Why do we chose to kill criminals when we are trying to show other people that killing is wrong? Many americans think we are civilized but they are not. We have executed more criminals than any other country have. I don't believe we should give death penalties to criminals because it’s going against the Eighth Amendment, violating human rights and government is going into a economic decline. Even though the Eighth Amendment states that cruel and unusual punishment should not be allowed in the United Stated, we still have death penalties. Executing someone is considered cruel. The Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia in 1972, had invalidated most of the statutes allowing the death penalty in the interim. Following Furman, thirty-five states re-enacted the death penalty in some form.
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Illinois is the most recent state to abolish the death penalty in 2011. In other states, there have been executive decisions to stop executions. For example, on November 11, 2011 the Governor of Oregon put a stay on executions because of his own deep personal convictions about capital punishment. Killing someone against their will is violating their rights.(“ Constitutional Rights”)
The government is going into a economic decline because they have to pay for the criminals death penalties. A death sentence through to execution costs at least six times as much as a life sentence does. A Professor named Philip J. cook at Duke university studied North Carolina’s system and found out that the state could save up to $11 million per year by getting rid of death penalty.California's system has obtain the estimated costs at some $200 million per year. Many other states such as Kansas, Maryland and Pennsylvania have reached the same conclusion. (Von Drehle, David, “Bungled executions. Backlogged
Illinois is the most recent state to abolish the death penalty in 2011. In other states, there have been executive decisions to stop executions. For example, on November 11, 2011 the Governor of Oregon put a stay on executions because of his own deep personal convictions about capital punishment. Killing someone against their will is violating their rights.(“ Constitutional Rights”)
The government is going into a economic decline because they have to pay for the criminals death penalties. A death sentence through to execution costs at least six times as much as a life sentence does. A Professor named Philip J. cook at Duke university studied North Carolina’s system and found out that the state could save up to $11 million per year by getting rid of death penalty.California's system has obtain the estimated costs at some $200 million per year. Many other states such as Kansas, Maryland and Pennsylvania have reached the same conclusion. (Von Drehle, David, “Bungled executions. Backlogged