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Although many people believe that the death penalty is needed to deter crimes, supply retribution for murderers, and bring satisfaction to the victim’s families, administering death is immoral, costly, a violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments, and has room for error. ... Also, on average 4 innocent people each year are sent to death row and the cost of every execution is 3. ...
Supporters of the death penalty claim that the threat of executions prevents capital crimes more effectively than the threat of life imprisonment, even though it is shown that states with the death penalty do not have lower rates of criminal homicides than states without the death penalty. This claim seems valid, but there are a few reasons why the death penalty fails as a deterrent for capital crimes. First, only a small proportion of first- degree murders are sentenced to death, and even fewer are executed. ... Furthermore, if severe punishments like the death penalty were able to deter a crime, than the threat of life imprisonment would cause any rational person not to commit these crimes (Bedau, 1992). There have also been many cases where the death penalty actually incited the capital crimes. ...
In the past, and even currently, unfairness of delivering the death penalty has also occurred.
Approximate Word count = 1023
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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