Introduction The death penalty is one off the premier issues facing not only criminal justice professionals, but every day citizens as well. The purpose of this paper is to examine the death penalty in the United States including ways to carry out and arguments to abolish, the costs involved, and possible alternatives. “In 1972, the Supreme Court declared that under then-existing laws ‘the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty… constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.’ (Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238),” (source). In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided on the case Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty would be reinstated after some years of being considered unconstitutional.
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Many individuals and groups are actively trying to abolish the death penalty nationwide for different reasons. Some argue that the government does not have the authority to put someone to death. Other argue that the costs involved are the number one thing to consider in this. Others still argue that the killing of anyone is wrong and a society should not advocate for the deaths of anyone. The death penalty is the most expensive method of prison incarceration and punishment, compared to life imprisonment and other …show more content…
The ACLU is a private entity that works to protect the liberties of all Americans, regardless of creed or opinion. According to the ACLU, there are eight objections to the death penalty: capital punishment is cruel and unusual, capital punishment denies due process of law, the death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection, the death penalty is not a viable form of crime control, capital punishment wastes limited resources, opposing the death penalty does not indicate a lack of sympathy for murder victims, changes in death sentencing have proved to be largely cosmetic, and a society that respects life does not deliberately kill human beings
Many individuals and groups are actively trying to abolish the death penalty nationwide for different reasons. Some argue that the government does not have the authority to put someone to death. Other argue that the costs involved are the number one thing to consider in this. Others still argue that the killing of anyone is wrong and a society should not advocate for the deaths of anyone. The death penalty is the most expensive method of prison incarceration and punishment, compared to life imprisonment and other …show more content…
The ACLU is a private entity that works to protect the liberties of all Americans, regardless of creed or opinion. According to the ACLU, there are eight objections to the death penalty: capital punishment is cruel and unusual, capital punishment denies due process of law, the death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection, the death penalty is not a viable form of crime control, capital punishment wastes limited resources, opposing the death penalty does not indicate a lack of sympathy for murder victims, changes in death sentencing have proved to be largely cosmetic, and a society that respects life does not deliberately kill human beings