Cause And Effect Rough Draft
Jordan Graham
Jeannie Tice
English 1123, Comp II
28 January 2015
A Life for a Life
Capital punishment is a highly debated topic in the United States. The question that provokes the greatest response is should it be allowed. My view on capital punishment is that it should be thrown out completely. There are several different forms of capital punishment; the most common form in the United States is lethal injection. Other forms include: Electrocution, gas chamber, hanging and firing squad. I find all of these methods inhumane.
The death penalty hurts many Americans, not just the ones who are sentenced to death.
Economically, the death penalty is very expensive. Millions are taken from American taxes each year to fund these legal murders, according to the book, Wrongful Capital Convictions, and the
Legitimacy of the Death Penalty. It is hard to imagine that this could cost millions each year, but there are many variables one must factor in. According to the Death Penalty Information
Center, there are six causes for the large amounts of money used on capital punishment. These causes are as follows: Legal costs, pre-trial costs, jury selection, trial, incarceration and appeals.
All of these acts are what cause the millions of dollars to be taken from law abiding citizens. It is a slap in the face to tax payers. It is as if the government is saying, “Thank you for not committing a crime, but these people did and they cannot afford council or anything else, so we need you to pay all of their expenses.
Each Year, in the United States, there are more than thirty-five percent of the death penalty cases that end in wrongful conviction. These wrongful convictions can be due to lack of evidence, false witness statements or tainted juries. By the time the new evidence arises or someone’s conscience gets to them, it is too late. The sentence has already been carried out. No amount of apologies or money can make up for the life that was wrongfully taken. Had the death
penalty
Jeannie Tice
English 1123, Comp II
28 January 2015
A Life for a Life
Capital punishment is a highly debated topic in the United States. The question that provokes the greatest response is should it be allowed. My view on capital punishment is that it should be thrown out completely. There are several different forms of capital punishment; the most common form in the United States is lethal injection. Other forms include: Electrocution, gas chamber, hanging and firing squad. I find all of these methods inhumane.
The death penalty hurts many Americans, not just the ones who are sentenced to death.
Economically, the death penalty is very expensive. Millions are taken from American taxes each year to fund these legal murders, according to the book, Wrongful Capital Convictions, and the
Legitimacy of the Death Penalty. It is hard to imagine that this could cost millions each year, but there are many variables one must factor in. According to the Death Penalty Information
Center, there are six causes for the large amounts of money used on capital punishment. These causes are as follows: Legal costs, pre-trial costs, jury selection, trial, incarceration and appeals.
All of these acts are what cause the millions of dollars to be taken from law abiding citizens. It is a slap in the face to tax payers. It is as if the government is saying, “Thank you for not committing a crime, but these people did and they cannot afford council or anything else, so we need you to pay all of their expenses.
Each Year, in the United States, there are more than thirty-five percent of the death penalty cases that end in wrongful conviction. These wrongful convictions can be due to lack of evidence, false witness statements or tainted juries. By the time the new evidence arises or someone’s conscience gets to them, it is too late. The sentence has already been carried out. No amount of apologies or money can make up for the life that was wrongfully taken. Had the death
penalty