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Research Topic: Capital Punishment

Tanesha Smith

Saint Leo University

Capital Punishment

Also referred to as the death penalty, capital punishment is a practice that gets sanctioned by the government where an individual is usually killed by a state as the punishment of a crime committed. Even though the death penalty is effected to diminish other people from dying, it does not. As per the Death Penalty Information Center, nearly 88 % of experts rejected the idea that a death penalty is a constraining act to murder. The research added that the fear of capital punishment has a little impact on individuals who commit the crime (Reckless, 2017). Mostly, several murders begin with a petty argument.

The fact is, someone does not have time and plan. "I think I will kill somebody today." It also does not cross the mind of individuals that after killing someone, this attracts the death penalty. Daily, murders are being committed, and the number of cases regarding murder is not being reduced in the United States Justice system. I think if the idea of death penalties was supposed to be sending any message, not many people have been paying attention.

In some states, capital punishment could be because of murder or terrorism acts, while others could be for offenses relating to drugs. Several countries execute persons that were below 18 years of age at the time of the crime, while others take this measure against individuals with intellectual and mental disabilities (Davidson, 2015). Some other causes of the death penalty are imposed following unfair trials – which is a violation of international standards and laws. In my opinion, the death penalty is the ultimate degrading, inhuman as well as cruel punishment one can receive. Also, why kill the people who kill others to show that murdering folks is wrong?

According to the justice system, capital punishment helps in controlling crime. This system is the set of processes as well as agencies that get established by administrations to impose penalties as well as control crime on individuals violating the law (Neubauer&Fradella, 2018).

References

Davidson, M. (2015).Compassion and the Death Penalty.Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Criminology, 7(2), 1.

Hans, V. P., Blume, J. H., Eisenberg, T., Hritz, A. C., Johnson, S. L., Royer, C. E., & Wells, M. T. (2015). The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 12(1), 70-99.

Neubauer, D. W., &Fradella, H. F. (2018). America's courts and the criminal justice system.Cengage Learning.

Reckless, W. C. (2017). The use of the death penalty: a factual statement. In Capital Punishment (pp. 38-62).Routledge.