Abstract This paper explores different arguments advanced in four published articles, which investigate the constitutionality of imposing death penalties for juveniles and mentally retarded patients. These articles differ in the reasons for rejecting death penalties for juveniles and mentally ill patients; however, they build on past cases, which have involved...
The death penalty has been an imprescriptible regulation in American society for decades. This regulation was regarded as an important deterrent to severe crimes, and a means of protecting the community from dangerous individuals. However, the spread of humanistic ideas led to questioning the very right of the government to...
Death penalty is the highest form of punishment and a debate whether to abolish it has created huge public attention (walker, 2009). According to numerous polls, many people are in support of principal punishment and a survey done by Harrison polls in the US shows that two-thirds (2/3) of Americans...
Bohm, R. (2011). Death Quest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States. Amsterdam: Elsevier. This book begins by providing a history of the death penalty, which can be traced to colonial days. The author describes all legal procedures involved in sentencing a criminal to...
Introduction Capital punishment is a legal procedure where a person found guilty of certain crimes receives a death sentence as a punishment for the crime committed. Death sentencing is the judicial decree that results in capital punishment. Whereby, execution is the process of ending the life of the sentenced person....
Introduction The issue of the death penalty is a highly emotive topic in the United States of America that has attracted criticism, as well as support in equal measure. In their arguments, proponents of the death penalty in America such as Rozenman (2007) bring out a convincing and precise justification...
Capital punishment by death is an old practice. The Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other groups, imposed the death penalty for certain crimes such as adultery and helping slaves to escape. Surprisingly, murder was not one of the crimes. Various methods were employed in executing death sentences. These included crucifying, drowning,...
As the matter of fact, labeling is an essential part of the human nature. People usually stereotype not only nations but also particular groups based on occupational, race, or religious characteristics. The labeling approach is commonly used in the criminology and research of the deviance (Lilly, Ball, & Cullen, 2015)....
Introduction In the course of social evolution and globalization, people and nations form a consensus that certain practices can no longer be acceptable. Examples of such practices include slavery, physical torture, and capital punishment. Much progress has been made to end such practices. In fact, most countries in the world...
Death Penalty The issue of capital punishment has caused a lot of controversy in Maryland, at the start of the 21st century. The General Assembly accused the courts of being biased against African Americans and stated that the execution of the innocent might become a real issue (Decther & Smitherman...
Introduction The death penalty, also referred to as capital punishment, can be defined as “the premeditated and planned taking of a human life by a government in response to a crime committed by that legally convicted person” (White 1). It is, perhaps, the most controversial aspect of law enforcement. To...
Introduction Death penalty is considered one of the extremely volatile issues in America. The debate on the subject has caused a lot of divisions in the America society. There are those who consider it as a justifiable mode of punishment that can deter crime whereas others consider it a form...
Introduction Capital punishment or the death penalty has been described as the harshest form of punishment for certain crimes such as murder, treason, and violence. The issue of capital punishment elicits heated debates among religious, political, and theological scholars. Proponents argue that capital punishment deters crime by discouraging individuals from...
Introduction This essay briefly examines research methods for criminal justice in regard to capital punishment. The topic of the paper is correlation between knowledge and support of capital punishment. In examining this topic the paper will explain the purpose of a project which can be carried out based on the...
Introduction The research will focus on the correlation between knowledge and support of capital punishment. It is no doubt that whenever the issue of capital punishment is brought to public debate, there will be always two major sides: the opposers and supporters. It is worth noting that both sides do...
The first event that we need to discuss is the execution of Robert Lee Gardiner. The main reason why this event attracted so much attention was the method of execution. The convicted person chose to be killed by a firing squad (Donaldson, 1996, unpaged). Gardiner gave virtually no explanation for...
The death penalty has been a largely debated form of punishment within the criminal justice system of the united states of America since its inception. The law supporting this unkind and unfair sentence was thus, put under scrutiny, and consequently, several death sentences were either overturned or could only be...
Abstract Texas is leading among states practicing capital punishment for a criminal offense. While the proponents of the death penalty belief that it is the best way to deter criminal offenders from the act, reports suggest that the rate of crime has not been reduced any better than states that...
The issue of capital punishment has over the years elicited serious concerns causing endless debates on the legitimacy, morality or even the justness of executing criminals convicted of serious crimes. There is a multi faceted campaign against the practice which has led to many countries abolishing it as they take...
Introduction The United States is the leading country in the world with the highest number of persons incarcerated in jails and prisons; and also the leading country with the highest number of prisons, most of which have been built over the last few decades (Parenti, 1999). In the United States,...
The death penalty is lawful in the U.S, which is currently being implemented by twenty-eight states, the military, the federal government, and American Samoa. The aforementioned sanction inherently contravenes the constitutional proscription against the unusual and cruel punishment and the justification/grounds for equal protection and due process of law (Ahmad...
Introduction The use of capital punishment was practiced throughout the world during ancient times and the move to abolish only began in the 18th century and has seen almost half of the countries in the world abolish the practice however others like China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the USA are...
The death penalty has been a debatable subject for many years. The people who support capital punishment base their arguments on its vengeance for victims and their family members. The need for vengeance is comprehensible, but it is anchored in the sentiments of victims and their families. The court is...
Introduction Death penalty, sometimes referred to as capital penalty, is taking the life of a person through a judicial process due to an offense committed. Capital crimes such as murder and offenses related to drugs are the kind of crimes that result in death penalty. Death penalty has been removed...
Abstract This paper looks at both the positive and negative aspects of the death penalty. It tries to discern the practice of capital punishment from the law and look at it from different perspectives. The paper also looks at the implication of death sentence and how the death sentence of...
Do we really need the death penalty? You might think that the death penalty is the only way of keeping the worst persons far away from our society but much evidence points the other way. On a practical level, the practice is not a deterrent to future crimes. On a...
On the path of its development, humankind is leaning toward increasingly humane methods of providing justice and executing punishment. However, at the same time, the legislation of a number of countries, guaranteeing everyone the right to life, still retains the possibility of applying an extremely cruel method of punishment ‑...
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is often equated to a life sentence in terms of its severity. Any citizen who has committed a serious crime may be deprived of their life as a punishment. Execution happens when a person is found guilty and sentenced to death. It...
Introduction Capital punishment also referred to as the death penalty, is debatably the most contentious legal sentence given by the criminal justice system in any country around the world. It stands out from other forms of legal punishments attributable to its cruelty and brutality to a point of causing intentional...
The death penalty is a phenomenon whose legitimacy, efficiency, and morality still divide society. In the United States, since the Supreme Court reaffirmed that constitutionality of death penalty in 1977, it has been used in 1,480 cases, primarily through a lethal injection. Only the most heinous crimes, such as murder...
Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty is a controversial form of punishment for certain crimes. In many countries, it is executed through practices that include hanging, an injection with a toxic substance, and execution by a firing squad. The issue has been widely debated with regard to...
The death penalty is an appropriate form of punishment for people that commit sexual assault of minors. The case of minors specifically is significant because rape cases of older individuals may be controversial. For instance, there are cases when women made fake accusations only to attain financial compensation. If a...
Introduction Although the majority of supporters of capital punishment argue that, the sentence is a remedy to crime and to a larger extent a good retribution mechanism, one thing they fail to account for is the effectiveness of this sentence in achieving its mandate. In addition, supporters of this sentence...
The survival of any civilization hinges on the establishment of laws and codes of conduct and the subsequent obeying of the same by the society’s members. Because not all members of the society are going to follow the law on their own accord, various forms of punishment for wrongs done...
Introduction Problem statement Jury sentencing has been mostly recognized in capital cases to preserve the connection between the modern societal values and the penal system. This link serves to follow the developing standards of morality and decency indicating the societal maturity. Juror’s sentencing decisions provoke disputable points for discussion pertaining...
Despite the fact that most people, especially the younger generation, want to live in peace, there are still those who murder, rob, and break the law in many other ways, thereby harming those who surround them. Of course, where there is a crime, there is an equal punishment. There are...
The debate about the justification of capital punishment is ongoing, with scholars debating whether this punishment is justifiable in modern society. Some perceive it as a penalty that was used in the past as the only way of maintaining social order and thus think of capital punishment as unacceptable in...
Outline Capital punishment implies the death penalty and has been used over the ages in punishing people for the commission of different offenses. The Bible has also advocated the death penalty for offenses and crimes such as witchcraft, kidnapping, and murder. The death penalty has become a matter of intense...
Issue Position I am definitely for the use of the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment despite having mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, all people deserve a second chance to rehabilitate and change. On the other hand, however, some crimes are so ruthless and cause...
Introduction Dear Governor, Justice systems have been put in place in order to ensure that citizens follow the rules and regulations that have been set up. Proponents of the death penalty have spoken of it as a tool for preventing crime and other related social effects that come with it....
Introduction Capital punishment involves the execution of a person that has been considered to be involved in a criminal offense whose only fair penalty is death. Capital punishment is viewed differently by various countries due to the laws that govern them and what they consider as a serious offense. The...
Introduction The fundamental reasons society punishes criminal behavior can be classified into two areas. One is to obtain desired consequences which include protecting society, obtain reparations from the offender and to deter that person and other potential offenders from the commission of crimes. The other, retribution, or vengeance, involves punishment...
The death penalty continues to elicit much debate and controversy in both academia and among criminal justice practitioners. There are various moral ethical and religious issues that require consideration without bias. The death penalty has been practiced since pre-historic times ostensibly in the belief that punishment equals justice. However, close...
Introduction Death penalty is a highly controversial and emotional subject about which most people seem to have strong opinions. The debate is by no means new there are conflicting references to capital punishment dating back to the Bible. I will argue that although execution has become less and less significant...
First, I will have to define what capital punishment is and what it entails. Capital punishment is also referred to as the death penalty and it is the execution of an individual by the state as punishment for a crime that has been committed by that person. The crimes that...
Introduction Death penalty is what they call the “execution sentence for murder and other capital crimes, serious crimes or grave crimes such as murder, treason, rape and the like.” (Merriam & Webster). The federal government said that death penalty sentence is given for crime like federal offenses, such as murder...
Introduction The choice of measures that are supposed to deter crime is related to a wide range of issues at the confluence of ethics and other problems in criminal justice. Capital punishment and its effectiveness in deterring crime belong to the most discussed topics in the field. Despite some researchers’...
Introduction Capital punishment in the United States has undergone a series of drastic transformations in the twentieth century. At the beginning of the century, executions were relatively frequent. People were executed for a relatively wide variety of crimes (Haines 1). Over the next three decades, the death penalty was used...
Introduction The death penalty is a keen issue in society. The public is concerned about the expediency and the ethical background of capital punishment. There are different opinions for and against it. However, it is obvious that capital punishment is the extreme penalty, and it contradicts ethical norms. In my...
The problem of the death penalty is complex and multifaceted. It affects the political and legal, socio-economic, moral-religious, cultural, psychological, and other areas of people’s life. In developed countries, the death penalty is always preceded by a lengthy trial at various levels, and the defendant is given the opportunity to...
Introduction In a study by Jones, America is currently recording reduced cases of the death penalty whereby the number of those who supported this practice had gone down by more than 20% in the period between 1990 and 2016 (224). Various reasons have been cited to explain this decline, including...
Description of Topic The survival of any civilization hinges on the establishment of laws, codes of conduct, and the subsequent obeying of the same by the members of society. Due to the fact that not all members of the society are going to follow the law on their own accord,...
Introduction Capital punishment has always been a debatable issue among people all over the world since the day when it was first practiced in the oldest of civilizations to the present world today. Many lawmakers and legislatures all over the world continue to deliberate whether capital punishment is a justified...
Introduction Capital punishment (also called the death penalty) is a punitive strategy used by states to execute offenders who have committed atrocious crimes (Welty, 2012). Most of these crimes punishable by the death penalty include terrorism, espionage, murder, and genocide. The practice has been embraced in the world for very...
The world is divided on the moral justification for the death penalty, more often referred to as the capital punishment. Whether it can be justifiable or not is a controversial matter of religious, moral and ethical commitments. Even though human life is precious and under the provisions of the Universal...
Introduction Capital punishment can be described as the practice of sentencing a person to death after being judged and found guilty for a dreadful crime (Schaefer, 2011). Constant debates have been going on whether capital punishment should continue or be done away with and different organizations have taken varying positions...
The use of death penalty has been a subject of many debates among legislators, criminologists, or journalists. This discussion can be related to a variety of issues such as the ethical implications of this practice or the risk of judicial errors. Moreover, these disputes are partly influenced by the political...
Overview of the Death Penalty The judicial system is designed to establish a balance between the crime committed and the punishment meted out. For example, persons found guilty of an offense should receive penalties that are consistent with the degree of the crime committed. The death penalty is one such...
Introduction The existence of the Criminal Justice System is vital to the survival of the modern human civilization. It is through this system that the government provides legally sanctioned ways to deal with lawbreakers. The various punishments available for use by the justice system serve a deterrence function as well...
History: Landmark Cases The state must decide to retain or abolish capital punishment based on popular appeal and legal precedence. In this regard, it is important to point out that the trend in execution has varied over the past few decades (Kirchmeier 45). Nevertheless, there is significant public support for...
From a certain perspective, it is not hard to view capital punishment as a state-sponsored program geared towards the destruction of people’s lives. It is difficult to justify the right to kill another human being. Thus, it is imperative to define and defend the right to destroy lives. Supporters of...
For a very long time, the death penalty has been a part of human civilization. From one perspective, it might seem like a reasonable thing to do, in response to some of the crimes that are committed by individuals. The most important question raised is, do people have the right...
