Capital Punishment Essay, Research Paper

?Eye for an Eye? and ?Tooth for a Tooth? remains to be two of the 282

laws of justice that Hammurabi established. I am headed towards the topic of

Capital Punishment. I am here to support Capital Punishment, and I believe that

it has many positive effects to our society. One of the more common procedures

in our country is the Death Penalty. the death penalty is extraordinarily rare.

Since 1967, there has been one execution for every 1600 murders, or 0.06%. There

have been approximately 560,000 murders and 358 executions from 1967-1996 FBI’s

Uniform Crime Report (UCR) & Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). As a

supporter of Capital Punishment, putting a murderer to death row deters crime,

efficiently utilizes the public?s money, and is an equal retaliation. Body I

personally believe that execution is an effective deterrent of crime. To support

this argument, I think that if a person knows how fast you can be put to death

by committing a crime, it will make them fully aware of their consequences in

doing such crime. Although this doesn?t stand for all people, I can say that

it is an educational statement that many believe to be true. For all the people

that are rational in the thought, the punishment of death seems to be a likely

deterrent. Safety is another reason why I am fore Capital Punishment. It

guarantees the society that the convicted murderer will never be out to commit

another crime, which takes away a persons fear for their life from that one

person. Statistics by Dr. Isaac Ehrlich at the University of Chicago claimed

that capital punishment is indeed a deterrent. His research has shown that if

the death penalty is used in a consistent way, it may deter as many as 8

murderers for every execution carried out. Also, Life Imprisonment most of the

time only gives the prisoner one last chance to get out of the punishment,

because prisoners are continually growing in number which leads to overcrowded

jail facilities. This allows the criminals to have an early parole than their

sentence should have been which is totally wrong. When a person?s minds intent

is to kill someone, they should suffer and be executed. The opponents that are

against Capital Punishment claims that a person executed could be innocent.

While this could be true, and does happen, as a Christian, I believe that God

will be the last person to make the final decision and judgment upon who is

guilty or not. He will reconsider the fact of going to hell or heaven. If you

did not commit the crime, he will be the one to make the final decision. And

that?s the way a true Christian should view that issue. If you are not a

believer, there are still many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights

of those facing the death penalty. Some Safe Guards: 1) Capital punishment may

be imposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidence

leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts. 2) Anyone sentenced

to death shall receive the right to appeal to a court of higher jurisdiction 3)

Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon 4) Persons below

eighteen years of a age, pregnant women , new mothers or persons who have become

insane shall not be sentenced to death Capital Punishment, such as the death

penalty, does in fact save money. Most people believe that it costs more to

execute murderers than to imprison them for life, because of the cost of court

appeals, and the time that it takes to carry out the death sentence procedure.

But studies show that over time, Life Imprisonment costs more money overall than

Life imprisonment does. JFA estimates that Life with out parole Costs 1.2-3.6

million more dollars than equivalent death penalty cases. There is defiantly no

question that the up front costs of the death penalty are much more higher than

for equivalent LWOP cases. There also appears to be no question that, over time,

equivalent LWOP cases are much more expensive – from $1.2 to $3.6 million – than

death penalty cases. Capital Punishment is also an equivalent form of

punishment. When a person murders a person, they should be ready to have their

life taken. The victim suffers more than the murderer on death row, because the

victim deserved none of the suffering inflicted. The death of a murdered victim

has a greater impact on their family, friends, and loved ones. For their loved

one got murdered for unknown reasons. When a killer is executed, he is suffering

the consequences upon what he did. It is only fair to punish someone equally

upon what they did.

Us Vital Statistics Abstract, 1994, and C.P. 1995 BJS 1996 Death

Penalty-American Civil Liberties Union