A. “In 1993, there were over 18,000 people arrested for murder in the United States. But, in the past ten years, there have been less than 210 executions (10, p.267). Recently, there have been over 2,500 inmates on “death row”, but less than fifty of them will receive the death penalty (10, p.267). The death penalty has caused the United States to be divided because there are supporters of the death penalty and others are against it (10, p.268).
B. Currently, there are thirty-one states in which the death penalty is legal and nineteen states that are opposed to it (10, p.268).”
C. The death penalty should be legal everywhere in the United States.
D. Thesis: Even though some think that the death penalty puts innocent lives at risk, and do harm …show more content…
Large-scale drug trafficking (5, p. 116)
6. Attempting to kill a witness or juror (5, p.116)
7. Killing someone in general (5, p.116)
IV. The death penalty relies on morality.
A. Although the morality of the death penalty has been a debate for many years, Barrille stated that most of society is not prepared to demand a life of somebody who has taken another person’s life and believe it shows immorality (1, p. 239).
B. It is immoral to not punish a person who has committed a heinous crime such as murder. The criminal is not being tortured and no cruel behavior is being used. All the states that enforce the death penalty, uses lethal injections (1, p.239).
C. They are no longer hanging inmates nor using the electric chair to execute inmates. Inmates are now given anesthetics so they will not feel any pain (4, p. 20); this shows to prove that the process is made as humane as possible so the inmates do not suffer physically.
D. Even though morality is personal for many, it is important to see the facts that morality is not being attacked when considering the death penalty and therefore is being handled the best way possible (4, p. 21).
V. Not only is the death penalty good to have in effect, but it stops others from committing crimes like …show more content…
A lot of people are afraid to die; therefore, if they know that they will be put to death for their actions of killing another, they are less likely to commit the crime. For example, in New York 1995, the death of Rosa Velez, who happened to be in her apartment when a man named Luis Vera broke into her home robbing and killing her, admitting to the courts saying, “yes, I shot her, I knew I wouldn’t go to the electric chair” (2, p.55).
B. Studies show that the death penalty is a form of deterrence, the maximum punishment which is also know as “capital punishment” is likely to deter crime more than other punishments because people fear death (2, p.55)”.
C. Criminals fear death inflicted by the law. Also, threating to give the death penalty to criminals sometimes deters most murders that haven’t been caught before in the system, but it makes them think twice before committing a crime such as murder again (2, p.56).
D. It has been proven that the death penalty is the toughest deterrent society has against murder, which has been proven in many studies. (2, p.56).”
E. If inmates would not have to sit on death row as long as they do, the deterrence would carry out more swiftly and set examples for others (2,
B. Currently, there are thirty-one states in which the death penalty is legal and nineteen states that are opposed to it (10, p.268).”
C. The death penalty should be legal everywhere in the United States.
D. Thesis: Even though some think that the death penalty puts innocent lives at risk, and do harm …show more content…
Large-scale drug trafficking (5, p. 116)
6. Attempting to kill a witness or juror (5, p.116)
7. Killing someone in general (5, p.116)
IV. The death penalty relies on morality.
A. Although the morality of the death penalty has been a debate for many years, Barrille stated that most of society is not prepared to demand a life of somebody who has taken another person’s life and believe it shows immorality (1, p. 239).
B. It is immoral to not punish a person who has committed a heinous crime such as murder. The criminal is not being tortured and no cruel behavior is being used. All the states that enforce the death penalty, uses lethal injections (1, p.239).
C. They are no longer hanging inmates nor using the electric chair to execute inmates. Inmates are now given anesthetics so they will not feel any pain (4, p. 20); this shows to prove that the process is made as humane as possible so the inmates do not suffer physically.
D. Even though morality is personal for many, it is important to see the facts that morality is not being attacked when considering the death penalty and therefore is being handled the best way possible (4, p. 21).
V. Not only is the death penalty good to have in effect, but it stops others from committing crimes like …show more content…
A lot of people are afraid to die; therefore, if they know that they will be put to death for their actions of killing another, they are less likely to commit the crime. For example, in New York 1995, the death of Rosa Velez, who happened to be in her apartment when a man named Luis Vera broke into her home robbing and killing her, admitting to the courts saying, “yes, I shot her, I knew I wouldn’t go to the electric chair” (2, p.55).
B. Studies show that the death penalty is a form of deterrence, the maximum punishment which is also know as “capital punishment” is likely to deter crime more than other punishments because people fear death (2, p.55)”.
C. Criminals fear death inflicted by the law. Also, threating to give the death penalty to criminals sometimes deters most murders that haven’t been caught before in the system, but it makes them think twice before committing a crime such as murder again (2, p.56).
D. It has been proven that the death penalty is the toughest deterrent society has against murder, which has been proven in many studies. (2, p.56).”
E. If inmates would not have to sit on death row as long as they do, the deterrence would carry out more swiftly and set examples for others (2,