The death penalty is mainly used in criminal cases when a criminal kills multiple people, he or she is a fugitive of the law, or when someone else has over sixty offenses. There are restrictions on who the penalty can be used against and the reason, for the penalty being put on a person. It is known that there are exceptions to all the rules and for this reason the death penalty should not be allowed in the United States. Imagine being a grieving mother whose child made a mistake because no one saw the warning signs, and no one got him help. It is realized that what they did was wrong but no matter how bad the crime committed was, you cannot force yourself to love your family any less and seeing someone you love punished by death is hard for
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In an article about constitutional rights it said, “The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a penalty must be proportional to the crime; otherwise, the punishment violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments” (Legal Information Institute 2017). As people grow older they are always taught that no matter what a person has done to us, we are not supposed to impose the same force on the person who has hurt us. Yet the United States' legal system describes the death penalty as an eye for an eye. The death penalty goes against the moral rights of some and it is unjust that a jury of twelve gets to decide the fate of a someone else's life, there are many forms of punishment so why does the United States prefer this …show more content…
Imagine a grieving mother watch her kid be lethally injected to later find out her son or daughter was wrongfully accused of a crime. We do not respect age limits and cannot offer equal rights to everyone. The death penalty is unfair and if there was a ban on the death penalty we can fix the legal system and allow for a cost effective punishment for criminals. With a ban in place, we will not have to worry about imposing on equality and provide a punishment that allows adolescents to grow and see learn their actions have
In an article about constitutional rights it said, “The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a penalty must be proportional to the crime; otherwise, the punishment violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments” (Legal Information Institute 2017). As people grow older they are always taught that no matter what a person has done to us, we are not supposed to impose the same force on the person who has hurt us. Yet the United States' legal system describes the death penalty as an eye for an eye. The death penalty goes against the moral rights of some and it is unjust that a jury of twelve gets to decide the fate of a someone else's life, there are many forms of punishment so why does the United States prefer this …show more content…
Imagine a grieving mother watch her kid be lethally injected to later find out her son or daughter was wrongfully accused of a crime. We do not respect age limits and cannot offer equal rights to everyone. The death penalty is unfair and if there was a ban on the death penalty we can fix the legal system and allow for a cost effective punishment for criminals. With a ban in place, we will not have to worry about imposing on equality and provide a punishment that allows adolescents to grow and see learn their actions have