People would disagree with this fact as they argue that the death penalty is still an inhumane way to die. This claim is made due to the fact that when the execution takes place, sometimes the operation would go wrong. This incident could range from missing the vein or to technical malfunctions with electrocution. An example of this unfortunate incident occurred in Oklahoma. On April 29th, 2014, Clayton Darell Lockett was supposed to be executed through the use of lethal injection. The execution failed and “It took 43 minutes for Lockett to die after given a lethal injection during which time he was subjected to violent convulsions and suffered a massive heart attack leading to his death” (Haugh 1). The aftermath left many people to be devastated
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In the past, “an early form of execution methods were tying all four separate ropes to four large animals and sending them off into different directions so their limbs can be torn apart” (Crime Museum 1). This took hours to kill the criminals. As time went by, some countries such as France began to change their death penalty and developed new innovations like the guillotine as a swift mechanism to execute people. In our present time, new technology has been developed to prevent the long and painful suffering of criminals in the death penalty. The United States is known for creating two additional types of executions that are considered the most humane options to die. These two options are the electric chair and the lethal injection. Those that wrote the 8th Amendment could be referencing the inhumane methods during their period of time. Not realizing the amount that has changed, they would likely deem lethal injection as not a cruel or unusual form of punishment. Compared to being tied in all fours and letting your limbs be torn apart, it is safe to say that the current death penalty is the most humane way to …show more content…
The death penalty is important to society because it deters murders, saves lives of the innocent, and costs less than life imprisonment. Deterrence is an effective way to punish criminals by preventing them from committing further crimes, and the fear of punishment will prevent others from committing similar crimes. By using deterrence, criminals will think about the consequences before they decide to commit murder because people fear death more than anything else. Therefore, criminals wouldn 't want to be sentenced to death, and they wouldn’t cause more damage to society. Due to the length of time in death row, this gives the victim a chance to show evidence that proves whether they are innocent or guilty. Also, increasing the speed rate of carrying the execution out, we would increase the effectiveness of deterrence and having more people wait in death row for years. The death penalty should not be given a negative connotation because of the rare chances of the innocent dying. Not every form of technology is perfect and have their flaws in them. We can only continue to improve in our forensics skills in order to reduce the chances of having incidents like those from occurring. Death penalty costs less and saves tax money which we could spend for community public recreations, while trapping prisoners would only result in paying more and they could find a way to
In the past, “an early form of execution methods were tying all four separate ropes to four large animals and sending them off into different directions so their limbs can be torn apart” (Crime Museum 1). This took hours to kill the criminals. As time went by, some countries such as France began to change their death penalty and developed new innovations like the guillotine as a swift mechanism to execute people. In our present time, new technology has been developed to prevent the long and painful suffering of criminals in the death penalty. The United States is known for creating two additional types of executions that are considered the most humane options to die. These two options are the electric chair and the lethal injection. Those that wrote the 8th Amendment could be referencing the inhumane methods during their period of time. Not realizing the amount that has changed, they would likely deem lethal injection as not a cruel or unusual form of punishment. Compared to being tied in all fours and letting your limbs be torn apart, it is safe to say that the current death penalty is the most humane way to …show more content…
The death penalty is important to society because it deters murders, saves lives of the innocent, and costs less than life imprisonment. Deterrence is an effective way to punish criminals by preventing them from committing further crimes, and the fear of punishment will prevent others from committing similar crimes. By using deterrence, criminals will think about the consequences before they decide to commit murder because people fear death more than anything else. Therefore, criminals wouldn 't want to be sentenced to death, and they wouldn’t cause more damage to society. Due to the length of time in death row, this gives the victim a chance to show evidence that proves whether they are innocent or guilty. Also, increasing the speed rate of carrying the execution out, we would increase the effectiveness of deterrence and having more people wait in death row for years. The death penalty should not be given a negative connotation because of the rare chances of the innocent dying. Not every form of technology is perfect and have their flaws in them. We can only continue to improve in our forensics skills in order to reduce the chances of having incidents like those from occurring. Death penalty costs less and saves tax money which we could spend for community public recreations, while trapping prisoners would only result in paying more and they could find a way to