Capital Punishment Speech
Drug dealer “Joe” has been leading the drug scene in his town for the past few years. Recently a new guy is in town and is taking his business and recruiting some of his guys. He can’t be having any of that so he plans to “off ” him.
But he remembers that if he does that and gets caught, he could be tried for first degree murder and possibly get the death penalty. Therefore, he decides it’s a bad idea and decides if the two can work together instead. NOT! I’d venture to say that a person with intent to commit a heinous crime hardly thinks about the consequences. Who really thinks they’ll get caught? If they think they’ll get caught they probably won’t do the crime in the first place.
One of the pros of keeping capital punishment legal is that it will be a deterrent to committing capital crimes. There has been no reliable study that capital punishment deters crimes and, in fact, homicide rates are higher in states that have the death penalty.
An “eye for and eye” is a common quote from the Bible favoring capital punishment. However, we must remember that law was from a perfect system given my God himself. We have an imperfect government with punishments doled out by imperfect people. Think about how these imperfections are causing innocent people to get tried for crimes they didn’t commit. One latest statistic shows that at least 129 people on death rows have been released with evidence showing that they are innocent. And unfortunately, DNA is only available in about 10% of all homicides.
Therefore, DNA testing isn’t a safeguard against executing innocents.
For all you bean counters out there think that capital punishment must be less than life on parole, think again.
Studies show that the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. This is mostly because of the upfront legal costs. A recent study in Colorado revealed that capital proceedings require six times more days in court and take much longer to resolve. On a side note, the
But he remembers that if he does that and gets caught, he could be tried for first degree murder and possibly get the death penalty. Therefore, he decides it’s a bad idea and decides if the two can work together instead. NOT! I’d venture to say that a person with intent to commit a heinous crime hardly thinks about the consequences. Who really thinks they’ll get caught? If they think they’ll get caught they probably won’t do the crime in the first place.
One of the pros of keeping capital punishment legal is that it will be a deterrent to committing capital crimes. There has been no reliable study that capital punishment deters crimes and, in fact, homicide rates are higher in states that have the death penalty.
An “eye for and eye” is a common quote from the Bible favoring capital punishment. However, we must remember that law was from a perfect system given my God himself. We have an imperfect government with punishments doled out by imperfect people. Think about how these imperfections are causing innocent people to get tried for crimes they didn’t commit. One latest statistic shows that at least 129 people on death rows have been released with evidence showing that they are innocent. And unfortunately, DNA is only available in about 10% of all homicides.
Therefore, DNA testing isn’t a safeguard against executing innocents.
For all you bean counters out there think that capital punishment must be less than life on parole, think again.
Studies show that the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. This is mostly because of the upfront legal costs. A recent study in Colorado revealed that capital proceedings require six times more days in court and take much longer to resolve. On a side note, the