Capital Punishment: The Consequences Of The Death Penalty

Capital punishment has been in this nation long before it even became the United States. On 1608, in the British American colonies now known as the United States, the first ever recorded execution happen. Ron Fridell stated that Captain George Kendall was executed for the capital crime of treason in Jamestown colony of Virginia; Kendall would spy on the colonist for Spain. Today people are given the death penalty, a punishment given for the result of a murder. Before, early colonist was hanged for trading with Native-Americans or simply stealing chickens, people were executed for minor crimes as it would disturb the peace of another colonist (Fridell, 2004 page 12).

It stripped men of their basic rights, and consumed the life out of them. Most criminals sent to the Penitentiary committed more serious crimes, therefore were dehumanized and treated like the animals that everyone thought they were (NebraskaHistory). Frank speaks about how he is forgetting to speak, the Penitentiary enforced constant silence at times, other were afraid to be abused if they spoke (Ancestry). Fear helped mold the predators into prey, as the criminals must have learned quickly what their conditions were like. The State Penitentiary was the only place in Nebraska that help executions, so the prisoners had more to fear than the abuse (death penalty).

Two wrongs don’t make a right, or do they? For years capital punishment, or the death penalty, has been a topic of discussion amongst not only those in a related profession, but to the public as well. Very few people are sentenced to die for their crimes and even fewer are actually executed. Most people are either for or against the idea of capital punishment; there is little gray area. Although capital punishment is a very controversial topic, should it still be a practice or should the death penalty be put to death itself?

In Cold Blood, written by Truman Capote, “reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers.” Murders of this kind cause more fear and phobias in not only rural communities, but really any community. The murder of the beloved Clutter family is more widely recognized and emits an abundant amount of fear upon citizens in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. No one thought such a terrible tragedy could transpire to them… until it happened. There have been similar small town crises throughout history that have left lasting effects on not only the town, but the nation as well. A few of the other major incidents include the Jonesboro School Shooting, the Columbine Massacre, the Sandy Hook Shooting, and more recent the Petit Family Murders.

Cost of the Death Penalty When it comes to the topic of the death penalty being cost effective. Most of us will readily agree that the death penalty is the most expensive, that it’s a financially impractical punishment for convicted murders. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether capital punishment with one execution is more expensive than life a sentence without the possibility of parole, Others maintain that since many law enforcement officials consider that it is an effective deterrent against homicides and a sufficient use of taxpayer dollars. My own view is that those convicted of capital punishment should be sentenced to life imprisonment without getting any parole because it is more cost effective. According to Julie Delcour, “The Cost of the Death Penalty Outweighs its Benefits to Society,” she states that death penalty cases are much more expensive than other criminal cases and cost more than throwing them in jail for life

Charles Warner and 20 other death row inmates were enraged at Oklahoma for causing so much pain to Lockett and decided to sue various officials of the state of Oklahoma. Their argument was that the use of midazolam as the initial drug violated the 8th amendment 's constraints from cruel and unjust punishment.. They also requested preliminary injunction to prohibit

This is one of the basis of society and it always do the most of its efforts to apply it in the society. When a murder kills someone it is duty of the society to punish murder. When someone is killed, victim’s family suffer and nothing can heal those even punishment of murder by capital punishment or by vengeance. However, it can be considered from another side. If convicted person to execution was innocent and capital punishment apply for he or she, where is the justice?

I believe that the men who commit murders should be treated just as they treated their victims. They do not deserve the luxury of life and they should be put down as soon as possible. The men who commit these crimes take away their rights when they decide to take the life of another human being. Regardless of the hardship that courts must go through to end the lives of terrible men, it is the price you pay to ensure that these men will never be on the streets again. Putting them to death prevents the risk of prison attacks along with prison escapes.

There has been much controversy over capital punishment over the years. Few people in the United States see capital punishment as being wrong. It is said that Canada is way too easy on their criminals because they do not punish the convicts by the death penalty. Canada says that the United States is way to strict on their criminals because they execute their convicts by the death penalty. Should murderers be murdered for their crimes or should they spend the rest of their lives perishing in prison, that question may soon some day be correctly answered but for now it is strictly your own belief, possibly this essay may change your mind if you are for the death penalty.

Although death became norm within the camp, those that are the most significant to Elie are the deaths of those he knows. Because of this, the death of his father had become notably more devastating for him than the numbness he feels for the deaths of the other prisoners within the camp. The suffering and passing of the only family member he had left impacted him greatly then, causing Wiesel to describe the situation in vivid details in his memoir. The sacrifices he was willing to make for his father affects the readers gravely; from the helplessness Elie feels when his father was dying to how he had to suppress his sorrow for the sake of his own survival. A foreboding tone was set while his father weakened, before it turned into a somber and dark tone for his death.