We The People

“We the People…” marked the opening of the country of America. These three words are the first three words written on the constitution which is known to be the framework of which this country is run. A country that gives all the promises of “liberty”, “justice”, “property”, and “life” through this document. This is a document that has said they will give all in a secular manner. All matters that involve religion will not govern the country. If this said to be true, than certain practices such as insuring justice, does not come into agreement with their secular statement. This does not account for all forms of insuring justice but only for parts. The classification of crime is divided into two parts, the misdemeanor and the felony. Misdemeanors are punished with the use of temporary isolation from society (jail), mandatory aiding of the society (community service), or reprimanding the individual from the liberties of life. On the other side of crimes, a felony could also be punished using any of the methods mentioned afore, but in the case where one’s life or liberty has been harmed. The methods are taken to a level of punishment higher than that of a misdemeanor; “death or imprisonment in excess of one year” (TheFreeDictionary.com). Sentencing a person convicted of a felony to death is legal in some states and illegal in others. The death penalty is decided for those who commit crimes such as “First-degree murder with special circumstances; sabotage; train wrecking causing death; treason; perjury causing execution of an innocent person; fatal assault by a prisoner serving a life sentence” in some state or in the case of most states as long as one has committed capital murder with a certain number of aggravating circumstances. Some states have abolished the death penalty while others are in pending state where advocates of abolishing this form of punishment state that it is “too costly and time consuming” (Death Penalty Information center). The removal of

Cited: 21 Nov. 2013. .