Death Penalty Ethics

The death penalty or sometimes referred to as execution is a government sanctioned punishments. If incarcerated individuals are sentenced to this punishment they will be facing death. There have been many innocent individuals that have been sentenced with the death penalty, due to false evidence. Some crimes include terrorism, first-degree murder, and espionage, etc. When the United States population is faced with choosing in favor of or against the death penalty, majorities have chosen to be in favor society (Tucker, 2014). According to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, 55% of United States adults say they favor the death penalty for persons only convicted of murder. While 37% of U.S Adults oppose the punishment. Although, this percentage …show more content…
This theory is the overall evaluation of the behavior. Two constructs that fall under this theory are normative belief and motivation to comply. Normative belief is the belief that behavioral performance is associated with certain attributes or outcomes. This occurs when inmates are racially profiled or sentenced due to bias decision. Right now innocent criminals are struggling to plead their case to judges, prosecutors and juries because of the lack of evidence, income, knowledge, or resources. Evaluation is the value attached to a behavioral outcome or attribute. This occurs when families can sleep well at night knowing that the murderer of their 5-year old son will no longer be walking on the same sidewalk as their 7-year old daughter. The conflict that is arising about death penalty will indeed be a precursor to change in the United States Society. There are many different groups that base their opinion about the death penalty from racial preconceived notions. Majority of those in charge of executing the death penal are someway connected to the government, which serves as the influence of power embedded in the conflict theory, which I believe also aligns with this