The death penalty has always been a very controversial and hotly debated topic. Killing someone is a very heinous act that cannot be tolerated, especially when premeditated and committed in the first degree. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it is conspicuous that capital punishment is the only way to cope with these terrible acts. Capital punishment is additionally a way to reduce the amount of murders committed in the first degree. Premeditated murder cases are also very infrequent. In result, the death penalty would only be used in extreme cases with top-notch lawyers to defend the convicted felon. Many people on the opposing side of this argument propose that the death penalty is morally wrong, but the crime that is committed
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The death penalty is more effective than long term jail time or life in prison. The idea of being put to death is much scarier than the idea of being put in a cell. Gordon Tullock was a well-respected knowledgeable man who once stated, “Think of a criminal pointing a gun at a potential victim with the policeman standing behind the criminal. The policeman says, “You can shoot him, but if you do then I’ll shoot you.” In this circumstance, the threat of death certainly would deter most or all potential murderers. We than can think of actual system as reducing the probability and speed of execution. With each reduction, the level of deterrence also is reduced because fewer potential murderers will be deterred as the probability and speed of execution is reduced.” (50 pro) More than half of our country has the death penalty and stands behind Tullocks theory. New Hampshire is one of the many states that believes in the death penalty. In 2015 statics proved that the murder rate was 1.1%. Maryland is about the same size and recently abolished the death penalty. In 2015 statistics were also taken and found that the murder rate was 8.6%. That is a 7.5% difference. When Maryland had the death penalty in 2012 the murder rate was 6.3% that is also a large change considering it is within the same state. (murder rates
The death penalty is more effective than long term jail time or life in prison. The idea of being put to death is much scarier than the idea of being put in a cell. Gordon Tullock was a well-respected knowledgeable man who once stated, “Think of a criminal pointing a gun at a potential victim with the policeman standing behind the criminal. The policeman says, “You can shoot him, but if you do then I’ll shoot you.” In this circumstance, the threat of death certainly would deter most or all potential murderers. We than can think of actual system as reducing the probability and speed of execution. With each reduction, the level of deterrence also is reduced because fewer potential murderers will be deterred as the probability and speed of execution is reduced.” (50 pro) More than half of our country has the death penalty and stands behind Tullocks theory. New Hampshire is one of the many states that believes in the death penalty. In 2015 statics proved that the murder rate was 1.1%. Maryland is about the same size and recently abolished the death penalty. In 2015 statistics were also taken and found that the murder rate was 8.6%. That is a 7.5% difference. When Maryland had the death penalty in 2012 the murder rate was 6.3% that is also a large change considering it is within the same state. (murder rates