From 1977 to 2009, 1,188 people have been executed due to lethal injection. A lethal injection is a concoction of three drugs: sodium thiopental to act as an anesthetic, pancuronium bromide as a paralyzer, and potassium chloride to induce cardiac arrest. Most cases involved the execution of murders. While some Americans may agree with the death penalty, I do not. The death penalty wrongly gives government officials the power to take human lives. Physicians participating in executions, attorney quality, and race take part in the death penalty. Just imagine one yourself sitting in a cell, waiting for your day to be executed.
There is a racial divide in opinions on the death penalty in the U.S. There are also disagreements along racial lines about which groups are more likely to get the death penalty. 77% of the African American minorities say that they are more likely to receive the death penalty, rather than Caucasian for similar crimes (Pew Research Center). …show more content…
The right to an attorney represents the 6th amendment. Some attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lack trial experience required. In more extreme cases, attorneys have slept through parts of trials. The most common asked question is: how can we provide equal justice when we do not offer sufficient representation? When the federal courts set death sentences aside, it is often because the trial attorney was so incompetent. In North Carolina, three of sixteen death row inmates were executed; lawyers who had been disciplined for unethical conduct represented them. Some protest that the system is broken. Whether someone has an experienced attorney or not, it does not matter. They shift the focus from the attorney present to the judicial
There is a racial divide in opinions on the death penalty in the U.S. There are also disagreements along racial lines about which groups are more likely to get the death penalty. 77% of the African American minorities say that they are more likely to receive the death penalty, rather than Caucasian for similar crimes (Pew Research Center). …show more content…
The right to an attorney represents the 6th amendment. Some attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lack trial experience required. In more extreme cases, attorneys have slept through parts of trials. The most common asked question is: how can we provide equal justice when we do not offer sufficient representation? When the federal courts set death sentences aside, it is often because the trial attorney was so incompetent. In North Carolina, three of sixteen death row inmates were executed; lawyers who had been disciplined for unethical conduct represented them. Some protest that the system is broken. Whether someone has an experienced attorney or not, it does not matter. They shift the focus from the attorney present to the judicial