Capital Punishment Retribution And Punishment

The first is a reminder of the basic argument behind retribution and punishment that guilty person deserve to be punished. Most American citizens argue that it should not matter if you are rich or poor; one should suffer for their crime, and to suffer in a way suitable for the crime. Every criminal should get punish for the crime that they commit and in the case of a homicide the defendant deserves the capital punishment.

The arguments against retribution

Plenty of American citizens believe that the Capital punishment is payback rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally doubtful concept. Showing the suffering of the people, who have been kept on death row for more than 10 years, makes the punishment more terrible than just depriving the criminal of life.

Deterrence

In addition, Capital punishment is often justified with the argument that by executing locked up murderers. Plenty of Americans citizens argue against deterrence as the statistical evidence doesn't confirm that deterrence works. Some of those executed may not have been capable of being deterred because of medical problem; a few of some capital offense are devoted in such an emotional state that the perpetrator did not think about the possible consequences. No one knows whether the death penalty deters more than life imprisonment. Deterrence is most effective when the punishment happens soon after the crime to make an analogy; when we were growing up as children we learns not to put our hands in the fire, because the consequence is instant pain. The more the legal process takes for the punishment of the crime, either in time, or certainty, the less effective a deterrent the punishment will probably be.

Rehabilitation

Finally, I don’t believe that capital punish...

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