We formed the justice system to keep uniform in our country, for those who do wrong must pay a price. In that case, we all can agree to the punishment given to misdemeanors, parking violations, and felonies. On the other hand, our morals are questioned when it comes to capital punishment. Debates are rising on whether to abolish the death penalty in the United States or keep the punishment everyone has used for decades. In that case, we should also get rid of the internet and cell phones and go back to the pony express. Society itself is changing, why not our laws change too, because people are afraid of change that is why. We should not kill a man for his wrongdoing; we shall make him suffer in an 8x10 cell with minimum lighting for the
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Although you are only sentenced death penalty for various reasons such as first-degree murders, sexual assault, rape, and treason, etc. We can all agree to the necessity of providing the greatest way of punishment for the safety of our society. For say, group A of Americans believe in killing the criminal, for example Cass R. Sunstein said, professor at Harvard Law who agrees on capital punishment said, “A leading national study suggests that each execution prevents some eighteen murders, on average.” When considering this, 18 deaths are a lot and we should have no deaths at all. Not only is just morally wrong to kill a man, it does not deter crime. When a person is killing a person, they do not think about the consequences, they just do it. While group B Americans say they should suffer in jail for the rest of their lives or how the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said, “The death penalty costs more, delivers less, and puts innocent lives at risk. Life without parole provides swift, severe, and certain punishment.” (qtd. in Procon.org)Despite of each other’s differences on how to punish the criminal, they both can agree on wanting the victim’s family to have some sort of indemnity. Although all research points on life without parole being a better choice for punishment, it is not just about what the research is saying. It is about the …show more content…
The color of a man’s skin or his background seems to play a huge factor in his conviction. When a white man is trialed, majority of the time, he will be forgiven for his wrongdoing and is sentence to jail for life. On other hand, a Hispanic man will be sentenced to death because Hispanics have a history of crime. According to United States General Accounting Office, "In 82% of the studies [reviewed], race of the victim was found to influence the likelihood of being charged with capital murder or receiving the death penalty, i.e., those who murdered whites were found more likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks."(qtd. in Captial Punishment In Context) We are supposed to live in an equal country, where the color of your skin, your eyes, and your accent do not define you but it seems equality is ignored in these cases. It is easy to see the ignorance in our country, we say we are the best country in the world but racism is just pulling us back to actually being a great
Although you are only sentenced death penalty for various reasons such as first-degree murders, sexual assault, rape, and treason, etc. We can all agree to the necessity of providing the greatest way of punishment for the safety of our society. For say, group A of Americans believe in killing the criminal, for example Cass R. Sunstein said, professor at Harvard Law who agrees on capital punishment said, “A leading national study suggests that each execution prevents some eighteen murders, on average.” When considering this, 18 deaths are a lot and we should have no deaths at all. Not only is just morally wrong to kill a man, it does not deter crime. When a person is killing a person, they do not think about the consequences, they just do it. While group B Americans say they should suffer in jail for the rest of their lives or how the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said, “The death penalty costs more, delivers less, and puts innocent lives at risk. Life without parole provides swift, severe, and certain punishment.” (qtd. in Procon.org)Despite of each other’s differences on how to punish the criminal, they both can agree on wanting the victim’s family to have some sort of indemnity. Although all research points on life without parole being a better choice for punishment, it is not just about what the research is saying. It is about the …show more content…
The color of a man’s skin or his background seems to play a huge factor in his conviction. When a white man is trialed, majority of the time, he will be forgiven for his wrongdoing and is sentence to jail for life. On other hand, a Hispanic man will be sentenced to death because Hispanics have a history of crime. According to United States General Accounting Office, "In 82% of the studies [reviewed], race of the victim was found to influence the likelihood of being charged with capital murder or receiving the death penalty, i.e., those who murdered whites were found more likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks."(qtd. in Captial Punishment In Context) We are supposed to live in an equal country, where the color of your skin, your eyes, and your accent do not define you but it seems equality is ignored in these cases. It is easy to see the ignorance in our country, we say we are the best country in the world but racism is just pulling us back to actually being a great