Death Penalty
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THESIS: Is the death penalty right or wrong? Advocates for the death penalty and abolitionist against the death penalty have debated this issue since the inception of capital punishment. Advocates supporting foundation for the death penalty is that it is deterrence because it prevents future murders; and that in the death penalty serves as retribution because in a just society, if someone takes a life then they should give their life. Abolitionist is against the death penalty because they feel it is immoral, applied unfairly and serves to sanction revenge instead of retribution.
I. The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder
A. The death penalty is immoral
B. Application of the death penalty is fairly applied II. The Death Penalty Does Deter Murder
A. Capital punishment is morally justified III. Many Countries Have Abolished the Death Penalty
II. Conclusion
The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder
The death penalty is not a successful tool for deterring murder because people commit murder for different reasons and they do not think about the death penalty before committing their crime. “Most murders are crimes of passion or anger, or committed by drug or alcohol addicts. Even in cases of premeditated murder, the person does not consider the death penalty because they do no plan on getting caught”. There are no valid facts to support advocates for the death penalty theory that murder is deterred by death penalty; there is really more evidence to support that this is not true.
The Death Penalty Is Immoral
Capital punishment is a brutal act and is a remnant of the past days of slavery; branding and other forms of corporal punishments were common occurrences. Just like slavery and branding, the death penalty has no place in a cultured and educated society. I do not oppose the death penalty because I have concern for convicted murders, because their crimes show a total lack of respect for human life. For this reason alone, I feel that just
THESIS: Is the death penalty right or wrong? Advocates for the death penalty and abolitionist against the death penalty have debated this issue since the inception of capital punishment. Advocates supporting foundation for the death penalty is that it is deterrence because it prevents future murders; and that in the death penalty serves as retribution because in a just society, if someone takes a life then they should give their life. Abolitionist is against the death penalty because they feel it is immoral, applied unfairly and serves to sanction revenge instead of retribution.
I. The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder
A. The death penalty is immoral
B. Application of the death penalty is fairly applied II. The Death Penalty Does Deter Murder
A. Capital punishment is morally justified III. Many Countries Have Abolished the Death Penalty
II. Conclusion
The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder
The death penalty is not a successful tool for deterring murder because people commit murder for different reasons and they do not think about the death penalty before committing their crime. “Most murders are crimes of passion or anger, or committed by drug or alcohol addicts. Even in cases of premeditated murder, the person does not consider the death penalty because they do no plan on getting caught”. There are no valid facts to support advocates for the death penalty theory that murder is deterred by death penalty; there is really more evidence to support that this is not true.
The Death Penalty Is Immoral
Capital punishment is a brutal act and is a remnant of the past days of slavery; branding and other forms of corporal punishments were common occurrences. Just like slavery and branding, the death penalty has no place in a cultured and educated society. I do not oppose the death penalty because I have concern for convicted murders, because their crimes show a total lack of respect for human life. For this reason alone, I feel that just
Cited: http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/student/c/about/arguments/argument4a. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-and-without-death-penalty http://users.rcn.com/mwood/deathpen.html The Death Penalty Has Not Been Proven to Deter Murder" by Jeremy J. Collins. The Ethics of Capital Punishment. Christine Watkins, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven Press, 2011. Jeremy J. Collins, "Death Penalty No Deterrent to Murder," The Carrboro Citizen, July 19, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by The Carrboro Citizen. Reproduced by permission June 27, 2007 - David B. Muhlhausen, PhD Apr. 9, 2007 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)