Death Row Records

The Murder of Navroze Mody: Race, Violence, and the Search for Order is a journal written by Deborah Misir in 1996. Misir was a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota at the time. Almost a decade passed after this article was published on Navroze Mody in volume 22 number 2 on pages 55-75 (Misir). Mody was 30 years old when he decided to get a drink in Hoboken, NJ with his non-Indian business friend. However, Mody never made it home, he was beaten and mugged by a group of Hispanic…

would commute the death sentence of Williams. The main reason for this is that he views the death penalty as the only punishment which is proportional to the crime of murder, in terms of retributive justice. Thus the only fitting punishment for the crimes of Williams would be execution. However, Van Den Haag also, in formulating his “best bet” theory, also states that the primary (though not the only) concern of punishment is deterrence, and that the number one argument for the death penalty is…

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Adnan Syed was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Hae Min Lee, and sentenced to life in prison plus thirty years on February 25, 2000. But this story started a year earlier, when Hae Min Lee went missing on January 13, 1999. Her disappearance turned into a murder investigation when her strangled body was found February 9, buried in a shallow grave in Leakin Park, Baltimore. This case wasn’t a big news back then, but it was reignited when Serial’s host…

Life Isn’t Always Precious The Death Sentence is the most serious and end of the line for any criminal getting a sentence. Death Row has been around and used in the United States for centuries, the first recorded execution was in Jamestown, Virginia to Captain George Kendall in 1608 (Part I). With President Elect Trump coming into office in just over a month, he strongly supports the death penalty and it is almost certain that he will bring in others that support Capital Punishment just as…

Did you know that in 1976 in the United States the 138 innocent men and women who was sentenced to the death penalty was released some within minutes before their execution. (“Oregonians for Alternatives”) Cases were reopened to determine if the states of Missouri, Texas and Virginia executed innocent men. (“Oregonians for Alternatives”) We should not take the risk of an innocent person being executed by the mistakes made by law. This is morally reprehensible. (“Oregonians for Alternatives”)…

Why is the death penalty still around? Capital punishment is the legal killing of an individual as a consequence of an unlawful act they commit. The death penalty has had an increased resentment but has not been abolished largely due to the belief that it is a deterrent to violent crime. There are a myriad of reasons why this punishment is looked down upon in society mainly structured on the argument that it is ineffective and paradoxical in the way it serves justice. The death penalty is…

Keeping the Death Penalty When people make a bad choice and get sent to jail they are only in there for a short period of time before going home. For some people they are in jail for a lifetime, and they get the death penalty. Some people do not think the death penalty should still be allowed because of its cruelty. The death penalty should remain as an acceptable punishment because it can be used as a deterrent for serious crimes, other criminals can learn from other death penalty recipients,…

Pond The Death Penalty and Four Ethical Theories The death penalty has been in our country for a long time. The first recorded death from the death penalty in America was in 1608 in the colony of Virginia. (History of the Death Penalty, n.d.) Since before America was even a country the death penalty has been established as something we as a majority of people are okay with. However, it is still debated as an ethical dilemma in 2017. The debate has many views for and against continuing the death…

According to the Death Penalty Info Center, on April 1, 2017, 2843 criminals were on death-row. The death penalty is a way to stop a criminal from harming other people again, but it does not make anything better. Ever since the beginning of time, some form of the death penalty has been in effect. In the 1800s, people would all gather in the middle of town and watch criminals get decapitated and even though it is now more humane, enforcing the death penalty is the easy way out for criminals and…

against death penalty, and mayor Edward I. Koch is completely wrong about death penalty. Death penalty is ethically wrong, diminishes human life, and can be deadly for innocent people. “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” (Mohandas K. Gandhi). The irony of death penalty is that a killer is being killed. The quote by Gandhi shows that one killing with lead to another and in the end whole world is suffering. Edward I Koch is a death penalty supporter, the politician wants death penalty…