Robert Kiener Death Penalty Analysis

The article “Death Penalty” by Robert Kiener gives the public a summary of what the people think about the death penalty and why is should or should not be allowed. This article starts by saying how the Boston Marathon bomber started up the debate about the death penalty being or not being allowed again and how less of the people who used to support the death penalty now no longer support it any more. Then, Robert writes that Nebraska is thinking about stopping the death penalty and how it would be interesting to see the result this will have on the people. Afterword’s Robert talks about how much the death penalty cost and the money that could be saved if stopped, there is also the fact of innocent people being accused of crimes they have not commented in the past. Next, it states how death sentences have been going down anyways and put on hold because of
But so is Life without Parole.” by Stephen Lurie talks about how the death penalty should not be allowed and how there is better ways to handle crimes. This article starts off by saying how the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment which and draws more attention to the criminal than just staying put in a prison cell. Then, Stephen goes on and says how being on death row is punishment enough and is worse than the death sentence itself. Next, the Stephen talks about how being on death row starts to put inmates into depression and starts to make them go insane, and that the suicide rate of people on death row is higher than any other form of suicide, which is why getting the death sentence is completely inhumane. We also read that people who are sentenced to death are treated horribly and cruelly when they are in prison that being sentenced to life in prison, so might as well replace the death sentence. Finally, Stephen ends the article by saying how inmates are treated so horribly, and they might as well settle for a lesser evil and stop the death