Texas Prison Doctrine Essay

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Jalynn Jureczki
Individual Policy Report 2: Texas Castle Doctrine “Capital Punishment”
If you’re gonna do it, do it right!
Due: March 8, 2016
I. Introduction
According to Texas Law, there are nine different specifications an individual of the age of eighteen must do in order to receive Capital Punishment such as, murdering of a peace officer or firefighter, murder during a kidnapping or robbery, a correction officer by an inmate or a judge, in a result while being paid in committing murder, someone who is already sentenced for life or in jail in the act of murder, a child under ten years old, and a murder of more than one person (Background, 2016).
II. Rationale and Intent for Texas’ Policy
The purpose of the Texas Law “Capital Punishment” …show more content…

Some negatives outcomes in the “Capital Punishment” Law is the cost of putting one to death. Studies show that it cost $2.3 million for each death row case, which is about three times the amount to keep someone in jail with the highest security for forty years (Cost of the Death Penalty, 2016). The other negative in the “Capital Punishment” law is not guilty people sometimes get put to death such as, Cameron Todd Willingham was sentenced to death for the killing of his three daughters in a house fire, but later evidence proved that the house fire was accidental and he was found not guilty but it was too late as he had already been sentenced to death (Texas, …show more content…

I believe the positive outcomes outweigh the negatives because even though it is more cost efficient to give a life sentence to a criminal, you have the consequences of the criminal planning a way out of prison and put society in more harm than just sentencing the criminal to death and keeping the society at peace and safe. The other negative stated was some not guilty people were sentenced, while I believe it is not fair to them, but society is not perfect and will not be so keeping society at peace and safe is better than having someone on the lose if you are not sure if they may or may not be the criminal, therefore I am pro death

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