Category: Death Penalty

An issue that has continually created tension in today’s society is whether capital punishment serves as an effective and valid form of punishment. Whenever the ‘death penalty is debated, extremists from both sides start yelling conflicting opinions on the topic. The death penalty is, however, a topic that many people . . . Read more

In this essay, I will try to answer the above question. I am going to express my view on why I think the death penalty shouldn’t be abolished. I will also express my views on why capital punishment should be re-introduced in the United Kingdom. Capital punishment is the execution . . . Read more

2004 wasn’t just any year for Nicholas Yarris. He had spent more than half of his life in prison. The fate that awaited him was execution. But on January 16th he was released, and all charges put against him were dropped. The man was found to be innocent. Yarris was . . . Read more

One of the most complicated issues in this world, an issue that seems straightforward yet, it’s not. What shall you do when someone murders someone else? Should the criminal justice system execute him, or imprison him for the rest of their life? What if he is mentally sick? What if . . . Read more

Twenty-six years ago, on July 2, 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 in Gregg v. Georgia to reinstate the death penalty after a brief official break. Implicit in the Gregg decision was the optimistic belief that the many problems identified by a previous Supreme Court decision, Furman v. Georgia, . . . Read more

The Death Penalty is, undeniably, one of the most controversial issues of our day. Emotional tensions are high between those who hold human life above justice and those who hold justice above all human life. The Death Penalty, along with all other forms of criminal punishment, is barbaric. This form . . . Read more

The death penalty’s ultimate goal is to stop crime. What is the difference between a state killing someone and a man killing another man? Either way, someone is being murdered and murder is a crime. People think that if you execute a person that you are freeing up more tax . . . Read more

The death penalty has become archaic. As a society, we have become more civilized. The death penalty is only carried out in an erratic fashion. It has not been shown to be a deterrent to murder. As our society evolves in science, health, and social awareness, it is only right . . . Read more

When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, and other such tragedies. There are many things that I don’t agree with within today’s society but, out of all the wrongdoing that takes place, I believe murder including . . . Read more

The state murdering people because of their crimes simply does not equate to justice. It is really easy to hear about how the government is doing this wrong or that, but the death penalty abounds with so many injustices and faults that it’s an embarrassment to our entire due process . . . Read more

The most severe of all sentences: that of death. Also known as the death penalty, capital punishment is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is required law enforcement officers to kill the offender. It has been banned in many countries, in the United States, an earlier move . . . Read more