Should the death penalty be abolished? The answer is a resonating, no. I say this because even though the death penalty in my mind is against what I believe about not killing humans, we have human killing other humans. So with that there must be a punishment that can help deter the murderers of this world not to kill. That is exactly what the death penalty does it helps deter someone from killing another person by threatening their own life by capital punishment. Now of course as with all other controversial topics not everyone is on board with this idea.
One of those people is named Michael Welch. Welch believes that the death penalty should be abolished. Welch also believes that there are two reasons for the dealt penalty, one being …show more content…
Whether or not they can be would depend on the degree of passion; it is unlikely to be always so extreme as to make the person seized by totally undetterable. At any rate, offenders sentenced to death ordinarily are guilty or premeditated murder, or multiple murders.”-“Whatever the motive some prospective offenders are not deterrable at all, others are easily deterred, and most are in between. Even if only some murders were, or could be deterred by capital punishment, it would be worthwhile.” (van den Haag, 256).
Van den haag makes a great point here that cannot be ignored why do we have to abolish the death penalty if it works? Even if it works only on a few people as a deterrent, why get rid of it. If it saves one life it is worth having on the books, that’s not to say that we should just be using it instead of incarceration, but we should have it in case there is a person or case in which it would be beneficial to use it …show more content…
Gray really cuts into the real reasons here that we as “scared” people, the majority, are ok with the death penalty. It helps put to ease our minds that a person commits a crime, will be taken care of in a manner fitting to that of their crime.
In conclusion, the death penalty should not be abolished. “The death penalty question is often framed in utilitarian terms of net balance: rights of victims versus rights to life of the convicted” (House, 680). We as a society should keep in mind the rights of the victims. If we ourselves have never had to deal with someone murdering one of our family or friends who are we really to judge if the death penalty should be used or not used? Yet, we should have it though because it does work as deterrence and it should be an option, in the case of a heinous
One of those people is named Michael Welch. Welch believes that the death penalty should be abolished. Welch also believes that there are two reasons for the dealt penalty, one being …show more content…
Whether or not they can be would depend on the degree of passion; it is unlikely to be always so extreme as to make the person seized by totally undetterable. At any rate, offenders sentenced to death ordinarily are guilty or premeditated murder, or multiple murders.”-“Whatever the motive some prospective offenders are not deterrable at all, others are easily deterred, and most are in between. Even if only some murders were, or could be deterred by capital punishment, it would be worthwhile.” (van den Haag, 256).
Van den haag makes a great point here that cannot be ignored why do we have to abolish the death penalty if it works? Even if it works only on a few people as a deterrent, why get rid of it. If it saves one life it is worth having on the books, that’s not to say that we should just be using it instead of incarceration, but we should have it in case there is a person or case in which it would be beneficial to use it …show more content…
Gray really cuts into the real reasons here that we as “scared” people, the majority, are ok with the death penalty. It helps put to ease our minds that a person commits a crime, will be taken care of in a manner fitting to that of their crime.
In conclusion, the death penalty should not be abolished. “The death penalty question is often framed in utilitarian terms of net balance: rights of victims versus rights to life of the convicted” (House, 680). We as a society should keep in mind the rights of the victims. If we ourselves have never had to deal with someone murdering one of our family or friends who are we really to judge if the death penalty should be used or not used? Yet, we should have it though because it does work as deterrence and it should be an option, in the case of a heinous