Death Penalty - When this topic comes to our mind, everyone has different views and thoughts about this. The death penalty is something that many people do not have a clear decision on. Many people support the death penalty, while others wish for the death penalty to be abolished, and there are some that support the death penalty, but only in certain cases. My personal opinion on the death penalty is: it should be administered only in cases of particularly cruel crimes, such as serial murder except in the certain cases.
Those who support the death penalty often say that is a solution for future criminals who are thinking of committing murders or other serious crimes. I agree with this statement because criminals do not think of the consequences of their actions when they are committing a crime, nor do they care because of no strictness in punishshment as of now, but if the punishment will be strict for the criminals, like death penalty, the crimes like innocent murders will no longer be there . I believe the only way for a murderer to not commit a crime again would be execution.
Various people who are opposed to the death penalty say that capital punishment condemns the innocent to death. According to one of the Amendments in the United States Bill of Rights, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital crime, unless on a presentment of a charge of a grand jury” (except in military cases). While it is true that a few innocent people have “slipped through the cracks” of the justice system and been convicted and executed unfairly, it is extremely rare that this type of situation would happen. By the time that all appeals are exhausted, it is most likely that the attorneys will find new evidence to support a criminal’s innocence from examining the case so many times.
Its oppositions have called capital punishment cruel and unusual, but I totally disagree.The question has arisen concerning the morality of capital punishment. The bias of the American as well as International judicial systems is a major cause of worry regarding capital punishment. We, as humans, should obey the government no matter what their decision may be, unless it goes against religion. God instituted the judicial system to provide fair punishments for crimes. The government has the authority to investigate capital punishment if they feel it is necessary, and we should comply with their decision.
Many are disturbed by the execution of mentally incompetent criminals. As in many cases to mitigate the death penalty, the U.S Supreme Court on June 20, 2002 declared that the execution of the mentally retarded is unconstitutional, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. A particularly sad case of a mentally retarded person being put on death row is the case of Earl Washington, who had an IQ of 69. In 1983, Washington was forced by the police to confess to the rape and murder of a woman in Virginia in 1982. Washington was sentenced to death in 1984, but sixteen years later DNA evidence proved his innocence, and he received an absolute pardon.
I support death penalty in special cases and, I believe also that the guilt of the criminal should be proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, which is the constitutional way of life. If punishment can reform future criminals so as they do not commit crime, then the death penalty is the best way for the criminals and for the society.
Those who support the death penalty often say that is a solution for future criminals who are thinking of committing murders or other serious crimes. I agree with this statement because criminals do not think of the consequences of their actions when they are committing a crime, nor do they care because of no strictness in punishshment as of now, but if the punishment will be strict for the criminals, like death penalty, the crimes like innocent murders will no longer be there . I believe the only way for a murderer to not commit a crime again would be execution.
Various people who are opposed to the death penalty say that capital punishment condemns the innocent to death. According to one of the Amendments in the United States Bill of Rights, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital crime, unless on a presentment of a charge of a grand jury” (except in military cases). While it is true that a few innocent people have “slipped through the cracks” of the justice system and been convicted and executed unfairly, it is extremely rare that this type of situation would happen. By the time that all appeals are exhausted, it is most likely that the attorneys will find new evidence to support a criminal’s innocence from examining the case so many times.
Its oppositions have called capital punishment cruel and unusual, but I totally disagree.The question has arisen concerning the morality of capital punishment. The bias of the American as well as International judicial systems is a major cause of worry regarding capital punishment. We, as humans, should obey the government no matter what their decision may be, unless it goes against religion. God instituted the judicial system to provide fair punishments for crimes. The government has the authority to investigate capital punishment if they feel it is necessary, and we should comply with their decision.
Many are disturbed by the execution of mentally incompetent criminals. As in many cases to mitigate the death penalty, the U.S Supreme Court on June 20, 2002 declared that the execution of the mentally retarded is unconstitutional, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. A particularly sad case of a mentally retarded person being put on death row is the case of Earl Washington, who had an IQ of 69. In 1983, Washington was forced by the police to confess to the rape and murder of a woman in Virginia in 1982. Washington was sentenced to death in 1984, but sixteen years later DNA evidence proved his innocence, and he received an absolute pardon.
I support death penalty in special cases and, I believe also that the guilt of the criminal should be proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, which is the constitutional way of life. If punishment can reform future criminals so as they do not commit crime, then the death penalty is the best way for the criminals and for the society.
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