The Death Penalty
The Death Penalty has been fought over for hundreds of years since colonial times actually. Even though many people think that to be protected and feel safe in our communities we need the death penalty. The death penalty is wrong and violates the Eighth Amendment. Therefore the death penalty is unconstitutional and should be changed to life in prison without parole.
The eighth amendment has changed the way we have inflicted capital punishment for years from hangings to now lethal injection. Looking for ways to make it more constitutional or humane.The Eighth Amendment states that “...excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted…” This is not always the …show more content…
Most of them will probably be found innocent and then taken off rather than being executed, like Verneal Jimerson and Dennis Williams who were sentenced to death in the Ford Heights Four case for two murders that happened in 1978 that they hadn’t committed.While Jimmerson was cleared in 1995 after having been on death row for about a decade. Meanwhile Williams had to stay on death row for longer than 17 years. Williams was finally freed in 1996. (The Innocence and the Death Penalty, 2014). Now with the increase in technology they do have better chances of finding the innocent before it’s too late. And thank goodness for that. Since 1973 around a 143 people have been found innocent, 18 of them thanks to DNA evidence (Neil Macdonald, 2014). Could you image being on death row knowing your innocent but fearing that you are gonna get it for someone elses crime? You'd be the Sirius Black of Azkaban.
In many cases of the death penalty a physician may come in and help which isn’t all that bad considering that they know what they are doing probably better than most people there, but that doesn’t make it okay. Physicians have an oath. When a physician participates an execution it goes against the oath that has to do with protecting our lives. (American Medical Association, 2013).When they go they are breaking an oath, and not just any oath an oath protecting our
The Death Penalty has been fought over for hundreds of years since colonial times actually. Even though many people think that to be protected and feel safe in our communities we need the death penalty. The death penalty is wrong and violates the Eighth Amendment. Therefore the death penalty is unconstitutional and should be changed to life in prison without parole.
The eighth amendment has changed the way we have inflicted capital punishment for years from hangings to now lethal injection. Looking for ways to make it more constitutional or humane.The Eighth Amendment states that “...excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted…” This is not always the …show more content…
Most of them will probably be found innocent and then taken off rather than being executed, like Verneal Jimerson and Dennis Williams who were sentenced to death in the Ford Heights Four case for two murders that happened in 1978 that they hadn’t committed.While Jimmerson was cleared in 1995 after having been on death row for about a decade. Meanwhile Williams had to stay on death row for longer than 17 years. Williams was finally freed in 1996. (The Innocence and the Death Penalty, 2014). Now with the increase in technology they do have better chances of finding the innocent before it’s too late. And thank goodness for that. Since 1973 around a 143 people have been found innocent, 18 of them thanks to DNA evidence (Neil Macdonald, 2014). Could you image being on death row knowing your innocent but fearing that you are gonna get it for someone elses crime? You'd be the Sirius Black of Azkaban.
In many cases of the death penalty a physician may come in and help which isn’t all that bad considering that they know what they are doing probably better than most people there, but that doesn’t make it okay. Physicians have an oath. When a physician participates an execution it goes against the oath that has to do with protecting our lives. (American Medical Association, 2013).When they go they are breaking an oath, and not just any oath an oath protecting our