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There are many arguments on both sides of the question, and I suspect that the side you come down on will depend as much on emotion and cultural background as on rationally weighing the facts. Given the incidence of murder in societies that have the death penalty, it is obviously not always a deterrent.
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What is a good closing statement for death penalty?
why is the death penalty a bad thing
Why do the US have the death penalty?
There are a couple of different arguments that are used for keeping the death penalty. Deterrence used to be the most popular, and is still fairly popular although it seems to be in decline. Some argue that capital punishment should be threatened rarely because threatening it too often and for too many crimes would be counter productive. For example, if burglary was punishable by death then there would be incentive to kill witnesses. However, if only murder is punishable by death, the burglar has an incentive to make sure not to kill anyone while committing their crime. Another argument is incapacitation, that the dead can no longer harm anyone. Ernest van den Haag discusses this in Ch.5 Justice Deterrence and the Death Penalty, in America's Experiment with Capital Punishment. Retribution is the argument that seems to be most on the rise. There is a good write up of this argument on Wikipedia's page Capital Punishment Debate, and it cites several reputable death penalty scholars such as Hugo A. Bedau.
Is the 8th amendment good?
yes because it prevents people from facing the death penalty when committing a crime when a more suitable punishment (like community service) is available
Are you favor of the death penalty?
I agree with the death penalty 100% . I also agree that until a person is totally proven to be guilty ,no.Additional: (in the US) Apparently the majority of the electorate in 37 states of the country that still have the death penalty.In a 2010 Gallup poll, it was found that 64% of the population support the death penalty for murder, while 29% oppose it. Overall, support has been slowly declining.
Does michagan have the death penalty?
no. we are good samaritans.
Why should the death penalty be stopped?
Some people believe that the death penalty should be stopped. This is a give or take issue. An issue with having the death penalty, is being killed when you haven't actually done the crime, which in this day and age, dosen't happen a lot, but when it does is trauma and a name for that person. The death penalty would be good, for people that have done extreme crimes, such as murder, rapings and other misfits of judgements, but also for those who have been wrongly accused this could be a problem.
Is death penalty good?
NO!Another VIew: YES!
Does murder increase with death penalty abolition?
the threat of the death penalty is no deterent...people are arogant and they premeditate the act thinking they will be like OJ and get away with it because they are smarter than everyone else or they commit the crime in the heat of passion and punishment never even enters their mind until after...then the "I can beat this" attitude kicks in and they try to cover it up. These attitudes persist as do murder rates, the latter of which is not affected by the existence of capital punishment. The death penalty should not be argued for from the standpoint of being a deterent, because it is not. Rather it should be argued that the punishment must fit the crime. Those who kill should be killed. The unfortunate thing is that if you wish to mete out true justice doing so will eventually bankrupt your society. It is good that we want to take every precaution not to convict an innocent person, but a real shame that we have so many bad people that we cannot afford the required justuce for all of them and therefore we end up with a bad compromise. == == Spiritual decline is evidenced throughout the western world, with the rejection of the Christian faith and its replacement with secular evolutionary humanism. Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, or chairman Mao committed the murder of millions Stalin likening it to being no different to mowing a lawn. The prisons are not suddenly (or even slowly) emptying with the decline in spiritual values. The removal of the death penalty is a symptom of the rejection of absolutes as well as the downgrading of the value of human life and so it probably is not solely responsible for any increase in murder alone but is part of the wider picture. Nor would it necessarily prove anything if places which had a lower rate of murder also had the death penalty -there may be other factors, although I believe it does send a powerful message if administered correctly. No, States that have abolished the death penalty have shown a marked decrease in murder rates since putting such decisions into effect. Additionally, such states average significantly fewer murders per thousand than states with the death penalty.
Why does Susana Martinez the mayor of New Mexico want to reinstate the death penalty?
Well, part of it is political reasons. A recent shooting death of a Hatch police officer makes severe punishment popular, and she is pushing to reinstate the death penalty for those who kill children and police officers. She is a former prosecutor, and has probably seen a lot of bad stuff. Death penalties make good deterrents, but in the end they usually end up costing the taxpayers more, because there are more appeals and legal struggles against that severe of a punishment.
The death penalty is a good punishment for committers of heinous crimes?
No it is not a good thing because innocent people will die unfairly by causes of racism and predudices,on the other hand yes it is because it would reduce crimes if the threat of death is there It would also mean closure for families that have suffered.
Can capital punishment reduce crime how?
It actually does, but the problem is twofold at the present time. First, it is not done very much and when it is, people usually don't hear about it. Criminals know it's really unlikely to be executed and the worst they will likely ever face is life in prison. An air conditioned, comfortable cell with cable TV, a weight room, and 3 square meals a day. Second, the death penalty deters crime by instilling a fear of the judicial system and therefore a fear of doing things bad enough to warrant such a punishment. Fear is a psychological weapon, and therefore it is almost impossible to accurately test it's effectiveness.
Is corporal punishment a good thing when you comment a crime?
I will assume that you meant "commit" a crime. The answer is "no". While the death penalty deters crime if enacted swiftly, there is little evidence to support coporal punishment as a whole. Pscyholgically speaking, violence begets violence. Therefore, corporal punishment for those who break the law (or for misbehaving children, for that matter) is not an effective form of punishment.
