The death penalty has been a contentious issue for many legal systems globally. The decision whether the implementation of the sentence is right or wrong often creates division among the masses. The aim of the paper is to decipher what the death penalty entails as well as discuss the benefits and consequences associated with adaptation of the sentence as a judgment in criminal cases. The discussion involves understanding the gravity of the use of the death penalty as well as addresses moral, legal and religious issues relating to the punishment 's implementation.
The morals are often associated with norms accepted by a particular society for example in some societies lesbianism is morally correct while in others the form of relationship is …show more content…
Countries are driven by their economy and financial muscle thus the issue of cost is always a matter for debate. Costs associated with criminal trials are considered and justified differently by both pro and anti-capital punishment advocates. The anti-death penalty advocates argue that to discuss the person for the death the number of trials and attorneys required by the state are more than double a time needed to carry out the test may run to months due to the sensitivity of the case. The total cost incurred would supersede the cost required to carry out a shorter trial thus leaving the state at a loss. The pro activists consider the cost of jailing the individual as being higher than the cost to execute the criminal. Jailing requires space and over a period of years need for expansion will arise to handle the raising capacity of inmates. The evaluation of the costs incurred by the governments in both short term and long term basis cannot be ignored especially since crime will never be eliminated in any …show more content…
It has been noted that in western countries that the vast majority of criminals hail from immigrant races. The reason behind the conclusion being that most immigrants do not get fair opportunities in the countries. The immigrants are then forced into crime as a matter of survival due to discrimination, poverty and a list of other social issues. In the United States alone the African American community makes up over 13 percent of the country 's population. The African American community makes up of 50 percent of the death row list. The implementation of the death penalty could be considered by the African American community as a mode to make them "extinct." Thus the government is pushed to consider the racial bias of the defendants who would be on death row and the consequences that the decision would lead to. The pro activists would argue that racial bias should not be considered as the acceptance of the racial prejudice consideration would be to accept that there is a racial motive when it does not exist. Death row does not consider race it is implemented as a universal rule that would affect all races with the aim of reducing crime in the society. The country has an obligation to secure the future of its citizens regardless of their race, and punishment is for all who do evil no compromises should be made in the fight against
The morals are often associated with norms accepted by a particular society for example in some societies lesbianism is morally correct while in others the form of relationship is …show more content…
Countries are driven by their economy and financial muscle thus the issue of cost is always a matter for debate. Costs associated with criminal trials are considered and justified differently by both pro and anti-capital punishment advocates. The anti-death penalty advocates argue that to discuss the person for the death the number of trials and attorneys required by the state are more than double a time needed to carry out the test may run to months due to the sensitivity of the case. The total cost incurred would supersede the cost required to carry out a shorter trial thus leaving the state at a loss. The pro activists consider the cost of jailing the individual as being higher than the cost to execute the criminal. Jailing requires space and over a period of years need for expansion will arise to handle the raising capacity of inmates. The evaluation of the costs incurred by the governments in both short term and long term basis cannot be ignored especially since crime will never be eliminated in any …show more content…
It has been noted that in western countries that the vast majority of criminals hail from immigrant races. The reason behind the conclusion being that most immigrants do not get fair opportunities in the countries. The immigrants are then forced into crime as a matter of survival due to discrimination, poverty and a list of other social issues. In the United States alone the African American community makes up over 13 percent of the country 's population. The African American community makes up of 50 percent of the death row list. The implementation of the death penalty could be considered by the African American community as a mode to make them "extinct." Thus the government is pushed to consider the racial bias of the defendants who would be on death row and the consequences that the decision would lead to. The pro activists would argue that racial bias should not be considered as the acceptance of the racial prejudice consideration would be to accept that there is a racial motive when it does not exist. Death row does not consider race it is implemented as a universal rule that would affect all races with the aim of reducing crime in the society. The country has an obligation to secure the future of its citizens regardless of their race, and punishment is for all who do evil no compromises should be made in the fight against