Is Capital Punishment the correct sentence for a murderer? I will be
discussing in my essay whether Capital Punishment should stay
abolished or be reintroduced after 38 years since the punishment was
banned.
Capital punishment is a form of taking someone's life in order to
repay for the crime that they have committed. There are many different
methods of doing this, for example a few of them are such things as
The Electric Chair, Hanging, Stretching, Stoning.
Since 1965 people have been saying that Capital Punishment should be
reintroduced. I will be stating most of the reasons these people give
in the next few paragraphs. One of these reasons is the fact that
prisons are getting overcrowded in England. There are over two
thousand convicted persons serving life sentences in our prisons
today, therefore if we were to reintroduce Capital Punishment we could
resolve these problems by sentencing the people who would at present
be sent to prison for life to the death penalty as a punishment for
doing wrong.
Another common point that is made is that with so many people in our
prisons it actually costs us money due to taxing. And as I said before
prisons are overcrowded plus every person serving a life sentence
costs £400-£1000 each per week depending on the amount of security
that they need and this is coming out of money that we work hard for.
So without all those criminals we would be living better lives due to
the fact that we would have more money.
In addition to that the public would feel a lot safer as well as the
Police Force because the criminals would no longer be around to take
our money or kill us for not doing anything wrong. At the moment we
are very unsafe because even the Police can't handle them and we know
this due to the fact that each year approximately 15,000 Police
Officers are assaulted and over 40 Police Officers have been killed
since they abolished Capital Punishment does that say something to
want to end up dead. I think this is a good way of using the death
A man is standing there with a noose around his neck. When there is a signal, the rope is cut, and the man’s body is dropped through the trap door. He is hanged like that in front of a crowd, which is even including old people and small kids. Is there anybody thinks about how would a child react if he had to witness such a horrible scene? An execution takes one’s life to warn the community with the hope that the crime rates would go down. But it is extremely cruel, and it makes people feel like they are living in the ancient world when there are no human rights. Now the world is evolving in the way of civilizing, so execution should be kicked out of this society because instead of bringing benefits to the community, the execution brings a lot of more destruction.
It is the firm belief and position here that committing such a crime as murder is punishable by death. Americans should take a position for anyone on death row, to be executed sooner rather than later.
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surely be debated for many years, if it is enforced or not is up to
The death penalty has been around since the beginning of time as a means of punishing criminals, undisputed until the last century or so in terms of whether or not it is an ethical practice. The proponents for the death penalty offer up its ability to deter crime as their main reason for supporting it, their view supported by a functionalist sociological view in that using the death penalty, enough fear will be generated that people will refrain from committing the types of crime that the death penalty is applicable to (Schaefer, 2009). Another reason for favoring it are of an emotional nature; if a person commits a crime of a particularly horrible nature, many may feel that they deserve the death penalty, feeling that “an eye for an eye” is befitting for such a case (Jillette, Teller, & Price, 2006). It should be asked though, is emotional response and a theory of deterrence enough to justify the use of the death penalty? In this paper, I will answer that question and others.
The Debate of Reintroducing Capital Punishment to Britain Capital punishment is the death penalty for people who have committed terrible crimes, such as murder. Since the abolition of the death penalty in 1964, the murder rate in the U.K. has been steadily increasing. Murder is the ultimate crime; therefore shouldn't murder demand the ultimate penalty? America suspended the death penalty in the early sixties, like Britain, but in 1976, they re-instated it again. Statistics have proven that in 1994, in New York, 1200 people had been murdered, but later in 1995, the death penalty was introduced, and in 1998, the murder rate had dropped to just over 500 people.
Ever sense humans have been around there has been this idea of taking responsibility for ones actions. Whether it is something small like getting grounded for sticking gum in your little sister’s hair, or something bigger like getting fired from a job because you were late for work, people have always had to face consequences in attempt to learn right from wrong. Generally society’s idea of right and wrong can easily be determined. Most people accept the fact that murder is wrong and that punishment is necessary. Over the years punishments have changed in many countries. While some countries believe in cutting off someone’s hand for stealing, other countries believe in just throwing people in jail. The United States over the years has changed
The question has arisen quite recently, as to whether or not the state of Nebraska should reintroduce the death penalty as our maximum form of punishment. I’m sure there’s a bunch of people saying “No” to this question, for the very simple fact that it is the killing of another person. However, I’m one of those people that think we definitely need this drastic punishment back in our state for multiple reasons. The very first thing I would like to bring to mind is the fact that murderers, rapists, and predators can all escape from prison to continue committing the crimes they were put in prison for. Secondly, if those people have the incentive to do a crime the first time then who is to say that they won’t commit one again? They could somehow get their sentences reduced, or be eligible with parole.
The Death Penalty should be discontinued to the families, human rights, and statistics. The families of the victim and the family of the one, who committed the crime, have no closure at all. The death penalty is killing a human for being convicted of a terrible crime one family may think its right but both suffer by their lost ones. “Although true closure is never really possible for the families, studies have shown that the continual process, along with the returning to court for many years, force families to confront the gruesome details of the crime many times over, making it impossible to get on with their lives. As difficult as that is the question is weather the victims needs are met effectively by killing someone else and causing another family grief and pain as well as adding to the cycle of violence.” (Progress) As both families do not want to see each other because they all have pain and hate for one another. They both relive the last memories of their loved one and they can’t help but cry and stare at the pictures they were once happy in. The families both have sadness when its their loved ones birthday. If the victim is married or have kids, their kids suffer and the husband/wife suffer as well. Although the families will never get there loved one back they still suffer on what had happen. Both families blame one another for having to take flowers, to their dead family member or visit their family member in a cemetery because of what happen. None of them is truly happy that they lost a family member. The families miss the person who seemed so happy, and also know that they are in a better place watching over them. Although the families aren’t happy about losing them, but are relieved to know that nothing else can hurt them. As one family feels sorry for the other family, there could be the family that doesn’t care what happens but wants everyone to suffer the way they are suffering about the tragic death of one family member.
Why the Death Penalty Should Be Abolished Why should the death penalty be abolished? The death penalty should be abolished for many reasons. Many people believe the saying, 'an eye for an eye'. But when will people realize that just because someone may have killed a loved one that the best thing for that person is to die also? People don't realize that they are putting the blood of another person's life on their hands.
Capital punishment is the punishment of death for a crime given by the state. It is used for a variety of crimes such as murder, drug trafficking and treason. Many countries also have the death penalty for sexual crimes such as rape, incest and adultery. The lethal injection, the electric chair, hanging and stoning are all methods of execution used throughout the world. Capital punishment has been around since ancient times; it was used in ancient Rome, and one of the most famous people to be crucified was Jesus Christ. Capital punishment is now illegal in many countries, like the United Kingdom, France and Germany, but it is also legal in many other countries such as China and the USA. There is a large debate on whether or not capital punishment should be illegal all over the world as everyone has a different opinion on it. In this essay, I will state arguments for and against the death penalty, as well as my own opinion: capital punishment should be illegal everywhere.
Capital Punishment is Necessary Capital punishment is necessary in order for justice to prevail. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals for committing crimes that are regarded as so bad that death is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment serves to lower the murder rate, but also has value as a form of retribution. Fairness is determined by the judicial system. As a form of punishment, it saves money when compared to a life sentence.
The death penalty is legal in thirty-two states. I shall argue that capital punishment should be abolished in our country because it is never moral to kill a human being no matter what they have done, because it often costs more money to keep someone on death row than to keep someone in prison for life, because of the men and women who are wrongly accused of a crime they did not commit, and because death is the easy way out.
The heaviest punishment towards convicts is death penalty in law. It means to atone for an offense is dead. Of course, it will not execute for every criminal. Death penalty is only for felons. For example, a people who murdered someone would not get the death penalty. The death penalty is for murders who related to the smuggling of aliens or committed during a drug-related drive-by shooting. Sometimes, however, the felons also can avoid the death because some countries (or actually states) don’t allow death penalty. Then, what decision would the convict get? It is a life sentence, which means the prisoner should be in a prison until he or she dies. However, it is not good idea to keep felons. Death penalty should be allowed and get more active because life sentence is costly, unsafe, and insincere for a victim and the family.