The death penalty for a crime is made by 1 of the 5 ways. ( Lethal injection, Electrocution, Gas chamber, Hanging, and Firing squad). Lethal injection is the most common in the US because it is the most humane type of execution. Officials try to make the process as painless as possible. There is so serious long pain in any of the executions.
Wrongful death penalty is a problem in the US. By having a more in depth case on the convicts could cause the innocent to be set free and not be wronged. I think that cases should look more into other possible reasons why it could have happened before they go straight to the person they think it is. Such as Steven Avery. This man was convicted of murder. He is now sentenced for life imprisonment with no parole because the justice system believed he did it. Steven Avery knows he didn't do it, why is being convicted of it? There were other clues in his case showing it was framed and that someone could have intervened in it. This is a fine example of one large wrong person who needs to be set right. We want to have the innocent be freed and the guilty to punished.
Flamehorse says on Listverse ( 5 arguments for and against death penalty) ," In a larger sense, capital punishment is the ultimate warning against all crimes. If the criminal knows that the justice system will not stop at putting him to death, then the system appears more draconian to him. Hence, he is less inclined to break and enter. He may have no intention of killing anyone in the process of robbing them, but is much more apprehensive about the possibility if he knows he will be executed. Thus, there is a better chance that he will not break and enter in the first place." I find this to be very true, if people knew that they would be put to death they wouldn't think about killing someone because they want to live. Having the death penalty would probably bring severe crime rates drastically low. The government should look into the death penalty to keep the citizens of the US safe from harm from others.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution
http://listverse.com/2013/06/01/5-arguments-for-and-against-the-death-penalty/
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ReplyDeleteI think that one of the reasons Steven Avery may still be in jail is because if he is released on the grounds that he is innocent, it will make the justice system look bad. People may lose some faith in the justice system if this occurs.
ReplyDeleteI find the topic of the death penalty an interesting and difficult topic. No one wants someone who has committed heinous crimes walking around free in our communities.There is also the fact that imprisonment itself may not be a bad enough punishment. One solution to this is solitary confinement, but both of these are often confronted by the fact that our tax dollars go towards these people. To that I would say that personally I am not adverse to paying money so that they suffer the guilt alone and can reflect on their decisions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your stance on how the criminal and justice system need more in depth investigations for these types of things. Thanks to new DNA science more and more wrongfully convicted people are being let out. However, if the death penalty was largely in practice then these innocent people would never get to be free again as they deserve.
I find the topic of the death penalty an interesting and difficult topic. No one wants someone who has committed heinous crimes walking around free in our communities.There is also the fact that imprisonment itself may not be a bad enough punishment. One solution to this is solitary confinement, but both of these are often confronted by the fact that our tax dollars go towards these people. To that I would say that personally I am not adverse to paying money so that they suffer the guilt alone and can reflect on their decisions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your stance on how the criminal and justice system need more in depth investigations for these types of things. Thanks to new DNA science more and more wrongfully convicted people are being let out. However, if the death penalty was largely in practice then these innocent people would never get to be free again as they deserve.
Death penalty is an especially touchy subject to discuss. I feel that death penalty is something that is still needed as it has proven to be a defining method of punishing those who deserve it. There is a large problem with the killing of innocent people, but that means we have a larger problem with Americas justice system than the death penalty. We must account for the innocent people in prison and jail just as much innocent people on death row. If we have more innocent people that can't be proven to be guilty then we must start to assess the people who are able to obtain degrees in law and who join police force and begin to ensure that they can find the right suspects and prove them guilty.
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