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What is your view about death penalty?
The death penalty violates the most fundamental human right – the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The death penalty is discriminatory. An innocent person may be released from prison for a crime they did not commit, but an execution can never be reversed.
How would you describe the death penalty?
The death penalty, also known as capital punishment or execution, is the sentence of death imposed by courts as punishment for a crime. People who receive the death penalty typically are convicted of murder and similar capital crimes like aggravated murder or felony murder.
Why is the death penalty a good thing?
Most death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied for treason, espionage, and other crimes. Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and costs less than life imprisonment.
What is your thesis statement about death penalty?
1. The death penalty deters individuals from committing crimes; therefore, the crime rates decrease. 2. As a respond to society’s demands for justice, the death penalty as a form of retribution is justified because the criminal deserves the punishment fitted to the severity of the crime he or she committed.
What is the solution of death penalty?
Alternative sentences, such as life without parole, avoid some of the key problems with capital punishment, including the high cost of the death penalty and the risk of executing an innocent person.
What are the reasons to be against the death penalty?
A more common academic reason given for supporting the death penalty is that it is a deterrent for others who may consider committing the same crime. One argument for punishment of criminals is that by punishing someone who has a committed a crime, others will be deterred from committing the same or similar crimes.
What are some arguments against the death penalty?
The main arguments against the death penalty include: It does not deter crime. This argument holds that the death penalty does not scare people from committing crimes. It is unjust. This argument holds that the death penalty is most typically given to poor people and/or minorities and is therefore unjustly applied.
What are facts about death penalty?
Death Penalty Facts. The death penalty, both in the U.S. and around the world, is discriminatory and is used disproportionately against the poor, minorities and members of racial, ethnic and religious communities. Since humans are fallible, the risk of executing the innocent can never be eliminated. Furthermore,…
What are the moral issues of death penalty?
A KILLER BECOMES A CAUSE. Death penalty opponents immediately cited the gruesome nature of Medina’s death to call once again for an end to capital punishment.