Annie Nagele. Mr. Hill. Preap English Ii 2Nd Period. 3

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

Since 2012, the use of lethal injection has been legal in 31 states, to contaminate a convict. 1,423 people innocent and guilty have died from the death penalty since 1972. I strongly believe that the death penalty is unconstitutional being that it violates the Eighth Amendment, irreversible, and executes a large amount of hypocrisy.

In the United States, there are around 40 to 50 executions per year, Texas with 10 or more prisoners put to death each year. Texas has the highest rate of deaths out of all the other states with the death penalty. Texas currently has three prisoners put to death already. The United States has currently 31 states with the death penalty; the remaining states abolished it. The death penalty should be abolished because of the cost, it shortens punishment for the person who did the crime,and it puts innocent lives at risk.

First in foremost, the use of capital punishment harms the innocent. Ignoring the obvious for a second on this topic, executing the innocent, the death penalty affects everyone involved. Take for example the case Semon Thompson,

The use of capital punishment is a contentious social issue in the United States. Currently, it is a legal sentence in thirty-two states and illegal in eighteen (States With and Without the Death Penalty). Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty is “the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime” (Oxford Dictionaries). A sentencing for the death penalty can be mete out due to a capital offense of treason, murder, arson, or rape. The most commonly used methods for capital punishment include lethal injection, handing, and electrocution. The act of capital punishment is unethical and immoral. Capital punishment is

My initial assumption on how racial bias affects the capital punishment. Racial bias has a major factor in capital punishment case. We have to take into consideration on how society sees and feels about the individual race and skin color. For example, we have Jose who did not commit the crime, but he belongs to a race that society see them as thugs, criminals, people who break the rules and hurt other people. On the other hand, we have Billy an individual who committed the crime, but he belongs to a race that society see them as the good people, people who follow the rules and help others. Jose will have a bigger opportunity to be sentenced to death than Billy just because society sees his race as criminals. Racial bias does have a significant

How would you like to be put into a situation where you or a loved one is innocently executed by the death penalty? I know that I wouldn’t. Seeing this, the death penalty is a very controversial issue in which I believe that it should be banned from its allowance in the United States. The three biggest reasons for this are that innocent people are wrongly executed, it is also a form of revenge, and mental illness plagues some victims of the death penalty

Executions have been a method of punishment for many years, yet the different types of executions have advanced in technology over the years. Every state has a different way of executing criminals. For example, Texas follows out the execution plan by conducting death by lethal injection. Our state law allows a jury to vote for “death by lethal injection” for convicted criminals, and I would vote to change this law.

Capital punishment is a global issue and it is a question of life and death. Capital punishment is when the government kills a person by using legal means, and sometimes it is called the death penalty. The death penalty is the prosecution of people who have been found guilty of malefaction that is measured to be worthy of capital punishment. Capital punishment has been practiced for many years, in the United States and across the world. In the United States, each state has the right to accept if they will use capital punishment for committed crimes by an individual in their state or not. There are many factors that should not be ignored because there has to be actual evidence and people who can testimony on exactly what happened, but that is not what happens. As Stephen mentions, “America is still one of the world’s Big Six when it comes to putting its citizens to death – along with China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq and Sudan. Gallup says that around 65 per cent of Americans still favor the death penalty, and only one of the 2008 presidential frontrunners has the courage to oppose it” (32-33). The death penalty is practiced in the United State, but few states have abrogated it, including Minnesota. States like Texas still practice the death penalty in the United States. According to Fuller, … Texas has executed 876 people since 1964, and it is one of the States that practice the death penalty more than any other State . The state accounts for nearly 40 percent of executions in

punishment by death, crimes that are punishable by death include first degree murder, terrorism, and espionage (“Capital Punishment”). The death penalty can be viewed as inhumane because if someone is sentenced to death and later found to be innocent there's no bringing that person back to life. Today there are thirty-six countries that practice the death penalty and the U.S. is the only western country that still uses the death penalty(“Capital Punishment”). The U.S. being the only western country to still use capital punishment can cause controversy because of all the money that is spent on it. The death penalty is inhumane and puts an economic burden on

Capital punishment is a controversial debate in the United States. Many Americans believe that the death penalty is immoral because of its ethical complications. Still others believe that capital punishment is a cheaper and quicker way for justice to be served. When the government houses inmates, vast amounts of money are spent on food, medication, and clothing for inmates to survive in prison. Yet, the majority of America still allows for the practice of capital punishment in several manners such as: hanging, lethal injection and electrocution. However, Alaska, Hawaii, and Vermont along with sixteen other states have outlawed this practice. Capital punishment should no longer be practiced in America because of its societal complications.

R: 38 of 50 states practice death penalty and every state has its own laws about death penalty. Crimes, which are being considered as a federal crime for example a murder of a police officer, the criminal is sentenced death penalty, regardless of the laws of the State and the prosecutor has the right to require the capital punishment. The U.S has always practised the death penalty except for a period between 1972 and 1976. 1,080 people have been executed since 1976, and the state of Texas has been responsible for the 394. The first American who was executed was Gary Mark Gilmore, who was shot in Utah 17 January 1977. Texas is the state in America that executes the most people. In 2008 they executed 17 people. When George W. Bush was governor of Texas 1995 to 2000 he ordered a total of 152 executions carried out. Texas has been responsible for over 36 % of all executions since 1977. A lot of Americans are against death penalty and so is the organization, Amnesty

The death penalty is faulty in its age and obsolete in its usage, and frankly should be put out of its misery. Capital punishment began its time in the Middle Ages, as people were executed for simply thinking differently from the rest of society. Even now, as we look back on history we find their ways of execution purely barbaric and malicious in all its forms. However, we continue to practice these forms of butchery; the traditional method of execution, hanging, is still an option available in certain states. In addition, couple of states also still allow firing squads, and the electrocution chairs has been readily used throughout the last century. The United States stands as one of the few developed nations with a death penalty still in place. There’s a reason most of the European countries have banned the usage of death as punishment, it’s cruel, unusual and barbaric! Is that the image the U.S. wants to portray the alling regions, one of intolerance and unforgiveness? The United States surpasses those barbaric ways, with its exceedingly advanced ways and state-of-the-art technology, yet it’s one of the only countries left of the Western world that still has

In the past, public executions were used as a form of entertainment. While they are no longer made public, executions have remained as a form of punishment in many states. The most commonly used method of executing the accused is lethal injection, however, death by firing squad, electrocution, and hanging is still legal in some states. Capital punishment accomplishes nothing more than taking one more life out of the world. Such strong moral objections bring in to question why such an outdated method of dealing with criminals is still legal in thirty-one states. The death penalty is an archaic form of punishment that needs to be eradicated as it is overly expensive, unfair, and has lead to the loss of innocent lives.

Human error can always cause problems and make mistakes. We trust our judicial system to handle these cases of the death penalty, but what if they make a mistake? Sentencing an innocent person to death is the worst possible outcome of the death penalty, but it still happens. Innocent people are potentially executed by our government on a regular basis as 4% of death row inmates are innocent (Oliver). This is a substantially high number considering the circumstances. Since the early 1970s, more than 150 people sentenced to death have been exonerated (Berman). This statistic shows that our judicial system makes mistakes that could have been extremely bad. Most people believe, even if they are for the death penalty, that there is some risk of this horrible mistake. How could one live with oneself knowing that they possibly kill innocent people? A Pew Research Center poll recorded that seven out of ten Americans feel there is still some risk an innocent person will be put to death (Berman). If