Penology

Jack Porter UNESCAP Role of Capital Punishment in Modern Society United Kingdom Oceanside High School The four most prominent practitioners of capital punishment include Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, many of which are located in the Asia-pacific region. Additionally, most countries in the Asia-Pacific region create false statistics in regards to their use of the death penalty. The processes of a fair trial for an individual are often overlooked due to the amount of money and time spent…

Guilty! The one word that no criminal wants to hear. When it comes to being guilty of a heinous crime, capital punishment should come into effect. There are criminals that deserve to get the death penalty. Individuals that commit certain crimes such as rape and murder should be punished severely. Taking another human being’s life should result in that person being put to death. Capital punishment would give the victim’s family a sense of justice, make spending productive, and reduce heinous…

Prison is one of the most deceptive and dangerous places on earth. The people placed in prison are some of worst in our society today. There is another side of the prison system that most people tend to forget exists. The side I am talking about is one of good and protection, where bravery is an everyday occurrence. The officers that stand between society and the monsters they have caged here are often forgotten and go unnoticed. I became one of those officers shortly after leaving military…

Capital punishment may seem justifiable at the moment, yet it presents many issues that deter people’s opinions on it. The United States has held many trials involving capital punishment as a sentence where it raised many controversial debates for those who favor or abolish it. Capital punishment is not the only option for punishment in such heinous crimes, with life in prison without parole as an alternative choice. Those who favor capital punishment reason with the theory of deterrence. This…

failed him when they put together a strangely homogenous jury to be a part of the case. The system left Mr. Garner and his family with no hope. The failure of the justice system brought a lot of shock to the public when they made their decision. When the jury decided not to indent white police officer Daniel Pantaleo followed by two others officers who was responsible for putting Mr. Garner in an illegal chokehold, resulting to the death of Eric Garner to death on video footage. That then…

Annotated Bibliography Aronson, Jay D., and Simon A. Cole. “Science and the Death Penalty: DNA, Innocence, and The Debate over Capital Punishment in the United States.” Law & Social Inquiry 34.3 (2009): 603-633. Academic Search Complete. Web. 4 Nov. 2015. This article suggests that the possibility of executing an innocent person is the most prominent argument against the capital punishment. Aronson and Cole claim there is a degree of uncertainty in criminal justice practices, which can be…

Staci Evans Instructor Jennifer Caro-Barnes ENGL 1302 November 8, 2015 Mapping the Issue: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in America The United States has the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world. A shift in prison policies over the past few decades has received most of the blame. In response to high crime rates, politicians did not want to seem "soft on crime" and enacted policies such as lengthy sentences, mandatory minimums, and "three-strikes" laws.…

One key element to providing those prisoner rights is the 8th amendment. The 8th amendment states that excessive bail amounts will not be charged to the defendant, and no cruel or unusual punishment will be imposed. Though this was originally only applied to federal prisoners, the U.S. Supreme court later began applying various aspects of the bill of rights to state jurisdictions as well. As such the 8th amendment became relevant to how inmates were being treated, and the conditions they were…

Case 1: Killing the Killer Introduction: Richard Ramirez was a convicted serial killer and rapist who was sentenced to the death penalty in 1989. He died before the sentenced could be carried out. Numerous individuals thought the death penalty was unjust. However, I agree with the decision to execute Richard Ramirez and that is was the right punishment to issue Richard Ramirez. I will argue that the moral principles of Kantian Ethics, and the theory of Gelernter defend the government’s…

I am writing to you today as a current student of Montgomery College at the Rockville campus. I have been presented with an assignment to carefully choose five major issues that I find important and believe deserve your attention and that of your management team and Department. Below are a list of topics I have included in no specific order, but I will indicate the ones of most importance to me. Please read through this letter and consider my arguments and point of view, as you will find them…