CapitalPunishmentJusticeorInjustice
Oluwatobi Onayemi
ENC1101
Professor Richardson Simeon
03/16/2015
Capital Punishment:Justice or Injustice?
Capital Punishment or the death penalty is stated to be “legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.” The crimes that result in the death penalty is also known as capital crime and these crimes normally are determined by state legislature. A capital crime is mainly targeted toward murders but every state has different viewpoints on the death penalty. If majority rules for a death penalty the criminal would be sent to the actual enforcements for execution. Execution methods consist of lethal injections, gas chambers, electrocution, hanging, and firing squads which are permitted in certain countries around the world. The carry out methods for capital punishment today have been questioned on whether or not it’s a deed of justice. This sentence would be fair in any case “an eye for an eye”, but the execution methods would be labeled as cruel or unusual. These methods would also have an impact on the some amendment in the Bill Of Rights. “The Eighth Amendment to the United
States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.” The state government would be contradicting themselves with this amendment because the execution methods would be consider a cruel and unusual punishment or
a sign of torture. On the other hand capital punishment won’t violate the constitution because any pain whether by accident or as an inescapable consequence is not considered an intolerable risk of harm. “Throughout our history, whenever a method of execution has been challenged in this
Court as cruel and unusual, the Court has rejected the challenge. Our society has nonetheless steadily moved to more humane methods of carrying out capital punishment" stated in the Baze
ENC1101
Professor Richardson Simeon
03/16/2015
Capital Punishment:Justice or Injustice?
Capital Punishment or the death penalty is stated to be “legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.” The crimes that result in the death penalty is also known as capital crime and these crimes normally are determined by state legislature. A capital crime is mainly targeted toward murders but every state has different viewpoints on the death penalty. If majority rules for a death penalty the criminal would be sent to the actual enforcements for execution. Execution methods consist of lethal injections, gas chambers, electrocution, hanging, and firing squads which are permitted in certain countries around the world. The carry out methods for capital punishment today have been questioned on whether or not it’s a deed of justice. This sentence would be fair in any case “an eye for an eye”, but the execution methods would be labeled as cruel or unusual. These methods would also have an impact on the some amendment in the Bill Of Rights. “The Eighth Amendment to the United
States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.” The state government would be contradicting themselves with this amendment because the execution methods would be consider a cruel and unusual punishment or
a sign of torture. On the other hand capital punishment won’t violate the constitution because any pain whether by accident or as an inescapable consequence is not considered an intolerable risk of harm. “Throughout our history, whenever a method of execution has been challenged in this
Court as cruel and unusual, the Court has rejected the challenge. Our society has nonetheless steadily moved to more humane methods of carrying out capital punishment" stated in the Baze