials and proving a person's innocence.
- Explains that some offenses are more vicious than others, but all do violent harm in the end. many would rather be sentenced to death row than sit in a prison cell.
- Opines that capital punishment has not been overly effective with lower numbers. they conclude that our actions speak louder than words.
- Argues that the capital punishment is an effective method, arguing that some offenders have thought twice about committing murder, while others have not taken the time to think about it.
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- Opines that the death penalty should not be a form of punishment in america because it presents the possibility of irrevocably punishing an innocent person.
- Opines that the death penalty is still unjust beyond belief. the supreme court case furman v. georgia banned capital punishment in the united states because the jury had complete sentencing discretion.
- Opines that the death penalty is not a reasonable and just way of punishment. the innocence project has aided in the exoneration of over 300 people that were wrongly sentenced to death.
- Argues that housing a prisoner sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole is far more expensive than giving them the death penalty.
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- Opines that the death penalty is a justifiable action that has been used throughout time to punish those who have carried out unspeakable actions.
- Explains that the death penalty has been an action of society since time began. it can be traced back to the eighteenth century with the king of babylon, hammurabi.
- Explains that there are currently 31 states that still have the death penalty, but only eleven have carried out a death sentence within the last five years.
- Opines that the death penalty is a prime example of this lesson that is taught countless times through the ages.
- Explains that executions do not take place without reason and are not carried out in an inhuman manner. the united states is one of the few countries that still implements the death penalty.
- Opines that a family can only wish the same sentence of death upon the killer. denying the family the comfort of knowing that the criminal will no longer commit any act of violence against another human being is something that should be guaranteed
- Opines that the death penalty is justifiable in certain crimes and cases, despite the negative emotions directed towards it by some.
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- Explains that capital punishment was a way to punish those who broke the most severe laws of the time. in ancient rome, people were eaten alive by ferocious lions.
- Explains that the death penalty was created to punish wrongdoers by taking away what is considered the most valuable thing anyone could ever have.
- Argues that the death penalty is not unjust, but its imposition on the innocent. this could be due to a faulty judicial system, such as the case of o.j. simpson.
- Analyzes how van den haag used a fire and extinguisher metaphor to put the death penalty in perspective.
- Explains that there are people who do not care for such punishments. they are like fires that cannot be put out by a normal fire extinguisher.
- Argues that the death penalty is illogical, purposeless, and immoral because it follows the "eye for an eye" principle.
- Opines that the death penalty serves its purpose of bringing justice to the families of the victims and deterring the people that it is meant to discourage. with forensic technology advancing, there will be less innocent people on death row
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that capital punishment is legal in the united states, but it continues to create controversial disputes throughout the country.
- Analyzes how capital punishment opponents ridicule the government for its continuation. the death penalty illustrates that murder is intolerable if one takes the life of an innocent human.
- Explains that society has the duty to protect one another and their community by eliminating evil and potential harm, case in point murderers.
- Concludes that capital punishment is a form of righteousness, not vengeance. the family allowed the law to find retribution, but they did not seek revenge.
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