Category: Death Penalty

The contemporary system of the death penalty in the United States is generally straightforward and does not advocate for the defendant. The crimes that have led to this kind of punishment are severe, and, therefore, one usually does not pay much attention to the background of the perpetrator (Ashford & Kupferberg, 2013). Nevertheless, for the…

Table of Contents Introduction Background Evidence Refutation Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The death penalty remains one of the most discussed topics in many countries, and the USA is no exception. This type of punishment is utilized in some states while other states have abolished the death penalty. Researchers, officials, victims, and offenders have many arguments…

Introduction In the modern democratic world, the notion of human rights and freedoms is fundamental. There is no law or regulation that allows one person to deprive another person of life. There are different forms of murders – self-defense murder, unintentional, and premeditated murder. Unintentional murders are punished with imprisonment for a number of years,…

Table of Contents Introduction The roots of the public support of the death penalty The associated implications The social indifference to the death penalty Psychological motives of the support of the death penalty The prospects of the abolition of the death penalty Conclusion Reference List Introduction In his article, Daniel LaChance analyzes the phenomenon of…

The use of capital punishment within the legal system is one of the highly contested issues in the United States and the world. The death penalty occurs when a person or individual gets punished by being put to death. Proponents of the death penalty argue that it helps in eliminating felons who are members of…

When discussing the death penalty, especially for juvenile perpetrators, three concepts are critical: justice, deterrence, and possibility of error. The capital punishment may be seen as just because it causes the same suffering on the criminal as he or she did on his or her victims. However, it also causes undue suffering on the criminal’s…

Serious criminals have usually imposed a death sentence. This type of punishment continues to exist, even nowadays. However, it seems completely irrelevant in a modern democratic and humanistic society. Let us consider issues arguing against corporal punishment. First, it violates the inherited right to life that is a fundamental principle of all other human rights,…

Table of Contents Abstract Death Penalty Abolition in the State of Illinois “Innocence Project”: Its Goals and Procedures Supreme Court Cases of Roper v. Simmons and Atkins v. Virginia The Case of Stanley Tookie Williams References Abstract Capital punishment has been one of the most controversial and commonly discussed subjects in the American justice system…

Table of Contents Summary of the Article Explanation Evaluation References The author of the article “What Will Doom the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment, Another Failed Government Program?” observes that four decades have passed since the death penalty was pronounced ineffective and unjust (LaChance, 2014). The increasing levels of crime in the United States encouraged more…

Table of Contents Introduction Benefits of the Death Penalty Conclusion References Introduction The death penalty is a judicial process of putting criminals to death. The death penalty is also referred to as capital punishment and is interpreted as a legal process of dealing with capital offenses (Nagin & Pepper 2012). The death penalty has emerged…