Different Views On The Death Penalty Analysis

Comparing the Different Views on the Death Penalty The death penalty has been around for thousands of years and it can be traced to Babylon in the Eighteenth Century B.C. During this time, the people in Babylon followed the Code of King Hammurabi. This was the first sign of the death penalty in society and as the years went on, many other societies started to implement the death penalty to maintain law and order. The article “Part I: History of The Death Penalty” states that “Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country. When European settlers came to the new world, they brought the practice of capital punishment. The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in …show more content…
The Catholic church believes that “in Catholic teaching the state has the recourse to impose the death penalty upon criminals convicted of heinous crimes if this ultimate sanction is the only available means to protect society from a grave threat to human life. However, this right should not be exercised when other ways are available to punish criminals and to protect society that are more respectful of human life.” This goes to show that people may argue that the death penalty is cruel and unusual, but if someone is faced with the consequences of the death penalty, they most likely have committed a heinous crime and deserve the …show more content…
An article from Newsweek states that “…a new study believes the figure is 1 in every 25—or 4.1 percent.” Since the year of 1973, it has been recorded that over 144 people who were on death row were set free. Sadly, there has been a ton of innocent people who have been wrongly executed over the years. This shows how wrong our law system can be; if innocent people are being wrongly accused then how do we actually know who deserves to be convicted. Along with this argument, there are cases where evidence is tampered with, cases where clients aren’t well represented and other times where there is a lack of evidence. Sometimes, even when a case seems so straight forward one little thing can go wrong and then an innocent person is faced with the penalty of going on death row. However, just because sometimes there can be a wrong decision, this doesn’t mean that there doesn’t need to be a death penalty. Over the years, technology has advanced and there is a decrease in the amount of people are being wrongly convicted for faulty cases. The United States works hard to keep innocent people from being sentenced to death row, that is why they have advanced their crime detection also increased their technology for DNA testing. With these precautions, the people in charge of the law system are trying to make the system better to help wrongly convicted innocent