Capital Punishment In America
Capital Punishment in the United States of America
Killing is wrong. It’s something that has been driven into us since childhood its indisputable truth. So why is capital punishment allowed? For those of you that don’t know what capital punishment is, it’s the death penalty the murder of a people in our society who are mentally or emotionally unstable, have anger management issues or simply made a plain mistake. These are many of the reasons that account for the homicides that take place each year, these are people that should have the chance to change yet have those chances taken away from them. Capital Punishment is just not humane and should not be legal.
In America as of January 2013 to June 2013 alone 16 People were sentenced to the …show more content…
This has led to the support for the death penalty to diminish, more than half the United States public now prefers alternatives over the death penalty as the best punishment for the crime of murder. This lead to annual death sentences in the United States to drop dramatically since the year 2000. In the last four years the number of death sentences has been lower than any time since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, executions have declined from a high of 98 in 1999 to just 37 in 2008; there were 46 executions in 2010 and 43 in 2011 and …show more content…
It’s inhumane and murder. Why is murder unaccepted by society when Capital Punishment is? Sentencing a criminal to death does not solve the problems or issues that are left behind. It causes more friends and loved ones to grieve for their loss. The families and friends of the victims will still grieve they will still cry for a child that is never coming home; the victim will not be brought back the family will still suffer. It’s a barbaric alternative for punishing a criminal a criminal that will never have to atone for the consequences of their actions. The only people suffering are us, people that allow this to precede the murder of a man innocent or guilty is never an option. It’s inhumane and with the help of organizations like Amnesty International pushing for it i can hope that role model countries like the United States will abolish the Capital
Killing is wrong. It’s something that has been driven into us since childhood its indisputable truth. So why is capital punishment allowed? For those of you that don’t know what capital punishment is, it’s the death penalty the murder of a people in our society who are mentally or emotionally unstable, have anger management issues or simply made a plain mistake. These are many of the reasons that account for the homicides that take place each year, these are people that should have the chance to change yet have those chances taken away from them. Capital Punishment is just not humane and should not be legal.
In America as of January 2013 to June 2013 alone 16 People were sentenced to the …show more content…
This has led to the support for the death penalty to diminish, more than half the United States public now prefers alternatives over the death penalty as the best punishment for the crime of murder. This lead to annual death sentences in the United States to drop dramatically since the year 2000. In the last four years the number of death sentences has been lower than any time since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, executions have declined from a high of 98 in 1999 to just 37 in 2008; there were 46 executions in 2010 and 43 in 2011 and …show more content…
It’s inhumane and murder. Why is murder unaccepted by society when Capital Punishment is? Sentencing a criminal to death does not solve the problems or issues that are left behind. It causes more friends and loved ones to grieve for their loss. The families and friends of the victims will still grieve they will still cry for a child that is never coming home; the victim will not be brought back the family will still suffer. It’s a barbaric alternative for punishing a criminal a criminal that will never have to atone for the consequences of their actions. The only people suffering are us, people that allow this to precede the murder of a man innocent or guilty is never an option. It’s inhumane and with the help of organizations like Amnesty International pushing for it i can hope that role model countries like the United States will abolish the Capital