3.0 Objections to My Argument 3.1 Expense Reduction
One of the serious challenges to my argument is that the expenses of death punishment are expensive and often varied because of the prolonged appeal process. If government can reduce the appeal time, it will lead to a significant decrease in cost of death punishment. California with the 20 years waiting time between conviction and execution can save a huge amount of money if they could reduce the time to 2 or 3 years. Judge Arthur Alarcon calculated that the automatic appeals and state habeas corpus petitions cost 925 million and federal habeas corpus appeals costs $775 million since 1978 in California. The huge amount would decrease with the reduction of appeal process.
My reply to the line of logic is that the reduction of the appeal time would certainly lead to a predictable increase in the number of executions. With the increase number of …show more content…
Many argue that terrorisms and murders commit massive killing should be executed as soon as possible because they cause great pain and sorrow to others.
In my perspective, life sentence can definitely provide the same retribution, since we could also sentence the criminal life imprisonment without parole and the end result of the criminal would be the same—death. The perennial process of death punishment brings more sadness to victim’s families. Just like the case mention above in California, many victims’ families find the delay in sentence extended their agony and they want to see the prosecutor being trialed in a speedy and just way. Lifetime without parole provides the retributive effect without the endless reopening of
One of the serious challenges to my argument is that the expenses of death punishment are expensive and often varied because of the prolonged appeal process. If government can reduce the appeal time, it will lead to a significant decrease in cost of death punishment. California with the 20 years waiting time between conviction and execution can save a huge amount of money if they could reduce the time to 2 or 3 years. Judge Arthur Alarcon calculated that the automatic appeals and state habeas corpus petitions cost 925 million and federal habeas corpus appeals costs $775 million since 1978 in California. The huge amount would decrease with the reduction of appeal process.
My reply to the line of logic is that the reduction of the appeal time would certainly lead to a predictable increase in the number of executions. With the increase number of …show more content…
Many argue that terrorisms and murders commit massive killing should be executed as soon as possible because they cause great pain and sorrow to others.
In my perspective, life sentence can definitely provide the same retribution, since we could also sentence the criminal life imprisonment without parole and the end result of the criminal would be the same—death. The perennial process of death punishment brings more sadness to victim’s families. Just like the case mention above in California, many victims’ families find the delay in sentence extended their agony and they want to see the prosecutor being trialed in a speedy and just way. Lifetime without parole provides the retributive effect without the endless reopening of