The death penalty is a heavily debated topic in society, specifically in American society, today. Many people see the death penalty as something that is necessary in order to punish people who commit the most heinous crimes like first degree murder and rape. There are many people however that completely oppose the death penalty because they believe it is immoral or they feel as if capital punishment should be completely rewritten into a much more safe and moral way. A stakeholder that supports abolishing the death penalty is a group called the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty or NCADP. They have helped in abolishing the death penalty in seven states in the last ten years. The other stakeholder in favor of the death penalty is
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They work with various different people, organizations and state governments. Seven states, with the help of the NCADP, in the last ten years have removed their death penalties. Data on their website, ncadp.org, gathered on October 2015 shows that 156 people have been freed from death row. The NCADP’s vision includes addressing crime at their very root cause and compassion for all criminals as in giving them time to rehabilitate and learn from their actions instead of putting them to death (ncadp.org). On their website, they mention that they are “families of murder victims, persons from all points on the political and religious spectrums, past and present law enforcement officials and prominent civil and racial justice organizations” (ncadp.org). According to their website, about 90 million people are against the death penalty because they believe it is immoral. According to the NCADP, the problems with the death penalty include disproportionate amount of executions regarding race (especially African Americans), the number of innocent people put to death, the cost of instilling capital punishment could be better used in programs that help rehabilitate criminals and give them jobs after their sentence, and the unspoken and not commonly thought of affect it has on people working at prisons. Cases as …show more content…
Florida. The case was revolved around Hurst’s case about how Florida’s death penalty law was unconstitutional. It was unconstitutional because it was in direct violation of the sixth amendment which states that “The Sixth Amendment requires a jury, not a judge, to find each fact necessary to impose a sentence of death” (deathpenaltyinfo.org). Prior to Hurst v. Florida, the judge in a specific case found the facts needed to sentence somebody to death. Because only one person, the judge, is needed to make a decision on capital punishment, that means it we would be more prone to wrongful executions. The judge still determines the final verdict of the case but after Hurst v. Florida, the jury is required to look up the facts needed. Hurst v. Florida took place in January 2016. The state of Florida is now in the process of rewriting the state laws involving the death penalty. According to deathpenaltyinfo.org, support for the death penalty in Florida decreased dramatically between November 1999 and August 2000. It reduced to 45% from
They work with various different people, organizations and state governments. Seven states, with the help of the NCADP, in the last ten years have removed their death penalties. Data on their website, ncadp.org, gathered on October 2015 shows that 156 people have been freed from death row. The NCADP’s vision includes addressing crime at their very root cause and compassion for all criminals as in giving them time to rehabilitate and learn from their actions instead of putting them to death (ncadp.org). On their website, they mention that they are “families of murder victims, persons from all points on the political and religious spectrums, past and present law enforcement officials and prominent civil and racial justice organizations” (ncadp.org). According to their website, about 90 million people are against the death penalty because they believe it is immoral. According to the NCADP, the problems with the death penalty include disproportionate amount of executions regarding race (especially African Americans), the number of innocent people put to death, the cost of instilling capital punishment could be better used in programs that help rehabilitate criminals and give them jobs after their sentence, and the unspoken and not commonly thought of affect it has on people working at prisons. Cases as …show more content…
Florida. The case was revolved around Hurst’s case about how Florida’s death penalty law was unconstitutional. It was unconstitutional because it was in direct violation of the sixth amendment which states that “The Sixth Amendment requires a jury, not a judge, to find each fact necessary to impose a sentence of death” (deathpenaltyinfo.org). Prior to Hurst v. Florida, the judge in a specific case found the facts needed to sentence somebody to death. Because only one person, the judge, is needed to make a decision on capital punishment, that means it we would be more prone to wrongful executions. The judge still determines the final verdict of the case but after Hurst v. Florida, the jury is required to look up the facts needed. Hurst v. Florida took place in January 2016. The state of Florida is now in the process of rewriting the state laws involving the death penalty. According to deathpenaltyinfo.org, support for the death penalty in Florida decreased dramatically between November 1999 and August 2000. It reduced to 45% from