Death Penalty. (In)humane? (In)effective?
Is the death penalty an effective punishment for deserving criminals? The death penalty being an effective and humane deterrent to criminals has been a widespread debate for many years and there are several different viewpoints on the topic. Despite the consensus that the death penalty should be banned or that it is inhumane, the death penalty should be used when appropriate because it is a deterrent to criminals, and it is a secure form of incapacitation. The death penalty should be used when appropriate because it deters crime. Opponents may claim that the death penalty is inhumane, but murderers killing innocent people is inhumane. Sentencing people to death that has harmed or killed many people is not …show more content…
"The Death Penalty Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment." The Death Penalty, edited by Mary E. Williams, Greenhaven Press, 2002. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010124252/OVIC?u=viva_vcu&xid=800e19bf. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010124252&source=Bookmark&u=viva_vcu&jsid=7bfbbf604a4b3185da89c5dfc3961c49 Sharp, Dudley. "It Is Just and Right." World & I, vol. 17, no. 9, Sept. 2002, p. 38. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=7336006&site=ehost-live. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=47&sid=3e2b061b-e7b8-48ed-99e6-e99403d4ecea%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=7336006&db=ulh
TUCKER, WILLIAM. "We Need the Deterrent." American Spectator, vol. 47, no. 6, Jul/Aug2014, p. 13.
Is the death penalty an effective punishment for deserving criminals? The death penalty being an effective and humane deterrent to criminals has been a widespread debate for many years and there are several different viewpoints on the topic. Despite the consensus that the death penalty should be banned or that it is inhumane, the death penalty should be used when appropriate because it is a deterrent to criminals, and it is a secure form of incapacitation. The death penalty should be used when appropriate because it deters crime. Opponents may claim that the death penalty is inhumane, but murderers killing innocent people is inhumane. Sentencing people to death that has harmed or killed many people is not …show more content…
"The Death Penalty Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment." The Death Penalty, edited by Mary E. Williams, Greenhaven Press, 2002. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010124252/OVIC?u=viva_vcu&xid=800e19bf. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010124252&source=Bookmark&u=viva_vcu&jsid=7bfbbf604a4b3185da89c5dfc3961c49 Sharp, Dudley. "It Is Just and Right." World & I, vol. 17, no. 9, Sept. 2002, p. 38. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=7336006&site=ehost-live. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=47&sid=3e2b061b-e7b8-48ed-99e6-e99403d4ecea%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=7336006&db=ulh
TUCKER, WILLIAM. "We Need the Deterrent." American Spectator, vol. 47, no. 6, Jul/Aug2014, p. 13.