Life or Death
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”-J.R.R. Tolkien (Goodreads, n.p.). Capital punishment is a taboo word for many people, they do not want to talk about it. Could this be due to the fact they consider it morally wrong? Lifelong imprisonment is the alternative to capital punishment when one is convicted of a crime. To know the difference between the two is important because it is important to know about what one stands behind. To compare and contrast capital punishment and lifelong imprisonment one has to look at three important factors. Morally right, fair judgement, and certainty are important factors that go with judgement …show more content…
The number one pro was that it costs the government less than life in prison without parole. This is because in prison the government will have to provide three meals a day for the rest of the criminal 's life and provide utilities. Another pro is that when the law was abolished crime rate increased 7%, meaning that this law deters possible felons from committing crime because of fear of the death sentence. Whether capital punishment goes against the eighth amendment is a controversial topic, like any argument it is two sided. It has been declared that this practice is constitutional and does not go against the law of no cruel and unusual punishment. (list of 10 biggest death penalty pros and cons, n.p.)
Moral judgement is the process in which someone decides what is right and wrong and what is good and bad. Capital punishment is the act of legally killing someone as punishment for a serious crime they committed. One may ask how there could be in moral judgment in the capital judgment, if it is practically legalized murder? What about life in prison, could it be any better than capital punishment? Either way one 's life is being taken away from them, because one can not live in prison and the other is death. So could there be any moral judgment in either
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”-J.R.R. Tolkien (Goodreads, n.p.). Capital punishment is a taboo word for many people, they do not want to talk about it. Could this be due to the fact they consider it morally wrong? Lifelong imprisonment is the alternative to capital punishment when one is convicted of a crime. To know the difference between the two is important because it is important to know about what one stands behind. To compare and contrast capital punishment and lifelong imprisonment one has to look at three important factors. Morally right, fair judgement, and certainty are important factors that go with judgement …show more content…
The number one pro was that it costs the government less than life in prison without parole. This is because in prison the government will have to provide three meals a day for the rest of the criminal 's life and provide utilities. Another pro is that when the law was abolished crime rate increased 7%, meaning that this law deters possible felons from committing crime because of fear of the death sentence. Whether capital punishment goes against the eighth amendment is a controversial topic, like any argument it is two sided. It has been declared that this practice is constitutional and does not go against the law of no cruel and unusual punishment. (list of 10 biggest death penalty pros and cons, n.p.)
Moral judgement is the process in which someone decides what is right and wrong and what is good and bad. Capital punishment is the act of legally killing someone as punishment for a serious crime they committed. One may ask how there could be in moral judgment in the capital judgment, if it is practically legalized murder? What about life in prison, could it be any better than capital punishment? Either way one 's life is being taken away from them, because one can not live in prison and the other is death. So could there be any moral judgment in either