Penology

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…

Why should we determine when a person should die? The death penalty is a capital punishment that is legal in the U.S for federal crimes like murder, treason and espionage. The death penalty existed long before the U.S. was even a country and dates back as far as the code of Hammurabi. The death penalty, however, is only legal in some states. According to the federal government, the death penalty is completely legal, but it should be considered a cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, a…

Throughout the book, Just Mercy, the encounters Bryan Stevenson had with inmates was eye-opening to me. When one looks at the criminal justice system as a whole, every person convicted of their crime is looked upon as rightfully guilty. After reading, Just Mercy, that is clearly not the case. There are many people put into jail or even death row for crimes they did not even commit. The case with Walter McMillian is a perfect example of this. He was convicted of a murder that he did not commit…

Introduction This report describes what prisons were like in the 19th century in Australia: in particular, Port Arthur in Tasmania. Prisons were built based on 19th century theorists Bentham and Beccaria, using concepts of isolation, silence and hard labour as punishment. Punishments such as hangings, floggings, denunciation and transportation were all part of the classical theorist way of thinking in the 19th century, before punishment of the body changed to punishment of the mind. This…

Our correction systems are costing the U.S $50 billion annually(Beyond the Prison Bubble), and for what? This is something that needs to be addressed, as the methods used in our correctional facilities are simply inefficient. We seem to consistently restrain our prisoners and send them back to the general population just as they were before being detained. Therefore, I believe we should focus on rehabilitating our prisoners rather than consistently punishing them to release them with the skills…

The most important enlightenment idea is the idea that the degree of punishment should match the seriousness of the crime. It is the most important because it helped influence how we punish people today, it prevented people from giving people they don’t like or minorities worse punishments, and it also prevents the judges or whoever was choosing the punishments from being corrupt and being bribed. Cesare Beccaria wrote an essay called “On Crimes and Punishments” with this idea in it in 1764 when…

In “A Strong Argument Against Capital Punishment”, Lincoln Caplan expands upon Connecticut's recent choices about capital punishment. Connecticut is one of several states in the United States that brought the issue of capital punishment to the Supreme Court for debate and discussion. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional in the state of Connecticut. In this debate, the Democratic legislative side leaned against capital punishment; while the Republican…

A Time Out is all you Need Imagine that you are sitting in a jail cell with nothing but some books and dictionaries. You decide to pick them up, read them and copy them down because what else are you supposed to do in a boring, old jail cell. Do you believe this would change you? Do you think it would spark interests that you didn’t know that you possess? In “Literacy Behind Bars”, by Malcolm X the author tells us about his experience of being in jail and how it manifestly changed his…

Restorative justice ways are a very controversial topic. Some people don’t believe in restorative justice because it is giving offenders a second chance. Restorative prisons are a part of restorative justice that can positively impact many people. The individuals affected can be anyone who was involved in the crime in some way. Restorative prisons are more useful for the community as well as the offender. Restorative prisons are a perfect example that could have saved a 19 year old kid who was…

Nelson Mandela once said that he believes “The death sentence is a barbaric act… It is the reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.” Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and he always argued that the death penalty was an animal act. The death sentence was a large part of the play Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose. Although the jury room has been seen as one single aspect of a courtroom, there are really four elements that make the jury room.…