More and more states are adopting the death penalty. As of May 2013, the death penalty was authorized by 32 states, the Federal Government, and the U.S. Military (www.deathpenaltyinfo.org). On January 9th, 2013, a poll was taken and 63% of all Americans support the death penalty for someone who was convicted of murder (Lydia Saad). The death penalty can be traced back as far as the 18th century B.C., when the code of King Hammurabi of Babylon established death as the penalty for 25 different crimes.
My first reason for supporting capital punishment is that it is less expensive than life without parole. Abolitionists claim that it's more expensive, but, the annual cost of incarceration is $47,421 a year for each prisoner or more (http://www.cbsnews.com), and life without parole prisoners spend on average 30 or 40 years in prison (www.aclunc.org). The up front costs of the death penalty are a lot higher than equivalent life without parole cases, but JFA: Justice For All, a criminal justice reform organization, says that life without parole costs over time are from $1.2 to $3.6 million more expensive than death penalty cases. TIME Magazine found that, nationwide, the average cell cost is $24,000 a year, and the maximum security cell costs $75,000 a year (as of 1995). All of this money is coming out of taxpayers wallets. Citizens and politicians claim it's more expensive because they improperly compare the cost of all life without parole cases to death penalty cases, when only the death penalty equivalent life without parole cases are relevant. People are comparing death penalty cases to life without parole cases that aren't about murder. Many people believe that costs to appeal a death penalty case are high. It's over estimated that death penalty cases will cost twenty times more than life without parole cases when all the procedures of the case are included. Even though abolitionists have greatly exaggerated the cost of death penalty cases, death penalty cases still prove to be a lot less expensive over time than death penalty equivalent life without parole cases.
Capital punishment is a moral necessity to society. ... Even though Capital punishment is much less painful to what the victim must have dealt with. "Capital punishment is the only punishment roughly proportionate to the harm that has been done to the murdered victim." ... No other punishment could be as efficient as Capital Punishment. ... When we did have Capital punishment in the past, it was very effective. ...
Capital Punishment is not a simple issue that can easily be judged in black and white non-negotiable terms. ... There are some people who would look at the death penalty as a necessity, and argue that the benefits to society warrant its continued use. ... From the reinstatement of capital punishment until present day we have had protests and arguments for and against the institution of capital punishment. ... "Capital punishment is the ultimate denial of civil liberties. ... Governor Ryan showed bravery in admitting to the numerous mistakes made in capital punishment cases, and shed light on t...
"An Insightful Perspective On Capital Punishment" ~~~~~~~~Death is inevitable. ... capital punishment has its good sides and its bad sides, but it must be repealed. ... When the facts are added up, it becomes clear that capital punishment cannot save the state any money. ... capital punishment is a luxury that is simply unaffordable. ... But why do they care whether or not the United States uses capital punishment? ...
First of all, the punishment of the death penalty is needed to deter crime. Deterrence is the only purpose of the threats of the criminal law, therefore "legal threats of punishment would become incredible and lose their deterrent effectiveness if not carried out by actual punishment" (Capital Punishment Saves Innocent Lives). ... Retribution is the primal moral purpose of punishment and therefore a necessity to bring closure to most. ... Which has less of an effect than the death penalty "because incarcerated murderers can escape, be released on furlough, or kill other prisoner...
Capital Punishment Capital Punishment, is it right or wrong? ... No one today questions the necessity for punishing criminals by depriving them of their freedom for periods of time, however, there is ardent discussion regarding the topic of the death sentence. ... The majority of capital cases involve crimes committed against people who are white. ... In the U.S., the chief objection 2 to capital punishment has been that it has always been used unfairly, in at least three major ways. ... Jenkins said, "Capital Punishment is a dream solution to a nightmare of social despair" (782). ...
Yet while locked up, the prisoners are steady sucking the taxpayers of thousands of dollars just to incarcerate and provide them every basic necessity. ... At one time, laws deemed capital punishment too severe for non-violent crimes therefore the law was amended. Reforming capital punishment to exclude burglary and impose it on violent crimes is one example of an ethical issue of alternative penalties for lesser crimes. ... The ethical issues are cruel and unusual punishment. ... Overcrowding is considered cruel and unusual but not some forms of capital punishment. ...
The term 'capital punishment' is derived from the Latin caput, meaning 'head'. ... Australia is a world leader in seeking the abolition of capital punishment. ... £ SBS NEWS REVIEWS 2003These comments mark a significant change in Australia's attitude to the capital punishment. Over recent years, a number of opinion polls have been carried out to determine the public's attitude to capital punishment. ... On this occasion 95 per cent of the respondents were in favor of the reintroduction of capital punishment. ...
Bedau, author of "The Death Penalty in America", defines capital punishment is the lawful infliction of the death penalty. ... They demonstrate the unequivocal consensus of leading criminologists that the empirical research supports the conclusion that capital punishment does not deter any more than long imprisonment. ... The heavy price of death under the threat of capital punishment does not weigh on the minds of these criminals at the time of the crime and thus does not deter them. ... The necessity of the death penalty in order for a functioning society can only be seen in the li...
