Newgate Prison

In the eyes to many philosopher’s punishment is seen as a correction method. Regardless of the crime committed, it is still viewed as pain inflicted upon another. Whether it is verbal, physical or emotional. Every state has their own ideologies about why and how an individual should be punished for their crimes. Furthermore, philosophers Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham propose the theories of punishment for how to deal with intentional crimes. This paper examines both theories as well as…

On the topic of morality, and what moral values we ought to posses, philosophers Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant hold very contrasting views, as well as contrasting views on punishment. The concept of punishment, and what is considered appropriate in terms of what crime has been committed varies drastically throughout the world. Different governments view crimes differently, and one topic that causes major controversy is the ultimate punishment, the death penalty. Though both Kant and Bentham…

The loss of innocence is the process of losing one's clueless nature due to the situations and circumstances they experience. In Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray the loss of innocence is something that the characters undergo, specifically Lina, the main protagonist, and the other prisoners taken by the NKVD. First not, after Lina and her family as well as the other people taken by the NKVD (the secret police), they immediately gets witnessed to violence and fear by the threats from the NKVD…

Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of the death penalty, and it has been utilized to punish a variety of crimes over the years. The penalty of death is reserved for the most serious and heinous crimes. But America wants to put people in prison for life, but how is that fair to the criminals who did not commit such a horrible crime? Even if the crime committed is much less than that of murders and rapist, but still get the same punishment. Criminals convicted of murder or rape need to be…

Arguments for and against the death penalty are presented from several moral, religious, legal and discriminatory perspectives in the film Dead Man Walking that are further argued in more detail in the novel Capital Punishment on Trial written by David M. Oshinsky. While I am opposed to the death penalty for its historically racist implications, I can understand the desire to use it for extremely horrendous cases. There were many arguments presented in favor of the death penalty in the film…

The Central Park Five: Background and Bias The 2012 documentary, The Central Park Five, revisits the 1989 Central Park jogger case. Five teenagers were coerced into confessing to a rape of which they were innocent, which was not discovered until over ten years later. The filmmakers and producers of this film are Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. Ken Burns, who has directed or co-directed 27 films, is often named the best-known documentary filmmaker in America.…

target of racial profiling and still was able to have faith to continue to fight for his clients. Another big example he uses to portray injustice in a sense would be his juvenile cases. He shows how unfair the system can be when integrating kids in prison. He uses an example with a boy named Charlie that was tried as an adult…

Crime and Punishment in Colonial America In Colonial America, crime and punishment were a new idea that was just starting to be formed. During this time, they had a different set of rules and regulations that had to be followed in their towns and states. For each town, or even state, they had their own rules to follow, based on the men in charge during this time. Colonial America had forms of punishments that would not be allowed during this day and age because they would be considered inhumane…

Against the death penalty When the death penalty is introduced, many complications arise. A few complications include accidental death, it is the easy way out, race and social status determines who lives and who dies, and it gives offenders publicity. Though many people will say that we need the death penalty to give closure to victims, there are still the people that slip through the cracks, such as the people that make headlines after it is too late, or the ones getting too much publicity.…

The fundamental attribution error is when you blame the person’s actions on their personality instead of external attributions like having a hard day at work. I found this interesting mainly because of the prison experiment, and how a situation could change a person’s behavior so much in a surprisingly short span of time. It was really alarming, and taught me that people are sometimes not born the way they are, but they are fashioned that way as a result of their situation forcing them to turn…