Revenge for the Victim.
...illful, deliberate, evil, and premeditated killing; or committed in the carrying out of, or attempt to do, any arson, escape, murder, kidnaping, treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to cause the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Any other murder is murder in the second degree.” The law on torture is, if anyone on the outside of the USA commits or attempts to torture shall be fined under title of imprisonment for 20 or less. If death occurs then the person shall be punished by death or imprisonment for any amount of years, or for life. This does not apply to conspiracy, that is they cant be put to death, but the other penalties do apply. This applies to adult offenders, not to minors under 18. The topic of juveniles being put to death is a controversial subject. Only 24 of the 50 states now allow the execution of juveniles, and nationwide there are 28 juvenile killers on death row. The reasoning behind both arguments (for and against) are solid facts and ideas that leave you deliberating the pros and cons of capital punishment. Obviously, there is no clear winner in this debate and it is still weighing in the minds of not only the public but the courts as well. The main argument against capital punishment is the youth offenders can be rehabilitated to meet societies’ standards, where as the people for capital punishment argues that, youth offenders will only grow up for the worst in forms of gangs with guns, and drugs. The courts now are becoming less tolerant of youth offenders. "Adolescents are not even spared capital punishment. The US Supreme Court has upheld the use of the death penalty for youth over sixteen." There are many arguments that support the use of the death penalty for juveniles. One argument is they won’t kill again, it will scare off copycat offender from doing the same crime, and it will even the spectrum of who is responsible of their actions. Tanya Coke, who is against juvenile capital punishment states, “Young people are not yet hardened criminals. They can still be rehabilitated." There have been 350 juveniles executed since 1642 that is only 2% of the total 18,000 executions carried out since Colonial times. Now only 22 of the 37 states allow the death penalty to be imposed on juveniles under the age of 18. In my opinion murder is murder. There is no going back from what we done, and for some offenders what you might do. Though I feel that juvenile capital punishment is wrong in a way, I also feel that if the crime of murder is committed, no matter the age, if you kill you know what you are doing. I also feel up to a certain age, the parents should also be held responsible and brought to justice with the youth offender(s). What do both sides have to say about the death penalty? The people against capital Punishment say that life in prison is better than another murder. The people who support capital punishment say that, no matter who the person is, murder is the most evil acts in human nature. These people can’t be rehabilitated into society. Life in jail is a flawed alternative to death, and so many life prisoners escape, and there is the possibility that they might kill again. An example is James Earl Ray. On June 10, 1977, he escaped from Brushy Mountain Jail with six others. He was serving a 99 year sentence for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The equal opportunity execution topic is the one of the biggest arguments for the people against capital punishment. They say that only poor, black, or friendless people have been given this sentence, and that the rich can buy their freedom with loads of cash, A study done at Stanford University found that when a white person is killed, the murderer whether black or white, is given the death sentence, and the same happens if a black person is killed by either a white or black person. The study also found that blacks who murder a white person is somewhat less likely to get the death penalty, than if a white person kills a white person. The counter argument is that the law is the law, it is not the laws’ fault for these figures but the fault of the people who pass judgement. We need better laws and regulations to make sure a fair judgement is passed. The last argument I am going to discuss intolerance of the violations towards the murderer with a few exceptions. The death penalty is portrayed as intolerant, but so are we as a people are even less tolerant of the evils in the world. We are not tolerant to lying, violence, and cruelty. However, this should also be held to the public. When Ted Bundy was executed in 1989 the crowed was celebrating his death. Some 2000 people went to view this. The actions of these people sickened the liberals. When the murder of a killer is done, that is fine, but we shouldn’t celebrate with a party. True justice is done, but in a way we need to feel a little remorse, ir not pity for the person. In the United States we have different methods of capital punishment, such as lethal injunctions, lethal gas, and electrocution. These methods are more humane, but still used in some parts of the...