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Capital Punishment
The death penalty has often and long been a hot button issue, supporters, and detractors alike claim to have the moral high ground. ... The death penalty is not just wrong on principal but the methods in use today make capital punishment unconstitutional, , impractical, and expensive. ... Placing a man in a cell, on death row, while he waits for that as of yet undetermined day is torturous. ...
There has always been much talk of the deterrence factor caused by the death penalty. ... Contrary to popular belief, the death penalty does not act as a deterrent to crime. "Expert after expert and study after study have emphasized and emphasized the lack of correlation between the threat of the death penalty and the occurrence of violent crime" (Meador 69). ... In addition, four new studies on deterrence throw further doubt that there is any deterrent effect from sentencing people to death or executing people for homicide. ... (RECAP Newsletter, National Death Penalty Developments, 12/99)
The death penalty is too expensive to justify the ends. ... The average time a death row prisoner has to spend in jail until the death sentence is carried out is about nine years and six months (BJS 12-92). Ted Bundys 10 year stay on death row, involved numerous appeals and excessive imprisonment fees, eventually cost the Florida state taxpayers over than $6 million dollars. ...
A husband and wife team in Georgia who had never even read the state’s death penalty statute represented him. ...
When their client was sentenced to death, they submitted a boilerplate motion for a new trial but failed to point out that three credible neighbors had surfaced who claimed to have seen the victim after the states certified time of death. ... (Justice Policy)
Without basic assurances of adequate legal representation there is no way that a death row inmate can prove his innocence. When there is a matter of life or death there must be no questions. There is no way to conclude
Proponents of capital punishment do not see the death penalty as being morally wrong. ... When told by the opposing side that the death penalty is cruel, inhumane, and degrading, most proponents argue that the original murder was too. ... The death penalty is not just a punishment but also a deterrent. To put it more poetically, Hyam Barshay said,
The death penalty is a warning, just like a lighthouse throwing beams out to sea. ...
More timely enforcement of the death penalty would help to reduce the crime problem by instilling a sense of respect for the law in that sentences are more than words on a page. ... "One of the many problems with the death penalty is that it is anything but swift and sure. ... "(PD Chiefs: Death Penalty Fails) As in the case of Ted Bundy, the system fell down by allowing him to remain on death row for 10 years after murdering more than 50 women. ... It is the responsibility of all Americans to take action to reform the current statutes regulating the death penalty and its execution.
The death penalty does not just deter possible murders but stops repeat offenders. ... (Justice for All 3) At the same time imposition of the death penalty is extraordinarily rare. ... State and Federal prisons are overcrowded and the number of death row inmates is on the rise.
Approximate Word count = 2705
Approximate Pages = 10.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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