The Death Penalty has been a hot button topic for generations. Cesare Beccaria is considered the father of criminal justice first claimed that “the use of capital punishment inherently violated the social contract” and also from the book introduction to criminology by Stephen Tibbetts “the second reason for why Beccaria felt that the death penalty was a inappropriate form of punishment was that the governments endorsing the death of a citizen would provide a negative example for the rest of society. Although I am for the death penalty there are so many flaws within the criminal justice system that unfortutnaly will probably never be fixed. Several studies relating to crime have both disputed and defended capital punishment in America. There have been multiple studies suggesting that having the death penalty doesn’t reduce the crime rate. On the other side of the coin some have suggested that the death penalty is deterrence for crime.
The major flaw I see with the Death penalty is that it takes too long. On average it takes 10 to 12 years to get an order of execution. This is due to our judicial system and the failure of swift due process. I understand that it doesn’t state anywhere that you have the right to a speedy or fast death however, once you are convicted of a capital crime and you …show more content…
Recently the court has upheld death penalty decisions 4 times in the state of Alabama. These decisions cited HURST V. FLORIDA and in an article from the Constitional accountability center states “In Hurst v. Florida, the Supreme Court considered whether Florida’s death sentencing scheme violated the Sixth or Eighth Amendments in light of the Court’s 2002 decision in Ring v. Arizona. In Ring, the Court held that Arizona’s capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional because it allowed a judge sitting without a jury to find the aggravating circumstances necessary for imposing the death
The major flaw I see with the Death penalty is that it takes too long. On average it takes 10 to 12 years to get an order of execution. This is due to our judicial system and the failure of swift due process. I understand that it doesn’t state anywhere that you have the right to a speedy or fast death however, once you are convicted of a capital crime and you …show more content…
Recently the court has upheld death penalty decisions 4 times in the state of Alabama. These decisions cited HURST V. FLORIDA and in an article from the Constitional accountability center states “In Hurst v. Florida, the Supreme Court considered whether Florida’s death sentencing scheme violated the Sixth or Eighth Amendments in light of the Court’s 2002 decision in Ring v. Arizona. In Ring, the Court held that Arizona’s capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional because it allowed a judge sitting without a jury to find the aggravating circumstances necessary for imposing the death