Walter McMillian was an African-American person that was accused of killing a white woman in Monroeville, Alabama, and was sentenced to death. The time in which he was judged was just one day and a half, this time, is really short compared to some other cases. There were some African-American witnesses that said that Walter was in another place in the moment of the crime; nonetheless, their alibi was rejected by the jury, but not the alibi of the state’s witnesses. He was on death row, which is the place in which people that were sentenced to death penalty wait until the executed day, by six years. After some time, the case was resumed and it was demonstrated that the state’s witnesses lied, and Walter was released (2014).
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Since it requires the double of money that is used in a simple case; also, the time that prisoners are on death row is undefined, and while they are in this place they are generating more expenses; likewise, when prisoners are sentenced to death penalty, it is necessary to make two trials. One to determine if the person is guilty and the other one is to determine the punishment. Death penalty cases cause millions of dollars, for example, in 1995 three cases cost 1.5 million dollars; however, a summary made by the Oregon Department of Administrative Service demonstrate that it could be possible to save 2.3 million dollars; instead, this money could be used in schools and utensils to provide them (). Additionally, when a prisoner does not have enough resources to pay the court cost and the other costs that it requires, the government is the one that pays for it. This is one of the reasons why poor people are the ones that most are sentenced to death penalty, since people with better resources are able to pay experts and the other requirements to release a person and poor people are …show more content…
As it was said before, poor people are more likely to be sentenced to death penalty because of their incomes and their families suffer too because some of the prisoners have little children that sometimes have to be raised without a father, and sometimes the resources of the mother is not enough to meet the needs of their children. Also, the government is violating the right to live, this issue is something that goes against the moral of the
The case of Walter …show more content…
Since it requires the double of money that is used in a simple case; also, the time that prisoners are on death row is undefined, and while they are in this place they are generating more expenses; likewise, when prisoners are sentenced to death penalty, it is necessary to make two trials. One to determine if the person is guilty and the other one is to determine the punishment. Death penalty cases cause millions of dollars, for example, in 1995 three cases cost 1.5 million dollars; however, a summary made by the Oregon Department of Administrative Service demonstrate that it could be possible to save 2.3 million dollars; instead, this money could be used in schools and utensils to provide them (). Additionally, when a prisoner does not have enough resources to pay the court cost and the other costs that it requires, the government is the one that pays for it. This is one of the reasons why poor people are the ones that most are sentenced to death penalty, since people with better resources are able to pay experts and the other requirements to release a person and poor people are …show more content…
As it was said before, poor people are more likely to be sentenced to death penalty because of their incomes and their families suffer too because some of the prisoners have little children that sometimes have to be raised without a father, and sometimes the resources of the mother is not enough to meet the needs of their children. Also, the government is violating the right to live, this issue is something that goes against the moral of the