I believe that any young person who is legally able to view violence and who is looked at by the law as able to view that same violence should be held responsible for criminal acts that he/she may commit. People that are capable of telling right from wrong which anyone over the age of 13 should wel...
This type of death is clearly not cruel because the state is offering the civil form of the most severe penalty, death. ... This failure forces the issue of questioning why we use such a punishment that fails to discourage others from committing similar crimes. ... Life in prison is a very severe punishment, which forces the criminal to reflect on their actions. ...
Studies have shown that capital punishment has no effect on the deterrence of future crimes and is no more effective than life imprisonment in discouraging vicious crimes. ... Insanity is believed to be a severe form of mental illness and is addressed separately by the legal system. ...
Some Pros might state that capital punishment is justified because it prevents the criminal from repeating his crime; or deters crime by discouraging would be offenders. This is true, but proof shows that the same effects of capital punishment could be accomplished with less severe punishment such as life imprisonment. ...
Most of us assume that we execute murderers primarily because we believe it will discourage others from becoming murderers. ... This data shows how the death penalty can discriminate and be used on certain races rather than equally as punishment for severe crimes. ...
The society has created many punishments to discourage such crimes and damages, furthermore, to ask the murderers to pay back what they have done. Since the society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest and most severe punishment available to deter murder, and that is no other than the death penalty, which has existed for thousands of years. ... I think in most cases you'll find the murder was committed under severe drug and alcohol abuse." ... The overwhelming conclusion from years of deterrence studies is that the death penalty is, at best, no more o...
The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. Socrates was summoned to drink t...
Punishment there have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a...
Capital Punishment Capital punishment is not a new concept. It is older then the Roman Empire, and has changed much since it's first use. Death through drowning, crucifixion, or hanging, or throwing form a high rock, or being thrown into a fiery furnace, or firing squad, or electric chair or the gas chamber "through the years these methods as well as others not mentioned have been what the world governments have used to instill fear in the populace, in order to maintain control. However in today's society, especially in the United States of America capital punishment has c...
