Death Penalty
DEATH PENALTY 1
ESL 151
12/12/2012
2 Committed crimes that can carry to the death penalty are known as capital crimes. Different kinds of crimes can be punished by the death penalty, such as rape, incest, murder and so on. Therefore, capital punishments have been used in many countries. Some people believe that death penalty needs to be applied in appropriate cases, and there are others who are against to the idea of death penalty under any circumstances. The United States remains in the minority of nations in the world that still uses death penalty for serious crimes. Many see the death penalty as violent act and against American values. Others see it as a very important tool against vicious planned murder. People who are against the death penalty have number of reasons. They feel that death penalty gives state to much power by applying death penalty unfairly to innocent people, the next reason is that the death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole and the last reason is that the death penalty is useless in a sense it doesn’t reduce the crime rate. The first main reason is that death penalty gives state too much power by applying death penalty unfairly to innocent people. Everyone has a right of self-defense. If someone is being threatened and there is an apparent danger against 3 them, showing lethal force may be the only way to protect someone’s life and the life of someone’s family, and if self-defense results in death, such as taking of a human life may be honorably justified. When the alleged criminal is
ESL 151
12/12/2012
2 Committed crimes that can carry to the death penalty are known as capital crimes. Different kinds of crimes can be punished by the death penalty, such as rape, incest, murder and so on. Therefore, capital punishments have been used in many countries. Some people believe that death penalty needs to be applied in appropriate cases, and there are others who are against to the idea of death penalty under any circumstances. The United States remains in the minority of nations in the world that still uses death penalty for serious crimes. Many see the death penalty as violent act and against American values. Others see it as a very important tool against vicious planned murder. People who are against the death penalty have number of reasons. They feel that death penalty gives state to much power by applying death penalty unfairly to innocent people, the next reason is that the death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole and the last reason is that the death penalty is useless in a sense it doesn’t reduce the crime rate. The first main reason is that death penalty gives state too much power by applying death penalty unfairly to innocent people. Everyone has a right of self-defense. If someone is being threatened and there is an apparent danger against 3 them, showing lethal force may be the only way to protect someone’s life and the life of someone’s family, and if self-defense results in death, such as taking of a human life may be honorably justified. When the alleged criminal is