The controversy has gone on for countless years as to whether the Death Penalty is a form of civilized punishment, or whether it is a form of state-sanctioned murder. The Death Penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of capital crime. Society should object the Death Penalty because it is immoral, hypocritical and is more expensive than the more cost-effective alternative, life without parole.
Morality is brought into question when the deplorable issue of the Death Penalty is discussed and considered. How is it possible for a person, or group of people, to gather and make the morally-questionable decision to take a living, breathing person’s life? As actions speak louder than words, these actions speak …show more content…
According to a survey of the former and present presidents of the country’s top academic criminological societies, eighty-eight percent of these experts rejected the notion that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder (Radelet & Lacock, 2009). If somebody commits intentional murder, odds are, they don’t consider, or even care for, the consequences they will have to eventually face when he or she is caught. Another opposing argument may state that somebody guilty of such a monstrous act as murder deserves nothing less than capital punishment in order to ensure the safety of the public. This may be a fair argument; however, what about in the case that an innocent person is mistakenly found guilty? Would those same people be just as content with the knowledge of the innocent blood on their hands? According to statistics, between the years of 1973-2015, there have been about 156 Death Row exonerations all over the United States, meaning that one hundred and fifty-six innocent people could have been wrongfully killed due to the ruthless Death Penalty (Innocence and Death Penalty). Had all these people not been found innocent in time, one hundred and fifty-six innocent people would currently be dead for absolutely no reason while the true murderers were still out there. In fact, according to a source titled, “Executed but Possibly Innocent”, there have been eleven known and proven instances in which innocent people were killed via capital punishment but after found innocent of their accused crimes (Executed but Possibly Innocent). These are irreversible mistakes that can be prevented if we eliminate the Death Penalty entirely and stick to
Morality is brought into question when the deplorable issue of the Death Penalty is discussed and considered. How is it possible for a person, or group of people, to gather and make the morally-questionable decision to take a living, breathing person’s life? As actions speak louder than words, these actions speak …show more content…
According to a survey of the former and present presidents of the country’s top academic criminological societies, eighty-eight percent of these experts rejected the notion that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder (Radelet & Lacock, 2009). If somebody commits intentional murder, odds are, they don’t consider, or even care for, the consequences they will have to eventually face when he or she is caught. Another opposing argument may state that somebody guilty of such a monstrous act as murder deserves nothing less than capital punishment in order to ensure the safety of the public. This may be a fair argument; however, what about in the case that an innocent person is mistakenly found guilty? Would those same people be just as content with the knowledge of the innocent blood on their hands? According to statistics, between the years of 1973-2015, there have been about 156 Death Row exonerations all over the United States, meaning that one hundred and fifty-six innocent people could have been wrongfully killed due to the ruthless Death Penalty (Innocence and Death Penalty). Had all these people not been found innocent in time, one hundred and fifty-six innocent people would currently be dead for absolutely no reason while the true murderers were still out there. In fact, according to a source titled, “Executed but Possibly Innocent”, there have been eleven known and proven instances in which innocent people were killed via capital punishment but after found innocent of their accused crimes (Executed but Possibly Innocent). These are irreversible mistakes that can be prevented if we eliminate the Death Penalty entirely and stick to