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Death Penalty and Its Purpose
Since the formation of The United States of America, the debates over the proper and legal issues of capital punishment in this country have been going on for s long time. Strong thoughts and public opinions for and against have been formed throughout this time, it is important to know, what capital punishment is? According to MichaIssitt and Heather Newton in “Death Penalty: An Overview”, capital punishment, or death penalty, as it is generally known is “the process by which convicted criminals are executed by a governing authority” (Issitt, Newton). When a convicted criminal is sentenced to death row, they await the death penalty for the rest of their lives. The death penalty is a way of execution through the use of a lethal injection. The United States, differing to many other nations across the world, continues to allow capital punishment for convicted criminals and murderers to this day.
While some may view and argue that the death penalty is the limit for criminals, Jeffrey Bowman and Tracey DiLascio, in “Counterpoint: The Death Penalty is Necessary”, view it as and state that “The death penalty is about the punishment of a crime, not the deterrence of all crime” (Bowman, DiLascio1). If criminals were know that murder would deserve a death penalty, the idea is that a person would second-guess their thoughts of committing such crime like murder. However, the fact remains that the death penalty is still considered an extremely controversial issue throughout the entire country. The death penalty serves as the most effective punishment for people who murder, and rape others. It brings justice, not only for the victim but for their families as well, for a crime that is so wrong such as murder. Bowman and DiLascio argue that, “In the United States, the federal government and many states allow capital punishment for those criminals guilty of murder, inflicting the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crime of taking an innocent
Since the formation of The United States of America, the debates over the proper and legal issues of capital punishment in this country have been going on for s long time. Strong thoughts and public opinions for and against have been formed throughout this time, it is important to know, what capital punishment is? According to MichaIssitt and Heather Newton in “Death Penalty: An Overview”, capital punishment, or death penalty, as it is generally known is “the process by which convicted criminals are executed by a governing authority” (Issitt, Newton). When a convicted criminal is sentenced to death row, they await the death penalty for the rest of their lives. The death penalty is a way of execution through the use of a lethal injection. The United States, differing to many other nations across the world, continues to allow capital punishment for convicted criminals and murderers to this day.
While some may view and argue that the death penalty is the limit for criminals, Jeffrey Bowman and Tracey DiLascio, in “Counterpoint: The Death Penalty is Necessary”, view it as and state that “The death penalty is about the punishment of a crime, not the deterrence of all crime” (Bowman, DiLascio1). If criminals were know that murder would deserve a death penalty, the idea is that a person would second-guess their thoughts of committing such crime like murder. However, the fact remains that the death penalty is still considered an extremely controversial issue throughout the entire country. The death penalty serves as the most effective punishment for people who murder, and rape others. It brings justice, not only for the victim but for their families as well, for a crime that is so wrong such as murder. Bowman and DiLascio argue that, “In the United States, the federal government and many states allow capital punishment for those criminals guilty of murder, inflicting the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crime of taking an innocent