The Influence Of Supreme Court Decisions On The Death Penalty

Over the years everything has change including the laws. The Supreme Court decisions on the death penalty from the premodern were one of the hardest decisions many individuals face, either because of their gender, race, or class. The consequences that each individual face is based on each act they make. It has become a controversy throughout the years because many people is against the death penalty while others are in favor. The ones that are in favor of the death penalty is because they do believe that it is just justice and believe that it is the only good punishment for mass murderers, rapists, killers, and other similar kind of criminals. The ones against the death penalty is because it is against their religion or their beliefs, and they think they should just receive time in prison, “Life in prison also guarantees no future crimes” even if it’s for life because taking a human life is something a government has no right to do. …show more content…
They are sure that death penalty can play a very powerful role as a deterrent and this way make criminals understand what price they are going to pay for doing such heavy criminal acts as murders, rapes, or torturing their victims. Dead penalty cost the government less than having them their entire life in prison, which is because they need to have all the needs everyone has being in prison “the estimated cost of a death penalty case was 70% more than the cost of a comparable non-death penalty case” . The Decisions of the modern Supreme Court does take a longer process to investigate and make sure that the decision that they made about the death penalty against someone has be proven and not have mistaken like the premodern Court decisions