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At one time I strongly opposed the death penalty. I felt the death penalty was immoral and went against all religious belief. ... I further understand that God directed the death penalty in many instances in the bible. However, today our society abuses the death penalty, it is this unfair, misuse and lack of effectiveness is what I oppose. Consequently, I have mixed feeling about the judicial system used to impose the death penalty. ... In this paper, there are several issues I will address concerning the death penalty. ... Keeping people on death row with discovery of DNA that sometimes clearly shows that the person is innocent. ... It doesn’t matter what the odds are of an innocent person being put to death, one innocent person put to death is one too many in my view. ... Therefore I believe because that a combination of (1) poor legal representation and (2) at-risk/disadvantaged community status, innocent people are put to death. ...
It appears a larger number of minorities sit on death row. ... People of color with lower economic back ground were more likely to be convicted of capital murder and/or receive the death penalty”. ... While I do not condone crime, I believe if everyone were born under the same conditions and given the same opportunity to succeed; the penalty for crimes would be more in balance. ... It is evident that capital punishment is not a deterrent to committing capital crimes; this is evident by the number of death row candidates across the United States. ...
A 1993 California study argues, “that each death penalty case with an accompanying a sentence of life without the possibility of parole costs at least $1. ... The fact is, a person can be kept on death row for over ten years costing the taxpayers over a million dollars per person is crazy. ... Texas is the leading in the United States in convictions by the death penalty for both adults and juveniles. ... According to Amnesty International “Texas is over represented in racial minorities on death row, the state doesn’t complete the appeal process, and Texas leads the states in assigning poor quality defense counsels”.
Approximate Word count = 1751
Approximate Pages = 7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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