Theodore Robert Bundy was a serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist of young women and girls throughout the 1970’s. Tedy was connected to at least 36 murders, but some think he committed one hundred or more.[A&E][Bio.com] In Bundys early years as a college student of the Universitly of Washington Bundy had it all. He had the rich girl, the money, the class, and …show more content…
Along with the twelve-year-old Kimberly Leach 's death Bundy was given another death sentence. Throughout ten years, Bundy tried to appeal many times from his death sentences, but in January 24, 1989 7a.m Bundy met with “Old Sparky” and was executed. Crowds of people cheered that he was dead, the families and could have been victims got ease knowing that Ted Bundy would never bother anyone else again. That 's why we have the death penalty to give the families the closure of not having to worry and …show more content…
28 people in the United states were put to death on death row last year. A new study believes the figure is 1 in every 25 or 4.1 percent. There is human error in everything but one person is not a lot of people being put to death by false guilty. Coast is high, each case can be up to $2 million compared to a life without parole case where it can be $1 million per case. But over time if there is more life without parole the the cost can add up more than a death penalty case. The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment, The Eighth Amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment does shape certain procedural aspects regarding when a jury may use the death penalty and how it must be carried out.[Death Penalty] [Wex Legal] Racism isn 't even close to being a good factor to getting rid of the death penalty because over 75% of the murder victims in cases resulting in an execution were white.
What needs to be done to keep the death penalty in our states is as simple as having a conversation with your friends. When one person starts talking about what they believe in the word spreads. Some people have already started in what they believed in and have made Facebook pages, Instagram posts, and