Death row

Is the death penalty really worth it? After all is said and done, was it really the right thing to do? There is much controversy upon this topic and H.L. Mencken, a professional writer and scholar, has written a positive view on capital punishment in “The Penalty of Death”. Mencken’s arguments against executor uncomfortableness and the death penalty’s deterrence to others are effective, while his argument against the period of time left on death row is not. Mencken starts this essay by refuting…

Defeating the Death Penalty Capital punishment is a theory that, when put into practice, does not achieve its conceptualized objectives. Despite what many people believe, the death penalty does more harm than it helps, and a more suitable option would be life in prison without parole. There are several reasons why the death penalty should be abolished in favor of life in prison without parole, including the cost, possible innocence, unfairness, ineffectivity, and the sheer hypocrisy of it.…

Guilty on All Counts Guilty on All Counts, written by Elizabeth Hull discusses the death penalty and the randomness and inconsistencies of the punishment. The author outlines in the article the many flaws of execution in the United States. There are many arguments about the logistics of this sentence and whether it is a cruel or unusual punishment. First, the article explains how the death penalty is gravely flawed. The death penalty has no consistency, and it seems like a random pick of who get…

The media focused less on the crimes committed by the people on death row and more on their stories and how capital punishment was carried out. The news media also covered how flawed the system was and how people that were innocent were put on death row without a fair trial. This change in media coverage “has highlighted problems in the death penalty’s application” as written in the Washington Post (2013). In an editorial done in the New York Times, they…

Congress, There are currently over 1,000 state prisoners on death row in America. As you are aware, the punishment of execution, known as the death penalty, is administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. Death penalty sends the wrong message, by creating sympathy for the perpetrators of the crimes. Why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong? Yes, there should be accountability for crime, but the message for the death penalty saying ”You killed one of us, so we…

ended up dead. Everyone knew it was Mike, the police, the news outlets, the families of the community. Mike was arrested and sentenced to death on circumstantial evidence, because the jury knew it was him. He was executed last year after 45 years on death row fighting his innocence. Shortly after, DNA evidence exonerated him and proved him not guilty. The death penalty (except in cases of heinous crimes) does more harm than good. Many people have strong feelings about capital punishment…

on death row to then be exonerated after 30 years of being in jail. He was found innocent after the real man that did the crime died and his lawyers confessed that he did it. They said that due to confidentiality agreement they couldn't help Mr. Ford until after their client was dead. What is the law? The law says "This Rule governs the disclosure by a lawyer of information relating to the representation of a client during the lawyer's representation of the client." 0.27% of people on death row…

While only thirty-one, have the death penalty. The rise of states that are banning the death penalty are rapidly rising. This shows that more and more people are turning against the death penalty. Although there will be people who will always for the death penalty. Since 1976, including the last execution this year (April 7, 2016), there has been 1433 people has been executed (DPIC, Number of…

Death Penalty: the Wrong Doing Since 1976 roughly 1,400 people have met the faith of capital punishment. Many people are convicted with murder and are then sentenced to the death row. Some are able to present a case while others can’t and are they thrown to death. The death penalty should be abolished in the United States. The death penalty is a flawed form of punishment because it doesn’t prevent problems, discrimination, and it’s inhumane. In 1608 the first person exiled in America was…

racial bias when sentencing a murderer to the death penalty? In order to make a truly educated decision on the presence of a racial bias, or lack thereof, the history and statistics for both sides of the argument must be examined and analyzed. The ban on capital punishment was rescinded in 1976 by the Supreme Court in the case of Gregg vs. Georgia. In an article from 1998 posted by NCPA (National Center for Policy Analysis), approximately 42% of all death-row inmates were African-American (Myth…