Andrew Kokoraleis

Think about it, in some situations, we are people killing people because they killed people. Confusing, I know, but it makes sense. There is also the fact that the death penalty violates what the U.S. was built upon, the Constitution. According to the eight amendment, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” and last time I checked, capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment that resulted in the death of so many people. It proves that the death penalty is unconstitutional and is an inhumane punishment that is forced upon many. Also, the fact that some states in the United States allow capital punishment is duplicitous. Our government allows it in certain places, yet based on one of our amendments; it should not be allowed whatsoever because it really is a “cruel and unusual

     Secondly, I believe the execution methods the death penalty utilizes make it cruel. In the US, there are five methods of execution currently in use. These methods are: electrocution, lethal injection, the gas chamber, the firing squad (used only in Utah), and hanging (Bailey). Problems with capital punishment methods stem as far back as the ritual itself. The eighth amendment, which is supposed to protect its citizens from torturous treatment and punishment at the hand of law enforcers, lets the enforcers inflict these methods which are cruel, slow and painful upon the person being executed.

Capital Punishment, also known as the Death Penalty, is described as a government practice where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for crimes such as murder, treason, espionage, and genocide.

Did you know that since 1976, there have been a total of 518 executions in Texas alone? However in 2014 Texas only executed ten people. This is because they are seeing how much of a mistake the death penalty is. The death penalty is a useless form of punishment. The cost of it vastly overshadows that of the costs for life without parole, also yearly more and more death row inmates are being exonerated (released), and lastly it fails to deter criminals from committing crimes.

To add without a doubt that killing another person is a terrible crime that one can commit. our government is states that capital punishment is the wright choices because, after all, the criminal did murder an innocent victim, and therefore should be killed. known as and "eye-for-an-eye, and tooth-for-a- tooth theory." Of course, if we used this system all the time, there would be no need for laws. If someone hits me, I would hit him/her back. How simple, we can all be primitive again. Also, some people support capital punishment the fear of being killed is going to stop criminals from murdering.

Capital punishment is defined as the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. There are many arguments that are for and against the death penalty. Majority of these arguments contain broad categories ranging from morality to attorney quality. Although most would support that capital punishment is the closest penalty for murder it is still used unequally across the prison populations. Capital punishment is a practice that the judicial system should abolish for the future generations.

Adversaries of capital punishment have argued time and again differing reasons why the death penalty is a cruel punishment, nevertheless the Supreme Court of the United States has not complied. Individuals argued on this topic on the account that it increases taxpayer revenue, it goes against every religion, innocent people have been executed, and there isn’t any evidence that the death penalty deters crime. The death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government sanctioned practice where a person is put to death as a punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. Among countries around the world, almost all European and many Pacific Area states, and Canada have abolished capital punishment.

Capital punishment is used predominantly for, but not exclusively to, the crime of murder. This employs the “eye for an eye” sort of belief system that has been in use for hundreds of years. This type of thinking is backed by a principle that was a key point in Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of a Prince.” Machiavelli contends that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” This is a mindset that is shared with those who support the death penalty. This is because if one knows that they will die if they perform a certain act, they will generally be unwilling to perform that act. People who use even the slightest bit of logic and reasoning could reach the conclusion that it is better to use the threat of death to keep potential murderers from killing innocent victims than to abolish capital punishment and sacrifice innocent lives.

The state murdering people because of their crimes simply does not equate to justice. It is real easy to hear about how the government is doing this wrong or that,but the death penalty is abounded with so many injustices and faults that it's an embarrassment to our entire due process of law. Supporters of capital punishment subscribe to religious and ethical points of view rather than facts, and when they do offer facts it's always the same argument: "It's a deterrent." The death penalty is extremely flawed, most notably it comes with a very high price tag to an already under-funded correctional institution in America; no stable argument has been installed to warrant it as a deterrent; and the moral decay it establishes creates among other things a feeling of revenge and spite within society. The flaws of capital punishment become too many shortly after they total one. This is because of the focus of the death penalty that being human life. Innocent people being sent to death or being released within weeks of execution are becoming frequent stories on the nightly news. The legal system is disturbingly unable to correctly administer the death penalty. Every day individuals who can't afford a lawyer have to have one appointed to them under the constitution. These

Capital punishment is a custom in which prisoners are executed in accordance with judicial practice when they are convicted of committing a “capital crime.” Capital crimes are crimes considered so atrocious that they should

Some claim that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment. It is definitely a harsh punishment in perspective. But what is very cruel, unusual, and terrible is criminals committing crime like murder and rape. People cannot say that criminals who murder or rape deserve something less in return like jail time. They

Well First let me explain what capital punishment is. Capital punishment, the death penalty, or the execution of somebody is the infliction of death upon a person by a judicial process as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences.

Putting people to death for committing murder makes other potential murderers think twice about killing someone. Capital punishment deters many murders every day. If all that had to be done was spend life in jail, getting free meals, having a roof over their head, and place to sleep at night, then killing

Capital punishment is the ruling of the life of a man or woman to be taken as result of their heinous crime. I believe capital punishment should be used in the right cases. Capital punishment should be legal and used because it deters violent crime, it is constitutional, and sometimes it is the only reasonable answer.