“Death Penalty” Pros and Cons

Death Penalty Pros and Cons Francisco X. Lendor Introduction to Criminal nicety (1102 CCJS100 4021) Due on Tuesday, present 26, 2011 Death Penalty Pros and Cons History over the years has taught us of many divers(prenominal) ways on how to control or punish people who dont follow the rules and honors let downd by confederacy and courts. These are adopted by society to establish behavior standards.Whether some of them are effective or not, these must be respected in order to not fall into a severe penalization like the finish penalisation. AThe enormity of cleanup ones fellow man with care is the principal reason for the existence of the death penalty. Throughout history, death penalty has been debated in many different ways. Groups protesting bring up their point of views with their pros and cons to defend their position in favor or against this punishment.A amend example of why some assemblages oppose to this penalty is discussed in articles 1Anti-death penalty group s raising coin for exonoree Anthony Graves, by Diane Jennings, and in 2Testimony to begin today in death penalty trial of man criminate of killing wife, stepdaughter and showing stepsons their bodies, by Jennifer Emily. In the first article, a group from the Texas Moratorium Network was raising money to help, in this case, Anthony Graves. Graves spent 18 years in fall back for capital punishments he never committed, and was finally released from the death row from Texas after prosecutors declared him innocent.On the other hand, on the second article, Gary Green was facing a final decision to be convicted of capital murder in Texas. After stabbing his wife, he killed her 6-year-old daughter and proceeded to show their bodies to his stepsons. Jurors in this case were to decide Bwhether to impose a death sentence or send him to prison for life without parole. Death penalty brings decreed and negative contributions to society. Even though, there have been a lot of proven mistakes when imposing it, and it still shows to be unsuccessful on removing evil from society.One of the pros death penalty contributes to society is that it deters some population from committing murder. It to a fault gives peace of mind to the victim and their families and puts an end to the crime. Also, the headache of the highest form of punishment leave behind keep capability victims alive. Some sequences families of the victims begin their healing process once the murderer is put to death. Politically seen, it also gives self-respect to politicians and some others may even secure their positions by taking a well known murder case to a closing point.Proponents of the death penalty say Cit is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and costs less than life imprisonment. They also argue that Dretribution helps console grieving families, and ensures that the perpetrators of monstrous crimes never have an opportunity to cause future tragedy. But it comes to the fact that these arguments just help them unblock their support to punishment, while it is still not supported by a majority. Society still has a lot of issues against the death penalty.One of the most commonly questions people ask themselves is what would it accomplish to put soulfulness on death row? If the victim is already dead, you cannot bring him back. It is not true that the opponents feel fear of death will prevent one of committing murder. Statistics show that most of the murders are done on the warmth of passion when a soul is unable to think rationally. Therefore, how can one think of fear in the heat of passion? Opponents also argue the fact that there have been a lot of cases where the person being convicted was mistakenly accused.Worse than that, many have often been mistakenly killed due to the capital punishment process, and it is often inconsistently and arbitrarily applied. For Christians, a perfect example of a person driven to the death row being mistakenly accused was deliveryman. Legitimate murderers, in the bible, were granted freedom and forgiveness, but Jesus was convicted, accused, and finally killed. This argument is mostly used by religious activists and protesters against the death penalty. People with deep-rooted depression to religious viewpoint often defend the right to life above any punishment that will threaten or jeopardize it.Based on the information published in both articles resumed above, and over the internet, I conclude that death penalty is not a deterrent, as violent crime place show to be consistently higher in death penalty jurisdictions. Whether you are a dictated criminal or a government representing the people, killing another human being is wrong. It is wrong from the look of the justice, and so it is wrong viewed from the eyes of God or the Supreme Being in which we believe. holding killers off the streets for good through the Life Without Parole (LWOP) also prevents re-offending without having to harm murderers life.As Voltaire once wrote Elet the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing a man condemned to public full treatment still serves the country, and is a good living lesson. BIBLIOGRAPHY . UMUC Library Guide to Criminal JusticeResourcesUMUC bind Anti-death penalty groups raising money for exonoree Anthony Graves, by Diane Jennings Reporter of Dallas Morning News UMUC Library Guide to Criminal JusticeResourcesUMUC Article Testimony to begin today in death penalty trial of man accused of killing wife, stepdaughter and showing stepsons their bodies, by Jennifer Emily Reporter of Dallas Morning NewsREFERENCES CITED TIME in Partnership with CNN (online) http//www. time. com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905684,00. html 2nd paragraph of UMUC Library Guide to Criminal JusticeResourcesUMUC Article Testimony to begin today in death penalty trial of man accused of killing wife, stepdaughter and showing stepsons their bodies, by Jennifer Emily Re porter of Dallas Morning News 2nd paragraph of http//deathpenalty. procon. org/ 2nd paragraph of http//deathpenalty. procon. org/ http//www. deathpenaltyinfo. org/