The death penalty has been controversial for decades, the issue hasn’t been resolved, and it continues to bloom as we live day-by-day in society. Five, ten, twenty, or maybe thirty years before an inmate is put to sleep. Constant differences between the opposing sides continue to flourish without resolution, along with frequently allotting time to an appeal for even the most minuscule reason, as if it were the answer to the problem. It is by far the most necessary consequence for those who commit the senseless act of taking someone else’s life, they choose to play god, and expect no retaliation for their action.
Various amounts of people oppose the death penalty and wish to abolish it, claiming that it’s uncivilized. But in reality what is …show more content…
Rehabilitation for a person who brutally murders with no morals or respect for anyone else 's life? Criminals are criminals despite the circumstances. According to statistics, prisons are more equipped with the capacity of punishing criminals more than actually taking measures into rehabilitating them. According to the National Institute of Justice “within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the first year” .Why should society even consider rehabilitating the inmates if more than 3 quarters of them return to prison either way. According to the information provided from statistics, the rehabilitation method is thrown out of the equation. If simple felons can’t be rehabilitated, then it is common sense to assume that there is simply no rehabilitating a serial killer, or a homicidal maniac, or anyone that falls under the qualifications of receiving the death penalty.
Religion is a huge factor as well when it comes to the opposing side on arguing against the necessities of capital punishment. People of various religions claim that it is wrong to kill someone, because we are not god. Who are we to choose …show more content…
But using vengeance is a natural human urge that comes in our genetics.. In the American Psychological Association web page they include and give statistics on how revenge it is not bad at all. The researcher, Michael Price conducted an experiment on a group of people that were put in scenarios where they felt is necessary for them to choose revenge as an initial option, and his claim was that "Virtually everybody was angry over what happened to them," Carlsmith says, "and everyone given the opportunity [for revenge] took it." therefore, under any circumstance a human being is naturally impulsified towards taking revenge or matter into their own hands. Once again, how does one expect to use common sense and feel revenge, if a person had just had a family member brutally murdered or even slaughtered, compared to a simple and lenient controlled
Various amounts of people oppose the death penalty and wish to abolish it, claiming that it’s uncivilized. But in reality what is …show more content…
Rehabilitation for a person who brutally murders with no morals or respect for anyone else 's life? Criminals are criminals despite the circumstances. According to statistics, prisons are more equipped with the capacity of punishing criminals more than actually taking measures into rehabilitating them. According to the National Institute of Justice “within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the first year” .Why should society even consider rehabilitating the inmates if more than 3 quarters of them return to prison either way. According to the information provided from statistics, the rehabilitation method is thrown out of the equation. If simple felons can’t be rehabilitated, then it is common sense to assume that there is simply no rehabilitating a serial killer, or a homicidal maniac, or anyone that falls under the qualifications of receiving the death penalty.
Religion is a huge factor as well when it comes to the opposing side on arguing against the necessities of capital punishment. People of various religions claim that it is wrong to kill someone, because we are not god. Who are we to choose …show more content…
But using vengeance is a natural human urge that comes in our genetics.. In the American Psychological Association web page they include and give statistics on how revenge it is not bad at all. The researcher, Michael Price conducted an experiment on a group of people that were put in scenarios where they felt is necessary for them to choose revenge as an initial option, and his claim was that "Virtually everybody was angry over what happened to them," Carlsmith says, "and everyone given the opportunity [for revenge] took it." therefore, under any circumstance a human being is naturally impulsified towards taking revenge or matter into their own hands. Once again, how does one expect to use common sense and feel revenge, if a person had just had a family member brutally murdered or even slaughtered, compared to a simple and lenient controlled