Death Penalty
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Death Penalty
The death penalty is a much debated topic in our society. There are many points of view some against and some in favor, but it doesn’t seem to get an agreement any time soon. The death penalty is the toughest sanction and the oldest in history. This consists on killing a person that was found guilty of breaking the law, usually of killing someone else.
There are thirty five (35) States with the death penalty, which are Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, California, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, Oregon, Virginia, Connecticut, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Kentucky, Nevada, South Carolina, Wyoming, plus U.S. Government, and U.S. Military. The other fifteen states without the death penalty are, Alaska, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, District of Columbia and New Mexico that become the latest state to outlaw the death penalty effective July 1, 2009. From the year 1994 there was 328 sentences to death penalty and last year dramatically has dropped to 106 death sentences.
People that are in favor of the death penalty believe in it because they think is better to terminate someone life for many reasons, one of them being able to eliminate the possibility of the person killing someone else and hurting another person. Also it will show the consequences of doing such a horrible act and will set an example for others to follow. Is another way to protect others people’s life’s and provide security for the citizens since there is a possibility the criminal will do the same thing again. Another issue is the people think is not fair to having to pay to keep all those criminals in jail for their rest of their lives. While they are in jail our tax money goes to provide...
The death penalty is a much debated topic in our society. There are many points of view some against and some in favor, but it doesn’t seem to get an agreement any time soon. The death penalty is the toughest sanction and the oldest in history. This consists on killing a person that was found guilty of breaking the law, usually of killing someone else.
There are thirty five (35) States with the death penalty, which are Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, California, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah, Colorado, Indiana, Montana, Oregon, Virginia, Connecticut, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Kentucky, Nevada, South Carolina, Wyoming, plus U.S. Government, and U.S. Military. The other fifteen states without the death penalty are, Alaska, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, District of Columbia and New Mexico that become the latest state to outlaw the death penalty effective July 1, 2009. From the year 1994 there was 328 sentences to death penalty and last year dramatically has dropped to 106 death sentences.
People that are in favor of the death penalty believe in it because they think is better to terminate someone life for many reasons, one of them being able to eliminate the possibility of the person killing someone else and hurting another person. Also it will show the consequences of doing such a horrible act and will set an example for others to follow. Is another way to protect others people’s life’s and provide security for the citizens since there is a possibility the criminal will do the same thing again. Another issue is the people think is not fair to having to pay to keep all those criminals in jail for their rest of their lives. While they are in jail our tax money goes to provide...