Capital Punishment is Unjust In America we kill people to show that killing people is wrong, but what most people fail to understand is that action makes them murderers too. If we kill someone for killing someone, shouldn’t we then be killed too? Nothing gives us the right to take away someone’s life, even if that person has committed a nefarious crime. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, “since 1976, one thousand four hundred and forty-two people have suffered from the death penalty.” (DPIC) That means one thousand four hundred and forty-two families have mourned the loss of a love one. America does not seem to care that a daughter may witness the gruesome sight of her father being electrocuted to death, or that a mother may
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Just like expulsion does not stop kids from getting into fights at school, capital punishment does not stop people from committing crimes. Most people who commit crimes, such as murders, either do not expect to be caught or do not think of the possibilities that they will be executed before they act. According to a study by the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the death penalty, “most people staring into the eyes of death row committed their crimes in the heat of passion, for example, finding out someone had hurt their family or had stolen something valuable to them. Crimes are also committed while suffering from mental illness or being under the influence. This study shows that criminals are not able to make rational decisions based on fear of deathly consequences for their actions.” In addition, murder rates are significantly lower in states that do not use the death penalty and have been consistent for the past two decades. In 2014, a graph was calculated by David Cooper, Jushua Kamin and the Death Penalty Information Center. Between the years 1990 and 2014, the graph shows that the murder rate in non-capital punishment states have remained consistently lower than the rate in states with capital punishment. Since 1990 the gap between the murder states has grown tremendously, the greatest difference being 46% in 2005. Scientific studies have consistently failed …show more content…
“A case where the punishment does not involve death cost $740,000, while cases with the death penalty cost around $1.26 million. This means American taxpayers are paying about $90,000 more per year to have someone put on death row.” (DPIC) A study by Lewis & Clark Law School and Seattle University found that the cost of a trial and murder case that results in the death penalty cost almost double than a case that would end with a life sentence in prison. They continue to believe that death sentence cases remain three to four times more expensive.” In addition, a study by Dr. Ernest Goss a Creighton University economics professor showed:
“The state of Nebraska spends $14.6 million per year to maintain its capital punishment system. Dr. Gross estimated that the death penalty costs states with capital punishment an average of $23.2 million more per year than alternative
Just like expulsion does not stop kids from getting into fights at school, capital punishment does not stop people from committing crimes. Most people who commit crimes, such as murders, either do not expect to be caught or do not think of the possibilities that they will be executed before they act. According to a study by the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the death penalty, “most people staring into the eyes of death row committed their crimes in the heat of passion, for example, finding out someone had hurt their family or had stolen something valuable to them. Crimes are also committed while suffering from mental illness or being under the influence. This study shows that criminals are not able to make rational decisions based on fear of deathly consequences for their actions.” In addition, murder rates are significantly lower in states that do not use the death penalty and have been consistent for the past two decades. In 2014, a graph was calculated by David Cooper, Jushua Kamin and the Death Penalty Information Center. Between the years 1990 and 2014, the graph shows that the murder rate in non-capital punishment states have remained consistently lower than the rate in states with capital punishment. Since 1990 the gap between the murder states has grown tremendously, the greatest difference being 46% in 2005. Scientific studies have consistently failed …show more content…
“A case where the punishment does not involve death cost $740,000, while cases with the death penalty cost around $1.26 million. This means American taxpayers are paying about $90,000 more per year to have someone put on death row.” (DPIC) A study by Lewis & Clark Law School and Seattle University found that the cost of a trial and murder case that results in the death penalty cost almost double than a case that would end with a life sentence in prison. They continue to believe that death sentence cases remain three to four times more expensive.” In addition, a study by Dr. Ernest Goss a Creighton University economics professor showed:
“The state of Nebraska spends $14.6 million per year to maintain its capital punishment system. Dr. Gross estimated that the death penalty costs states with capital punishment an average of $23.2 million more per year than alternative