death penalty
...o disregards the law and the consequences of these heinous acts should be subjected to the death penalty. a. sub sub sub point-The fundamental right to live should be withheld, since that criminal chose to disregard the lives of individuals affected by his deed. 3. sub sub point-Essentially, the punishment should fit the crime; I believe in the motto: “an eye for an eye”, which means if someone kills another person, they themselves should be killed. B. Sub point-In early philosophies of justice, punishment was not meant to serve as revenge for the victims and their relatives. 1. sub sub point-Instead, punishment was intended to make life more secure by reducing the likelihood of a person committing a crime or a second offence. 2. sub sub point-This aspect of social control is called deterrence: the use of punishment to deter people from deviance. 3. sub sub point-The death penalty is usually enforced only to those who commit first-degree murder. a. sub sub sub point- First –degree murder is defined as “premeditated, willful, and deliberate murder. b. sub sub sub point-I believe the death penalty, because of its finality, is feared more than imprisonment, and deters some prospective murders. c. sub sub sub point-The death penalty is a fair price to the life of the victims who might be saved is more valuable than, a murderer’s life that has only negative value, because of his crime. Transition- now I am going to talk about the statistics that prove the death penalty is effective in deterring murder. II. Main Point-According to research done by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, after the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977 there was substantial proof showing the fear of being executed prevents potential murders. A. Sub Point-Although the crime rate was low in the early 1950s, the murder rate began to increase in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in the death penalty laws being resumed in 1977. 1.sub sub point-Between 1994 and 2000 an average of 65 murderers were executed; During this same period the number of murders dropped from an average of more than 20,000 yearly between 1972 and 1993 to about 15,000 yearly. B. Sub Point-Thus a yearly average of 65 executions reduced murder by about 5,000 per year. 2. sub sub point-Each execution during this period prevented about 77 murders of innocent victims. a. sub sub sub point-Think of the many thousands of innocent lives that could have been saved if the death penalty was banned during the 1970s. Transition- now that we have covered the statistics, have you ever wondered ...