Introduction Since the country’s founding, the death penalty, commonly known as capital punishment, has been a component of its legal system. It has been used in various ways, with significant differences through time and between states. There has been continual discussion about the use and execution of the death sentence,...
Introduction The death penalty, additionally referred to as capital punishment, has been debated for a long time. State legislatures have used a variety of execution methods for centuries, each one being justified as a more eminently civilized and compassionate way to put prisoners to death. The electric chair substituted the hanging...
Introduction Dr. Sam Sheppard got notoriety when he was sentenced in 1954 for brutally killing his wife. The Fugitive, a 1963 TV show that most people believed was centered mainly on the Sheppard case, ignited interest in reopening the case to vindicate Sheppard. The essay examines two aspects of the...
Introduction The death penalty status is a long-standing public debate subject in the United States. In terms of legislation, the country is almost equally divided between the states where capital punishment is legal and those where it is prohibited. By June 2021, the death penalty was authorized by 27 states...
Vulnerability of Mentally Ill Individuals to False Confessions It seems reasonable to state that mentally ill persons should not be eligible for the death penalty. Such individuals may be more susceptible to police coercion and more inclined to make false admissions. According to empirical investigations, impulsivity, poor cognitive processing, suggestion,...
Opinions on the Death Penalty and Applicable Cases The death penalty is one of the cruelest ways of punishing a criminal. It violates one of the fundamental human rights of life. The action does not offer an opportunity for the offender to undergo torture and other inhumane treatment they deserve...
Introduction Capital punishment, also commonly called the death penalty, has been a contentious issue that has been subject to many debates in the past. The discussion surrounding its implications is still ongoing. Many people across the globe are against capital punishment, saying that it is inhumane, biased, and irreversible (Harris...
Introduction Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a controversial topic in America that has sparked intense debates among scholars, policymakers, and citizens. The practice of executing offenders who commit certain heinous crimes predates the American Revolution. Currently, Capital punishment is authorized in 27 states by the federal...
Introduction In this essay, I will argue that the death penalty should be banned in the United States and all over the world as well. In general, this type of punishment and the rationale of its application remain highly controversial and disputable. On the one hand, “the right to life...
Introduction The death penalty is an ultimate punishment that is inhuman, cruel, and degrading. A state imposes a death sentence on an individual for crimes like murder, rape, and kidnapping. In other countries, the death penalty is declared for terrorism and crime-related felonies. However, there is a global debate on...
Introduction The death penalty, also referred to as capital punishment, has a long and problematic history that spans several civilizations and cultures. In most cases, executions are exclusively used for murder crimes; however, other severe misconducts can also attract judicial murder depending on a region’s laws. According to a report,...
Introduction The death penalty has been a controversial and divisive subject for years, with justice, morality, and societal values as its core areas of debate. When societies change, the ideographs around the death penalty also undergo dynamic shifts that influence both proponents’ and opponents’ rhetoric. This research paper will examine...
Introduction It is important to note that the death penalty is an ancient practice that is prevalent even today. The given analysis will focus on the death penalty and how it is utilized in the context of the deterrence theory in the United Nations (UN), Europe, and the United States....
Death Penalty Information Center. “The Death Penalty in 2022: Year End Report.” Death Penalty Information Center, 2022. Web. This paper is a tertiary source that gives an overview of the death penalty usage in the U.S. in 2022. It provides statistics and data about death sentences, executions, and public opinion....
Introduction Capital punishment is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Some people support this practice, considering it a necessary measure for grave crimes. In contrast, others argue that the death penalty violates basic ethical principles and is unacceptable in a civilized society. The capital punishment is not...
Introduction Capital punishment, often known as the death penalty, is a highly debated and emotional topic that has inspired intense arguments for decades. While some say that it acts as a deterrence to crime, others claim that it breaches basic human rights and puts innocent individuals in danger of being...
Throughout the history of humanity, the death penalty has been used as a form of punishment. From the first days of using this type of punishment at different stages of society’s development, discussions around its use’s practicality have not faded. This problem is complex and multifaceted and causes contradictions because...
Some scholars and practitioners are totally against the use of the death penalty and advocate its immediate abolition, explaining this by the immorality and inexpediency of such punishment. Others support the death penalty, considering it not only as a legal restriction but also as the physical destruction of the offender,...
Throughout history, communities have practiced execution as a traditional punishment for law offenders. The approach was used for individuals who committed heinous crimes such as murder and treason as a lesson to other society members who might follow in the same footstep. The emergence of civilization and human rights led...
Introduction Capital punishment (CP), also called the death penalty (DP), has been considered an effective measure to prevent severe crimes such as murder. However, some governments have decided to abolish the death sentence since it does not correspond to the ethical and legal practices of the modern world. Therefore, whether...
The death penalty’s history in New York dates back to the colonial era. Before the introduction of electrocution, most people were hung to death (Banner, 2022). In 1973, the New York assembly revised the state’s constitution to mandate the death penalty for the assassination of a law enforcement officer, a...
New York has a long history of capital punishment that dates back o the colonial era. Between 1608 and 1972, the state recorded the second-highest executions after Virginia. New York State has abolished and reinstated the death penalty several times. For example, death by hanging was abolished in 1860 with...
The death penalty is a significant controversial issue across the U.S. territory due to the dynamic interpretation of the social justice system. In President Bill Clinton’s speech, he stated that the primary objective of the punishment entails curbing distinctive criminal activities (Klinkner 11). It is vital to incorporate key measures...
Introduction In the Todd Willingham case, a fire claimed the lives of three girls who lived in Cameron Todd Willingham’s Corsicana, Texas, house with his wife and other family members bur Willingham lived. Prosecutors then claimed that he purposefully set fire to his house to kill his children; as a...
The death penalty is one of American society’s most arguable problems. This problem has a unique area in ideological struggles because the confrontations generated withinside the ethical, social, and prison spheres are glaring in making use of this penalty. While numerous states throughout the USA. have lately adhered to abolition,...
A death sentence is usually extended to offenders who pose a threat to public safety and need to be eliminated or hindered from interacting with others. A judge needs to evaluate the presented facts and evidence to implicate the offender with the murder. The accused needs to be proven guilty...
The rights to life, freedom, and wealth served as the cornerstones of the American nation. The death penalty, commonly known as capital retribution, is a type of punishment when a criminal is executed for their role in a murder. What the United States was built on is in contrast with...
The concept of the death penalty has provoked debates throughout decades, even though it was abolished in most countries. Some people believe this punishment can bring justice in terms of egalitarian equivalency and retributive justice, and those oppose capital punishment to prevent unnecessary or unjust death. I believe the death...
In criminal law, the death penalty entails executing a person convicted of a serious crime. As a capital punishment, the death penalty has caused and continues to generate intense controversy. On the one hand, such punishment measures might maximize justice, ensuring closure for victims’ families and discouraging criminals from committing...
Death penalties and life imprisonment are the most discussable aspects of the US harsh criminal system. However, the gender question in the discussion of such criminal cases is marginalized. In fact, 6600 women were sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) up to 2021, the prison sentence without condition to be...
Introduction Criminal justice systems (CJS) across the world serve various penological functions, including repressing crime, reforming convicts, protecting the public, and deterring lawbreaking by punishing offenders. One of the strategies for achieving these objectives is through the imposition of death penalty, a judicial sanction reserved for lawbreakers who are perceived...
The use of the death penalty has been relevant to one degree or another throughout the history of civilization. However, I believe, one should not overestimate its importance in current conditions, typical of many politicians, legislators, and scientists today. In today’s world, the use of final punishment only keeps us...
Summary The article ‘How many Americans support the death penalty? Depends on how you ask’ was posted in The New York Times. It presents a report on a recent public opinion on capital punishment in the United States of America. Although still widely practiced, the death penalty has continued to...
Capital punishment is a violation of an essential human aspect, the right to life. It stands as the cruelest, most cold-hearted, and undignified retribution. It should be illegalized and replaced with lengthy jail terms or life imprisonment since it is final. Even if there arises evidence to exempt the person...
Even though the murderer deserves the same treatment to do justice to the victim, the death penalty should still not apply to him. Capital punishment is considered the practice of sentencing a person to death as punishment for a crime committed (Frankis, 2019). The death penalty is usually applied to...
Moral Justification of the Death Penalty for First-Degree Murder Ethical debate has been ongoing on whether capital punishment is morally justified and should be maintained in criminal justice. Capital punishment refers to the execution of criminals who have committed serious crimes. It has been in place in the US since...
The death penalty is a highly contentious topic that sparks intense controversies between its supporters and opponents. While some support this punishment as a retribution for heinous crimes, others are convinced that the death penalty violates human rights and provokes prejudice. This essay examines the ethical implications of the death...
Introduction Capital punishment remains one of the most divisive subjects in the field of criminal justice system due to the ethical and social implications associated with it. In its ruling of the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that the death penalty was constitutional and applicable in the country. Over...
Capital punishment should be abolished because it violates the constitution and is ineffective, irrevocable, and cruel. Although the constitution guarantees equal protection for all citizens, capital punishment violates that right because it is disproportionately applied, with minorities, the poor, and illiterates being the most victims of the death penalty. It...
Introduction and Background Information The death penalty remains one of the controversial topics in the United States and other democracies around the world. A section of the community believe that capital punishment is the most appropriate way of punishing some crimes in the society. On the other hand, others argue...
Introduction Executing a person as a form of justice for a crime he has committed is known as capital punishment. The execution of a criminal is a legal action conducted by the state as a form of retribution. The death penalty is a topic of intense debate at the national...
Introduction The death penalty, or capital punishment, is one of the most severe possible sentences practiced globally. The concept of lethal punishment has become a subject of heated discussions concerning its ethics, effectiveness, practicality, and financial gain. In the United States, the death penalty is becoming continuously less prevalent, primarily...
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is an institutionalized exercise meant to execute people in response to intentional, supposed, or actual misconduct. The human rights union in the United States believes that capital punishment inherently infringes on the constitution’s ban against the death penalty and the provisions of...
Dustin Higgs’ execution was one of several that occurred following the restoration of the capital penalty in the United States. Dustin Higgs was indicted of murdering three women back in 1996. The Supreme Court voted six against 3 to clear Mr. Higgs’ execution amidst dissent by members of the liberal...
Introduction The given article argues that the death penalty should not be legally permissible because it does not deter or compensate for the loss experienced by the victim. The author states: “Even when the perpetrator is executed, it is not as though the pain of losing a loved one will...
Introduction Capital punishment has become a controversial subject in the contemporary world, with many countries putting an end to its practice. In some nations, the procedure is not entirely eradicated, like in the United States, where sixty percent of the country’s territories use it in small proportions (Burki 1531). At...
Introduction Nowadays, there are many controversial factors that are subjects of active discussions. One of these factors is the death penalty, which is still applied today in some countries. Although the death sentence is rare, the world has not completely abandoned radical punishment. This factor is controversial, as it goes...
Abstract Over the years, the debate of maintaining or abolishing the law permitting the criminal justice system to use the death penalty as a form of punishment for crimes such as murder has raised several questions. The public is divided about the issue as some are against the act describing...
Many countries, including the US, have laws that allow the criminal justice system to subject offenders to the death penalty depending on the nature and intensity of the offense committed. A number of inmates have been hanged in the past years following the court ruling that favored capital punishment. The...
Introduction Capital punishment is a contentious issue in society, with critics and proponents positing valid reasons for their stances. It is a major punishment that involves taking a life but is reserved for extreme cases in a community. Nonetheless, the issue has accurate connotations that go beyond people’s opinions, eliciting...
The moral acceptability of the death penalty is among the most partisan issues in contemporary ethics. In this paper, three approaches to this moral question are discussed: utilitarianism, the ethics of autonomy, and social contract theory. The “veil of ignorance” and social contract theory provides a clear perspective on the...
The death penalty is surrounded by a significant number of myths. For instance, proponents of the death penalty may claim that it deters violent crime and does it cost-effectively. However, in practice, the death penalty has no positive impact neither on the criminal justice system nor on society. In its...
Introduction The death penalty is one issue that is sensitive and has disputing views on whether it is fair or unfair. Currently, capital punishment is a settled law implying that many states have rejected and abolished it due to the challenges it imposes on the constitution. Approximately twenty-eight states still...
Introduction The sentence offered by courts of law for some crimes is the death penalty. Such crimes are considered excessively gross that for the perpetrators to serve jail time would not be logically possible or appealing to society. The death penalty has impacted the crime rate in various ways. Human...
Theories of death penalty seek to justify capital punishment from a philosophical perspective. These theories consider the consequences of the sentence in the future or its effect on the past facts. Forward-looking theories argue that punishment is justified as long as it brings good results after. Backward-looking theories justify punishment...
The main difference between forward-looking and backward-looking theories of punishment is that they consider different aspects of applying punishment to be the most productive. Forward-looking theories’ main point is to encourage good results out of the punishment. Backward-looking ones “seek a punishment “proportional to” or “fitting” the crime” (Rodgers). Hence,...
The death penalty is the most extreme measure of punishment that is abolished in most countries, including the United States. However, sometimes the issue of returning to this measure of punishment is brought up in society again, and discussions on the matter a held. Certain disturbing crimes evoke a high...
The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a legal procedure in which a state executes a person for crimes committed. Many states have adopted this punishment, which is usually reserved for the most heinous crimes, such as murder. It is also used for crimes against the state like...
The death penalty as a mean of capital punishment is a matter of active debate nowadays as there many diverse opinions on whether it should be legal and how it should be applied. Most democratic countries have restricted the death penalty as a cruel and unusual form of punishment that...
Introduction Within the contractual framework, the death penalty is seen as unethical and immoral. The major debate at stake concerns the challenges of racist history, ‘objective’ standards, and the ‘greater good.’ Considering the numerous variants of legal culture that influence erroneous court outcomes, it is not ethically justifiable to continue...
Lethal injection is the execution of prisoners accused of committing serious and heinous crimes such as murder or rape through administering one or more chemicals to cause death. This method was approved in California in 1993 to permit the prisoners to select between lethal gas or lethal injection as the...
The death penalty has been widely used across states in the U.S. to punish capital offenders. However, it has raised many issues despite the federal supreme court stating that the death penalty should be given to capital offenders. The opposers of the death penalty argue that the majority of the...
Eighty-five years ago, America’s last public execution transpired in Kentucky and 20,000 people gathered to watch it as a grotesque form of crowd entertainment akin to modern circuitry (Ndulue, 2020). In 2021, the closest contact most people have had with lethal punishment is a controversial topic for discussion. Rates of...
The concept of the death penalty is habitually associated with injustice since it violates human rights, namely the right to life. The major debate at stake concerns the challenges of grey areas in human rights violation, ‘objective’ standards, and ‘greater good.’ Examples of the United States, Indonesia, and China are...
Over time, many laws and government act change, and what was applied before seem absurd and inexplicable. This is what can be said about the death penalty, which in the eighteenth century was prevalent in appointing punishment for the crime. Most of these decisions were unreasonable, unpredictable, and repressive in...
Despite the fact that the death penalty is employed as a criminal sentence in 58 of the 193 United Nations countries throughout the world, the vast bulk of research on capital punishment perspectives has focused on Western countries, primarily the United States. In Alabama, Patricia Blackmon is on death row...
The article by Salk (2015) claims that lethal injection reforms should be revised to be similar to that of human subject research as today they are performed without proper guidance. Here, human subject research is provided in the Common Rule. It also argues that lethal injection is a subject of...
Capital punishment defines sentencing the convicted offenders to death for crimes considered most serious (capital crimes) and executing that sentence. In the USA, crimes that can lead to imposing capital punishment include, but are not limited to, espionage, large-scale drug trafficking, treason, and murder (Thinley & Ziegler Jr, 2020). There...
Utilitarianism is a conception of morality where the acceptability of a certain action or practice matches the degree to which it fosters happiness. Simply stated, this philosophy aims at “the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people,” giving preference to the solutions whose consequences are the closest...
Introduction The death penalty is also known as capital punishment from a legal perspective. It refers to implementing the law on an offender who is sentenced to death after lawful processes in a criminal offense’s verdict. Death sentences do not comprise extrajudicial killings undertaken without permissible consideration, mostly by police...
Introduction The history of capital punishment is long, and since ancient times, people have used the death penalty to punish murderers, pedophiles, and other offenders. However, within the last century, people changed their attitudes to capital punishment. In many countries, this sentence method is abolished, while in other countries, it...
The death penalty as capital punishment in the modern world is seen rather as an unnecessary measure associated with ethical concerns. In the United States, this practice is authorized in some states, while in most of the country it has been abandoned. The dominant part of the Western world proclaims...
Introduction Death Penalty justice is one of the controversial subjects in the USA justice system (Stevenson 79). Judges bear the burden of deciding someone’s future, especially when accused of significant crimes against humanity, such as murder. Over the years, the controversial death penalty has been handed out while others who...
As a rule, there are several examples of resonant cases for any sufficiently controversial and acute social issue. For example, the death penalty by Troy Davis in Georgia caused an outcry around the world (Brown-Dean and Jones 323). The protracted trial was complex on the families of both Davis himself...
Introduction Relative to many European states, U.S. criminal procedure is characterized by the presence of an active death penalty. Although it has been frozen or abolished in most countries, there is an ongoing debate in America about its effectiveness. This can be explained by the fact that despite the Constitution’s...
Punishment is a tool widely used by society to discourage people from engaging in unlawful actions. The punishment subjected to individuals varies considerably depending on the crime one has committed. Law enforcement officers apprehend suspected criminals and prosecute them in a court of law. The judges utilize presented evidence to...
Today, when more and more countries opt to abolish the death penalty, the issue of whether it is necessary or not is especially relevant. People may be imprisoned or sentenced to death in different parts of the world for similar crimes. On the one hand, governments are propelled by the...
Abstract The death penalty involves sentencing a criminal to death for their crime. It began in the United States in 1608 and is still practiced in 27 states today as the federal government has authorized it. Capital punishment mostly affects black people, the mentally ill, and the poor because they...
Ethical Question: Should capital punishment be used for crimes other than first-degree murder? Introduction Capital punishment has always been one of the most controversial issues. The controversy behind the enactment of capital punishment lies in the perplex of multiple considerations including, race, human dignity, constitutionality, and practical effectiveness in preventing crimes....
The issues of life and death have remained one of the most controversial in society and various sciences, including psychology. This topic has been especially actively discussed recently with the submission of an act on abolishing the death penalty in the United States in early 2021. However, the question of...
It is no secret that capital punishment has always been a topic surrounded by controversies in many humanitarian disciplines such as philosophy, law, and sociology. It is mainly due to its relation to other paramount social themes such as the sacredness of human life and its cost, the power of...
First of all, in order to define the expediency of the death penalty in particular cases, it is necessary to understand what kind of crimes justifies the offender’s murder. From a personal perspective, a person’s life should be given if another life was taken by him – in other words,...
Capital punishment has posed a moral dilemma that is attracting conflicting opinions from various scholars. Capital punishment is based on the assumption that justice for particular offenses can only be attained by putting the prospective perpetrator to death. In modern times, capital offenses usually comprise murder, crimes against humanity, genocide,...
Introduction First Lady of the United States and actress Nancy Davis Reagan once said, “I believe that more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.” Even though capital punishment is frequently considered immoral and inhumane, it may prevent or mitigate the chance of serious crimes, including...
Capital punishment is too harsh discipline, no matter what the person has done. It was invented in ancient times for the legal destruction of hazardous criminals and all people who did not fit into society for any reason. An experimental theory of solving global problems took root cause of society’s...
Human fallibility will always be present in capital punishment cases, regardless of the objectivity of the process or the distance that jurors put between themselves and the person on trial. The first issue is the underlying human bias. Each person has it and it cannot be consciously eliminated. In the...
Summary In the USA, unlike in Europe, there is such a punishment for people who have broken the law as the death penalty. Although many states have stopped performing it, the majority, including California, still impose the death sentence on felony defendants. There are several ways of performing the death...
Crime and justice have significant impacts on society. The two terms have been widely discussed in the history of the judiciary. Different countries have various ways of dealing with crime. There are degrees of punishment for offenders depending on the crimes they have committed. Even so, capital punishment is not...
Capital punishment can also refer to as the death penalty or execution. It is done upon conviction by a court of law for a criminal offense. It is administered through lethal injection, electrocution, hanging, gas chamber, or a firing squad (Anandavenu, 2019). Some of the transgressions resulting in capital punishment...
American legislators, public activists, human rights defenders, and others are in acute arguments about what punishment most dangerous and brutal criminals should receive. Even though numerous people are sure that the death penalty is required, many reasons demonstrate that capital punishment should be canceled or replaced. Thus, it is rational...
The death penalty has always held a special place in public consciousness. It is worth talking about the death penalty as an instrument of criminal policy and a socio-cultural phenomenon, and attitudes to it are an indicator. The attitude of society to it is an indicator of the prevailing morals...
The mental state component in death penalty defendants should be considered to determine whether they deserve a death sentence or life imprisonment sentence. Schizophrenia might impair the decision-making ability, so the offender may not understand the consequences of a committed crime. Mental health conditions can interfere with the capacity to...
Discussions about the legality and necessity of the death penalty have always been relevant. The death sentence was one of the oldest types of punishment, but today the question of the humaneness and proportionality of such a measure has arisen. In ‘Gregg v Georgia,’ the court argued that the punishment...
Introduction The debate about capital punishment is a never-ending one that continues to polarize opposing and supporting camps. Capital punishment has always been reserved for use against the criminal who commits the most heinous crimes. Still, there are two distinct schools of thought when it comes to the death penalty....
Today, the problems that the modern world faces have become more evident – problems, first of all, social, psychological, and spiritual. The appeal to traditional religions is understood as an integral part of the experience accumulated by a person. Of particular interest is the analysis of the positions of Christian...
Historically, the crowds of people gathered in the squares to see how criminals were hanged, beheaded, or burned. The executions in more ancient times were even more brutal, such as pouring boiling resin or impaling criminals. Nevertheless, these methods did not scare off the audience or restrict them. On the...
The issue of capital punishment has always been a divisive topic in both social discussion agenda and philosophy in general. Today, the problem has been linked to a new emerging point of contention, prison abolition, and it is essential to understand how the two are connected. Historically, capital punishment was...
Some scientists and practitioners are completely against the use of the death penalty and for its immediate abolition, explaining this by the immorality and inexpediency of such a punishment. Others support the use of the death penalty, considering it not only as a legal restriction, but also as the physical...
History of the Death Penalty, Globally and in Texas The idea of punishing crimes with death is far from being new. According to the existing historical accounts, the earliest death penalty laws date back to the 1800s B.C., when the King Hammurabi of Babylon implemented it as a penalty for...
The notion of the death penalty is one of the most divisive issues in societies worldwide since it raises numerous related questions concerning ethics, morality, and humanity. The problematic nature of the debate about whether it is acceptable to implement the death penalty lies in the fact that it essentially...
