The history of the death penalty. America does and what he was influenced by Britain because when the new settlers came they brought the practices of capital punishment with them. The very first records of an execution was Captain George Kendall and take Jamestown Virginia colony in 1608 for being a Spain spy. Each colony had a very sorts of laws for the death penalty.
1794, Pennsylvania have the death penalty for only first-degree murder but nothing else, this came about from William Bradford. In 1834, they turned executions to facilities instead of outside in the public. When the mid-19 century came around, states began to reduce capital crimes, and instead built state penitentiaries.
Michigan made a law against death penalty, only if treason …show more content…
As years went by in cases, new evidence turned up and has let the prosecutors see that they were, in fact, possibly innocent, just like those men had said in the very beginning. 4.1% or more were innocent of U.S crimes in this modern time. There was a major study to find this out.
DNA technology has had affects in the death penalty because now it 's easier to know if that person is innocent or guilty. However though, sometimes it 's to long of a wait to find out if that person did or didn 't commit the crime. Many times the DNA testing is used to make the mistakes made by the criminal justice system right. Also, sometimes DNA can 't be used because there isn 't DNA or the test can 't identify the murderer.
Honestly, I believe that the Criminal Punishment shouldn 't be used in the criminal justice program. This punishment takes up to much time and money, where as the criminal could just be put on death row. That sentence is better in my opinion. The death penalty is just murder from the system yet they aren 't put on trial for murdering murderers only the murderers are put on the stand. The death row instead lets them live and they have to live with their
1794, Pennsylvania have the death penalty for only first-degree murder but nothing else, this came about from William Bradford. In 1834, they turned executions to facilities instead of outside in the public. When the mid-19 century came around, states began to reduce capital crimes, and instead built state penitentiaries.
Michigan made a law against death penalty, only if treason …show more content…
As years went by in cases, new evidence turned up and has let the prosecutors see that they were, in fact, possibly innocent, just like those men had said in the very beginning. 4.1% or more were innocent of U.S crimes in this modern time. There was a major study to find this out.
DNA technology has had affects in the death penalty because now it 's easier to know if that person is innocent or guilty. However though, sometimes it 's to long of a wait to find out if that person did or didn 't commit the crime. Many times the DNA testing is used to make the mistakes made by the criminal justice system right. Also, sometimes DNA can 't be used because there isn 't DNA or the test can 't identify the murderer.
Honestly, I believe that the Criminal Punishment shouldn 't be used in the criminal justice program. This punishment takes up to much time and money, where as the criminal could just be put on death row. That sentence is better in my opinion. The death penalty is just murder from the system yet they aren 't put on trial for murdering murderers only the murderers are put on the stand. The death row instead lets them live and they have to live with their