If the death penalty is still used through out the world, it is obviously an accepted form of punishment and should continue to be used. The quote "an eye for an eye" may seem like an out of date theory, but it is actually quite logical. Why should a man live after he has taken someone's life away, and ruined the lives of their family? He should not. In the book Capital Punishment by Robert Wolf, it quotes the Bible from Exodus 21:12: "Whoever strikes a man a mortal blow must be put to death" (24), to show that capital punishment is an accepted form of punishment. While society as a whole usually looks at how they will benefit from the punishment, just looking at the nature of the crime is reason enough for the death penalty (Pojman 7). Some people may argue that life imprisonment is retribution enough, but life, however wretched it may be, and death have no similarities. The quote from The Death Penalty by Louis Pojman and Jeffrey Reiman, summarizes why retribution is an ethical form of punishment: "It is better for one man to dies than for an entire people to perish. For if justice and righteousness perish, there is no longer any value in men's living on the earth (8). While the death penalty is ethical, it is also economically effective. By reserving capital punishment for cases in which the crime is particularly heinous and guilt is clearly established, the costs are reduced, and the benefits of maintaining the death penalty is raised (Bender 139). It costs 20,000 dollars a year to house a prisoner (one million dollars over forty years). It costs an outrageous 57.2 million dollars to execute three men in Florida (3.17 million dollars each). But take away all the redundant appeals, time-consuming delays, bizarre court rulings, and legal histrionics by defense attorneys. Take away all those factors and the cost of execution will be greatly reduced and it would be worth executing a man instead of keeping him in jail (Wekesser 100).
I believe in capital punishment, it is beneficial for society as a whole. Capital punishment provides a strong deterrence against future crimes. Capital punishment protects the rights of victims and saves costs of tax payers. ... Capital punishment does act as a deterrent. ... Capital punishment is not cruel. ...
Capital punishment should be abolished. ... In the past, capital punishment had solely been used in the South. ... 3 Another aspect of cost that bothers me can be summed up in a saying I heard a while ago. "He without the capital gets the punishment."" ... This causes a flaw in the "system- where nobody can be absolutely positive on every inmate's guilt. 5 When people bring race into the issue of capital punishment, I believe they are a little out of line. ...
Many other documents that supported capital punishment were also created, for example, the Old Testament. ... Capital Punishment has existed in the United States since the founding of the original colonies. ... With the knowledge of the background of capital punishment, one is now fully aware of how far the process has come and is able to look at the different aspects that are extremely controversial. ... "[There is] strong evidence for the deterrent effect of capital punishment... ... The next aspect one should look at when examining if capital punishment should be kept in place is the bibli...
Is capital punishment fair? ... Capital punishment should be abolished in the United States. ... (Durham's) Capital punishment is supposed to be for the protection of society, and for the reformation of the wrongdoers. ... Capital punishment is a notorious failure in these aspects. ... If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime deterrent it was partly intended. ...
Some people say that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. ... However, some positive steps have been taken. ... Capital Punishment should protect the innocent and serve justice. ... From 1972 to 1977 capital punishment was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. ... Capital Punishment is immoral in principle, and unfair. ...
(Page 73 The Death Penalty, Opposing Viewpoints) Daniel Lazare in his essay "Your Constitution Is Killing You," describes the positive and negative aspects of this question raised by abolitionists, and confirms the fact that it is not unconstitutional nor cruel or unusual. Thus there would be no need to dismiss capital punishment. ... Those in favor of capital punishment attribute this to the number of executions. However, proponents seem to ignore the fact that the murder rate in states that do not enforce capital punishment has remained "consistently lower than the states with" capital p...
Capital Punishment - Death Penalty INTRODUCTION It is true that the punishment of the crimes committed everyday should fit the crime, but to what extent? ... ON-GOING DEBATE Pro's The constantly changing views on this difficult issue led Supreme Court to abolish Capital Punishment in 1972. ... In some aspects, Capital Punishment goes against the eight amendment which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. ... WASHINGTON STATE & CAPITAL PUNISHMENT In Washington State the current death penalty was enacted in 1975. ... Capital Punishment is a very important part in today's so...
Capital punishment provides the only penalty for murder that is proportionate to the crime committed. ... Crime, criminals, and the overall aspect of the criminal justice system have always been intriguing and debatably controversial. ... Does capital punishment deter crime? ... I personally believe in the favoring life-imprisonment over capital punishment. ... Everyone has their own opinion as to whether they are for or against capital punishment. ...
