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Capital Punishment Argumentative Essay

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Capital punishment is the legal sanction of killing someone punishable for a crime. It is also referred to as the death penalty. People often receive this punishment for committing murder. Treason, drug offenses, and espionage can also be subjected to the death penalty. As mentioned in Understanding Social Problems, “In 2014, 22 countries carried out 607 executions excluding the thousands of people who are thought to have been executed in China (Mooney, 133). The Supreme Court of the United States of America believes that capital punishment is lawful. I agree with the Supreme Court, but only to an extent because sometimes capital punishment is justified and sometimes it is not.
I believe capital punishment is constitutional in some instances, because if someone commits a crime where other people are harmed or killed with malicious intent should be considered for the capital punishment. Crimes such as terrorism, mass killings, or using a weapon of mass destruction to harm people. Capital Punishment saves money. Mooney says, “Capital …show more content…

According to Mooney, “In 2007, a district court judge held that Tennessee’s lethal injection procedures “present a substantial risk of unnecessary pain” that could “result in a terrifying, excruciating death” (Mooney, 133). Lethal injection is not supposed to be painful because some of the drugs used are supposed to sedate you; but that is not always the case. During a legal injection execution a doctor has to monitor the inmate to make sure their vitals are fine. This is ethically immoral. Mooney says, “a physician, as a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so, should not be a participant in a legally authorized execution” (Mooney 133). This is true being that someone that is supposed to save lives is instead watching someone die when they have the right to save them; is going against code of what doctors stand

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