Capital punishment or the death penalty, is a punishment of execution for the conviction of murder. There is a lot of controversy with this topic because some people agree with capital punishment and some people completely oppose it. My position on this topic is mixed because I believe that it is beneficial and unfair on some occasions. When deciding whether or not a murderer should undergo capital punishment many factors must be considered. One of the main factors I would take into account is the one that will determine if the murderer deserves the death penalty. The most important question to be asked, I believe, would be: Is the criminal 100% guilty of committing the murder? If it were up to me, if more than 90% of the evidence concludes that the convict is guilty of murder, then the death penalty should be an option. Sometimes, inmates who are on death row do not deserve to be there. Some convicts really are innocent and are paying the price for someone else. This is one of the main reasons why I am not in complete agreement with the death penalty. In addition, one of the amendments of the constitution state “no excessive bail.”
But what is excessive? For some, it may be 3 years, for some it may be 20 years. Really it is an opinion. I say more than 10 years is excessive, but I know, from what I …show more content…
In some movies and documentaries that I have watched in the past, the murderer begins to have psychotic episodes and hallucinations in which they see the victim which they have murdered in their dreams and even in their daily routine throughout the day. For this reason, is why I feel the death penalty does these people a favor. After they die, their conscience is cleared, all the nightmares and images of the terrible crime they have committed is gone, along with all the guilt they felt after the murder. Like every other case, there are positive and negative aspects on a specific
But what is excessive? For some, it may be 3 years, for some it may be 20 years. Really it is an opinion. I say more than 10 years is excessive, but I know, from what I …show more content…
In some movies and documentaries that I have watched in the past, the murderer begins to have psychotic episodes and hallucinations in which they see the victim which they have murdered in their dreams and even in their daily routine throughout the day. For this reason, is why I feel the death penalty does these people a favor. After they die, their conscience is cleared, all the nightmares and images of the terrible crime they have committed is gone, along with all the guilt they felt after the murder. Like every other case, there are positive and negative aspects on a specific