Capital punishment in Texas

On April 19, 1989, in Central Park, five boys lives were changed forever. These five boys, Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, and Antron McCray, all from Harlem, went to Central Park around 9:00pm. At this time there was also 30 other teenager committing several attacks, assaults, and robberies. The police were dispatched at 9:30 pm and apprehended Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson along with other teenagers at approximately 10:15. Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and…

increase because the punishment that can scare people out of crime is gone. Another concern is the belief that people who are capable of killing mass amounts of innocent people no longer deserve to live their life. They believe they lost the right to their life as soon as they started taking others. Hugo Adam Bedau, author of the book Review: The Death Penalty in America and philosophy professor at Tuff University is also widely known for his writings on capital punishment. He speaks feely…

In the Defense of an Exception to Torture The debate on the use of torture has drawn many to speak their minds on whether or not an exception should exist. Some, including Jaime Mayerfield in his publication “In Defense of the Absolute Prohibition of Torture”, argue that torture is never permissible and that there are no conditions under which torture can be justified. Others, like Charles Krauthammer in his article “The Truth about Torture,” say that the use of these ‘enhanced interrogation…

The documentary Gideon’s Army takes a comprehensive look at the lives of three public defenders in the southern part of the United States. These three people have compelling stories about earlier cases and the overall workload that they deal with daily. We see this on multiple occasions throughout the film where work can overcome one’s life. One primary example of this is the mental breakdown of Brandy Alexander. In addition, Gideon’s Army also explores the ugly side of the criminal justice…

Santerrian russell Ms.Dixon The Iceman The iceman (Richard Kuklinski) is not a regular serial killer because serial killers do not kill for money usually it’s for a sexual, pleasure, anger retaliation, hitmen kill for money not some type of excitement.In the Vernacular hit men are professional contract killers employed by organized crime groups to eliminate their rivals or other troublesome individuals. There is some debate among criminologists, psychologists and law enforcement…

difference between them is that voluntary manslaughter is killing someone intentionally without forethought or malice. Involuntary on the other hand is killing someone unlawfully without forethought or malice. In Jennifer Jenkins article, “On Punishment and Teen Killers”, Jenkins said “ My young sister was the joy of our family. When a teenager brutally murdered her and her husband in 1990 in surburban Chicago, she was pregnant with her first child.” This is…

In the documentary "Death by Fire" Todd Willingham was arrested, tried and convicted of the murders of his three daughters then sentenced to death. Reports from the neighbors in the documentary said Willingham was "A very mean man". When studying Willingham’s childhood history, he was raised by a father who was very strict and would tell him he could not do anything right. This resulted in life of criminal activity including employing people to do burglaries for him. This later led him to the…

refrain from coimmitting – crimes. Rational choice is governed by attempts to increase pleasure and avoid pain. The government has the right and duty to preserve what is in the best interest of most people in a society. And swift, severe and certain punishment will give the government control over the…

MOVIE SUMMARY : A young Puerto Rican boy is framed for the murder of his father. A guilty verdict by the jury would result in a death sentence for the accused. The jurors decided to take a vote; all but the protagonist voted that the boy was guilty. The protagonist felt that a death sentence should not be awarded to a person unless proper evidence is sought against him. He feels that the boy may be guilty but wants the case for defense to be presented clearly which may indeed give the boy the…

Man sees his own life in the eyes of the dying. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Mr. Ernest Gaines novel, A Lesson before Dying. The narrator, Grant Wiggins, battles the conflict within himself while trying to motivate a death row inmate. Using dialogue within this character driven story, Mr. Gaines highlights an old struggle between a man wanting to do good in the world, and at the same time feeling inferior for the task. There are three modes of conversation I wish to utilize to prove…