Essays on Death Penalty

In the 1972 Supreme Court case Furman v. Georgia, two of the most comprehensive arguments in opposition to the death penalty were made by Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall. Brennan’s argument centered on three elements. First, simple because the death penalty was used from the birth of the nation to the present, did not mean that the nation could never abolish it (Tabak, 1991). A modern proof of Brennan’s argument here is that while the death penalty was historically a common punishment in societies across the world, today 140 countries have abolished the death penalty in ...

What are the similarities and differences between the trial of Jesus and Socrates?

Similarities Both Jesus and Socrates had defied the then establishment and both the trials took place publicly. During the trials, there was a view in favour of showing leniency but the public revolted against the jury and demanded the death penalty. Finally, the jury had to give in to the demand of the majority. Both Jesus and Socrates were given the chance to justify their acts and convince the jury. This was mandated by the legal proceedings. Both were accused of blasphemy. Socrates was charged with dishonouring the Greek’s God, while Jesus was accused of being made himself ...

Should the juveniles be executed?

Today, we can see a greater incidence of juvenile delinquencies. There are a lot of factors that contribute to this type of crime when underage adolescents commit violent crimes. Without these factors, most of the people would never break a law. Most of them take their roots in their early childhood when they were exposed to abuse from the parent’s side or were bullied at school. Of course, two different people can come from the same environment. There are a lot of biological and psychological factors such as nervous diseases, endocrine disorders, physical exuberance and even lack of ...

Civil Liberties and Social Responsibility

In 2002, as reported by The New York Times, the Bush administration approved a presidential bill giving the National Security Agency (NSA) the power to track, listen to, and intercept without a warrant the local and international communications (e.g. emails, phone calls) of a vast number of American citizens. Sooner or later, the scheme expanded to involve a certain extent of 'internal controls' (ACLU, 2015, para 2), yet there was no mention of mandating warrants specified under the foreign intelligence surveillance laws. This surveillance program has penetrated and invaded almost all of the communications technologies and networks that the ...

Through the ages punishment as a sociocultural phenomenon has changed its aim and methods; however, the main meaning to community hardly transformed. In some cases, this stage is the only one key chance to get free, prove the innocence by acting on someone’s behalf. However, in the modern world people, as their ancestors, sometimes refuse to renounce their commitments.

Historical context

History of the human world offers a great number of cases, when people were protecting themselves in front of judges, juries and victims, but still unwilling to forsake their beliefs. Nicolaus Copernicus, Timothy Cole and, especially Socrates, are the ...

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McElwee (2013) avers that the United States must overthrow the legal bases for the imposition of the death penalty. The system, according to McElwee, is not only crude; it is expensive, impotent, and biased. The primary objective of the criminal justice system is to prevent criminal activities, restore convicted criminals, and restrain indurated criminals. Psychologically speaking, being sent to prison for life attains these goals better than the imposition of the death penalty. A life sentence is an actual and effective deterrent; incarceration allows for the restoration of the offender; when the criminal is sentenced to death, ...

No legal topic remains as controversial as the death penalty. The continued use of the death penalty divides the nation on some of the most fundamental moral and political debates. While the death penalty is a form of punishment that has been around since he dawn of time, many people question whether the use of the death penalty is compatible with modern society. The death penalty also raises some interesting constitutional concerns. There is widespread belief that the death penalty is not administered in a fair and impartial manner, which would mean that some groups of people are disproportionately ...

Social movements being collective activities and efforts used by certain groups of people or institutions and organizations to bring about desired social change in the society have been in existence in the US and other parts of the world since time immemorial. The most notable ones are the civil rights movements in the beginning of the 18 century and industrial revolution period (Snow, Soule & Kriesi 26). These social movements make use of a variety of strategies to recruit their members ranging from social networks to collective identity. They play a significant role in mobilizing social, economic and political change ...

There are several myths concerning the application of the death row inmates in cases of serious crimes. Such myths can make the population confused. One of the myths about the death row is that many countries use this kind of punishment. However, in reality, the majority of countries, including almost all European countries, declined such way of punishment. The United States is the only western democratic state that uses the capital sentence as a form of punishment of offenders. Another myth regarding the death warrant concerns what many people believe that the capital punishment can prevent new crimes and ...

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Phillip K. Dick) – Air Raid (John Varley). ‘We Can Remember It for You Wholesale’ is a futuristic short story written by Phillip K. Dick, centered on the concept of memory manipulation. It takes on the undiscovered fields of new age science. The concepts involved in the short story are so complex and underdeveloped even in this age and time. But still the author immaculately and ostentatiously nails his narrative. In the same sense, ‘Air Raid’ written by John Varley, seems to be the perfect match for the pairing. Both these short stories ...

Introduction

There has always been a debate over the constitutionality of the death penalty and questions if the punishment is against the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments of the Bill of Rights. Many criticize the punishment for being against the Eighth and the Fourteenth amendments as it can be categorized as a cruel and unusual punishment. The Congress or legislature of any state can prescribe the use of the death penalty, for criminal activities such as murder and other capital criminal activities. The Supreme Court has already decided that the death penalty does not violate the 14th and 8th amendments. But, ...

The Supreme Court of the United States has frequently participated in the concepts of judicial activism and judicial restraint. Many courts have been known to be either strictly activist or strictly restraint. However, recent history shows that nine justices in a single term can use activism in one case and restraint in another. Judicial restraint occurs when the justices rely more heavily on past case law and legal interpretations already presented when making decisions. While judicial activism occurs when justices go beyond interpretations and lean more toward personal preferences and current political trends in rendering decisions. Predicting which theory ...

The juvenile justice system was created to treat and rehabilitate juvenile offenders. As a result, policies and court decisions tend to reflect this goal. In this essay, three of the most important court cases regarding the juvenile justice system will be discussed. The first examines when a juvenile can be tried as an adult, and what steps must first be taken in the juvenile court. The second court case looks at what mitigating factors must be considered when sentencing a 16 or 17-year-old offender to capital punishment. The third case will look into whether 16 or 17-year-old offenders receiving ...

Part 1

The death penalty in the United States is, clearly, a very divisive issue. Although the proponents and opponents of the practice are commonly split down party lines, the ethics and morals of capital punishment are very gray areas for many people; very few individuals have clear, black and white views on capital punishment in the United States. This is good in some ways, and bad in others; it means that there is common ground to find between people who disagree on the efficacy of the death penalty. However, it also means that there are many different nuances that can ...

Punic Wars are series of wars in the III-II centuries BC between Rome and Carthage for the influence over the Mediterranean Sea. It has ended by complete victory of Rome and the destruction of Carthage State. By the mid-260's BC Roman Republic finally took control of the Apennine Peninsula. Further expansion of Roman Republic has made it inevitable war with the Carthage the a powerful state in the North Africa that has controlled a large territory of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and major sea routes in the western Mediterranean. Relations between Rome and Carthage for a long have been friendly. ...

There are many books on the American prison system. Nearly all of these cite the negative aspects of the American prison system, including the safety of the staff from the prisoners, the treatment of prisoners, etc. However, some literatures also point out the advantages the prison system can have on the imprisoned individuals and, consequently, the society at large. This paper reviews two of these literatures that argue out these sides of the debate: Robert Johnson’s Hard Time, Understanding and Reforming the Prison (more of a supporting voice) and Billy Wayne Sinclair and Jodie Sinclair’s A Life ...

The political parties in the U.S. differ in the planks of their platforms differ in a number of ways. For instance, Libertarian Party (LP), California Democratic (CD), Green Party (GP) on the issue of civil rights, endorsed equal rights for all citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age and political preference (Libertarian Party Platform 7: Burton 11: Greens Party, “Platform of the Greens”). In this regard, these political parties support same-sex marriages. Additionally, boycotts and other free market solutions are advocated for under the planks of the LP. However, the Republican Party (RP) is against same-sex marriages ...

Capital punishment has always been a controversial issue. In 1791, before the French Revolution. Maximillian Robespierre delivered a speech arguing against the death penalty. A few years later he led the Reign of Terror, and organized mass executions, which exemplifies the way capital punishment is often politicized and used for specific agendas, rather than as a form of rational punishment. Today, in the U.S., recent technological advancements, including DNA testing, has exonerated inmates on death row. There is a racial and socioeconomic element to the debate, because more inmates on Death Row are poor minorities. Some highly publicized cases ...

In the most unlikely places are literary themes that are eerily similar. Such is the case for “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” In Cold Blood, and “The Crucible,” a poem by Oscar Wilde, a novel by Truman Capote, and a play by Arthur Miller, respectively. Although each of these pieces of literature deal with different time periods and different experiences, each discusses the darkness inside the human soul, the piercing reality of very banal, human evil that burns inside most people. While Capote’s characters chase the ghost of a murderer around a complex, interwoven plot, Miller’s characters fight against a corrupt, hysterical system ...

Speech 1: Informational Speech:

In the wake of the economic crash of 2008, one of the industries that was hardest hit was the US automobile industry. In particular need of help were the 'Big Three' US car companies - Ford, GM, and Chrysler - who faced bankruptcy and complete collapse. Dubbed 'too big to fail' along with many big US banks, the United States government ended up giving them substantial bailouts (in the order of $50 million) in order to revive those companies, and the industry in general. The result was an incredibly large investment of the federal government in private businesses, allotting ...

1. The purposes of punishment

Any reasonable human action have to pursue a specific goal, otherwise you can call it meaningless. The objectives largely determine the ways, methods and means of achieving them. These provisions relate entirely to the objectives of criminal penalties, which have a strong, often a determining influence on all the criminal law. So, if the main objective of punishment - retribution declare, the wages of crime, respectively, the most popular sanction should be the death penalty. Wither away as useless institutions such as probation, prescription of criminal liability, exemption from criminal liability and punishment, and so on. The main objectives of penalties in domestic ...

The Hare Psychopathy Checklists-Revised refers to a test that uses twenty question to assess and identify whether the offender is psychopathic or not. The checklist has twenty question with each possessing a maximum of two pointscore (0, 1, 2), totalling up to forty points. An individual is assessed according the score he or she attained. This method has been increasingly used globally to by various judges and courts to test whether prisoners the extent of his or her mental illness before releasedor given a court judgement. The scores varies that an individual offender can obtain to be sentenced a death penalty varies from ...

The death penalty was introduced in America through the common law brought by the British (Garland et. al., 2011). Indeed the British carried out the death penalty in America during the colonial era. When America gained independence, the death penalty was transplanted to the laws of the independent America. Though it was not expressly provided for, they were arguments that since the Eighth Amendment only prohibits unusual and cruel punishments, it does not disallow death penalty. Accordingly, there were several instances of death penalties imposed.

The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the death sentence in the case ...

White, Deborah. “Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty” Retrieved from http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.answers.reader-comments.php?questionID=1324

Deborah White in her article “Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty” said in her research that in 1972, the United States Supreme Court effectively nullified the death penalty converting the death sentences of hundreds of death row inmates to life in prison. But in 1976, another Supreme Court ruling found capital punishment to be constitutional and since then up to June of 2009, 1,167 persons were executed. Amnesty International spoke out against the death penalty stating that it is the ultimate denial of human ...

QUESTION 1

Mary is a Conscientious Moral Agent. Identify a moral argument or arguments that Mary can apply in this case. Use the facts of this case to explain the moral reasoning and moral principle(s) that Mary applies in this case.

ANSWER: Given the condition in which Mary was in, it is important that she addresses the situation as impartial as she can be. In this particular case, she should therefore forget that she is the mother of one of the students in the place of employment of one of their patients in the hospital who was having psychological health issues. ...

Specific Purpose: To Persuade the audience on the legalization of Capital Punishment.

Attention Step: It is the night of 16 July 1978 in Oklahoma City. Rodger Dale Stafford, his spouse, Verna Stafford and his brother Harold Stafford entered the Sirloin Stockade meat locker and cruelly shot and killed 6 people, 4 of them being under the age of 18 (Banner, 2003). It was barely a month after the trio shot a family of three in North Dakota. Stafford’s wife pretended to be stranded lured the Lorenz Family. Verna Shot Melvin after failing to part with all his money. Linda, Melvin’s wife was shot by Harold and Roger as she ...

The death penalty arrived at after a decision by a judicial process to execute someone as a punishment for breaking the law. In some cases this form of punishment is referred to as capital punishment based on the fact that the crimes which are punished this way are called capital offences. The term capital on its part comes from a Latin word ‘capitalis’ which when directly translated means ‘regarding the head’. This is why the earliest form of capital punishment was mainly beheading or hanging. However there has been criticism regarding this form of punishment based on the philosophy that no ...

The topic on capital punishment, particularly death penalty remains debatable. In fact, different people have different opinions on death penalty and as such it is widely debated. The main question that arises is, “Should people be sentenced to death?” The topic, therefore, has two contrasting sides. Whereas some people view death penalty as inhuman and a violation of human rights, other also have enough reasons to justify death penalty. As such, there is an endless debate on whether or not death penalty is the right thing to do. This paper presents an argumentative essay providing reasons for and against ...

Following the American Psychologists Association’s Guidelines

The case in question, that of the Carr Brothers, involved two siblings Reginald and Jonathan, with a long history of criminal activities having killed and sexually abused five young men and women. A sixth woman, who survived a gunshot wound to her head, and walked a mile in the snow to seek help. She succumbed to her wound later, and before death gave her evidence against the brothers.

The Wichita Court sentenced them to death. According to the sixth amendment to the US Constitution, there must be -“ In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public ...

There is a consistency between the need to kill a loved one’s murderer and that of being against capital punishment. Said consistency finds basis in the emotional involvement of the news recipient in the matter at hand. In addition, their ability to think rationally when faced by the circumstances plays a role in the level upon which everyone acts on their emotions. The idea of losing a loved one because of natural causes or an accident is hard for every person to process. However, having a life of one’s loved one taken in the hands of a murderer is even harder, if not ...

A popular saying goes “to err is human” which has been proven true in many instances that human beings are generally fallible. People can be wrong but contrary to many skeptics arguments, their fallibility shows that not only would they be wrong, but can also be right. Being wrong does not only carry the possibility of one being right, but implies that often he/she is. Fallibility is a mark of objectivity as it shows there is no standard other than oneself which determines what is right or wrong. Most people can be wrong in given instances but that does ...

Amnesty International. (2013, Nov 14). Abolish the Death Penalty. Retrieved Nov 3, 2014, from http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty This is an Amnesty International website, which comprises information about the practice of capital punishment across the world. With executions having increased by 15% in the year 2013 compared to the previous year, Amnesty International calls for a worldwide moratorium and subsequent abolition of the practice. This source gives a perspective into the issue, including statistics drawn from across the world as against just the United States. The information is both authoritative (since it is founded on solid research and evidence). The information on this ...

Furman v. Georgia

In the above case, the U.S. Supreme Court found for the first time that the death penalty in this case was unconstitutional. The petitioner William Henry Furman was committing a burglary in a home when his weapon accidentally killed a resident therein. Georgia court convicted Furman for murder and awarded death sentence. Along with this, two other cases Jackson v Georgia and Branch v Texas that awarded death sentence for rape were decided by the Supreme Court on the question whether death sentence in these cases constituted cruel and unusual punishment violating Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ...

Introduction to Part II

Welcome to Part II of the Research Assignment for HIST 105. In Part I you used contemporary primary sources (an e-newspaper article) and tertiary sources (encyclopedias) to help select and learn about your chosen contemporary issue. You analyzed these sources, learned how to properly cite such sources, and used them to create initial research questions. In Part II, you will begin to investigate the historical roots of that contemporary issue using secondary sources. More specifically, you'll be locating a monograph, or full-length book. After you've completed Part II, your instructor or your teaching assistant will reassess ...

Abstract

The existence and the application of the capital punishment have been a disputable matter in the developed countries for many years. The legislation of the European Union (EU) banns the death penalty in all member countries except three ones like Belarus where the last death punishment was carried out in 2014. The capital punishment is still applied in the United Stated where the attitude towards it is contradictory. The partisans of both opinions point out moral and constitutional considerations as well as the effects in deterrence, retribution, irrevocable mistakes, cost of death v. life in prison, income level and attorney ...

The criminal justice system have sought to instill peace and order to society. A careful evaluation of methods to deter crime, seek retribution, and impose punishment is through the imposition of the death penalty. Statistics from Amnesty International revealed that some countries still actively implement capital punishment. The countries that continue to execute inmates, in descending order, were disclosed as follows: “China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, USA and Somalia” (Haddou, 2014, par. 2). There are people, groups, or nations that support capital punishment; while others contest the death penalty for specifically identified reasons. The current discourse ...

There is a clear distinction between killing and allowing to die. Killing is a process that involves taking actions that will directly lead to the death of an individual. These steps are often taken with knowledge of their consequences. Allowing to die is a term that can be used to describe a number of scenarios. At the request of a patient, the physician can allow the patient to die due to the dyer medical condition of the patient in question. This situation can also involve the physician not taking any actions that will prevent the death of the patient thus in essence the physician ...

Humanities are a wide field of research. Every field of the topic can have ethical issues. This essay is aimed at revealing two fields of humanities tightened together by one ethnic issue. In the paper, I will reveal such topics as death penalty in law and euthanasia in medicine. Both issues are rather discussible and significant to solve. Many scientists argue that neither euthanasia, nor death penalty should be implemented and used in the modern society. On one hand, euthanasia is killing innocent people. On the contrary, death penalty is killing criminals. However, there is a factor that unites both ...

Question 1

Should private prisons be used as a way to reduce prison overcrowding? Why, or why not? What do you feel should be done to help mitigate prevention of prison overcrowding? Provide detailed examples, and explain why these would benefit the corrections system.

Response 1

Yes, private prisons should be used to reduce prison overcrowding. In 2006, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an Emergency Proclamation that authorized the state of California to transfer prisoners to private-out-of-state prisons . The transfer of some inmates to private prisons mitigates prevention of prison overcrowding and it benefits the correction system; however, to the families and friends ...

Question One: Four Modern Sentencing Options

Sentences are punishments for convicted defendants. The prescription of punishments for crimes is found in both federal and state statutes. There are four traditional sanctions that can be imposed in the modern criminal justice system are; the death penalty, imprisonment, probation, and fines. They are discussed in the ensuing sections.

Death Penalty, this is the most extreme sentence option. In the United States, 38 states have laws that can impose capital punishment. Majority of these states use lethal injection while some use electrocution to end the life of the accused. The death penalty is usually reserved for very serious ...

The article of Berman and Fox (2009) presented the history of D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Research Education) program, and the main objective of the program which is to prevent drug addiction among the youth. For this study, the police officers were required to undergo trainings in order to lead educational sessions in local schools. The main purpose of the program is to educate young children of the long-term impact of teen drug abuse. The study revealed that those teens coming from suburban towns are more prone to be lured to drug addiction.

The problem or issue presented in this article ...

Introduction

This paper examines and discusses issues surrounding the current situation regarding capital punishment in Japan, where execution by hanging is still practiced, despite a number of expressed concerns. Japan is in a minority of the world’s countries still exercising the option of capital punishment. According to Rogers (Apr 2013), “there are nearly five times as many countries not executing prisoners as those that do in 2012.” The issue is not simply whether Japan should continue to use the death penalty, but also includes the way it treats prisoners on “Death Row” – those awaiting execution.

Although it is ...

Introduction

Imposition of the death penalty as a legal form of punishment has been practiced in America since the early colonial times, when the concept was imported by the colonists from Great Britain (Malik & Holdsworth, 2014, p.693). The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the published views and opinions offered by various authors on the death penalty and it’s use as a punishment in today’s America.

The Research

Public Support: An important consideration is whether use of the death penalty currently has public support across the nation. According to Malik & Holdsworth (p.706), such support “reached an all-time high in ...

Torture can be defined as “an action of inflicting immense pain to a person as a punishment or for the pleasure of the one inflicting pain, or by forcing them to act or say something” (Costanzo 179). Therefore torture in any manner, physical or psychological, is dehumanization to both the victim and to the person responsible. Torture can put lifetime physical and mental scar on the victim. Some of the psychological effects of torture include; memory loss, insomnia, post trauma stress disorder, depression, and nightmares. Sullivan notes that for the perpetrator, torture can lead to stress, and a great decline in ethics ...

Death penalty in USA is applicable to many state crimes and it stretches from espionage, federal murder, human trafficking, Treason, and large-scale drug trafficking. Military too execute soldiers who involve themselves in intolerable crimes. In USA, the Federal Bureau of Prisons manages execution and housing prisoners.

Should Grady receive the death penalty?

I would not suggest Grady be executed. Though death sentence in any Nation universally taken to punish the culprits and reduce crime rate, it is not just at all punishing them less harshly. Death sentences are to extinct the murderers rather than correction them and be a resource to the community. In a way, the ...

DOES THE DEATH PENALTY’S DETERRENT VALUE OUTWEIGH ITS NEGATIVE FACTORS, AS THE POSSIBILITY OF ERROR AND THE INCREASED EXPENSE WHEN COMPARED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT? DO YOU THINK THAT THE DEATH PENALTY HAS BEEN APPLIED IN A RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY MANNER? SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS

Socrates was famously executed by the state for corrupting the youth and although he had the opportunity to escape his fate he chose to stay because he felt that he owed his life to his government because in those times the Grecian government basically fed and clothed you, so it stands to reason you might owe a ...

Introduction

Despite the many advances that Americans have made in the issue of civil rights for minorities, there is still a long way to go toward addressing the systemic and institutionalized inequalities minorities experience. Observing the criminal justice system of the United States and its systemic discrimination of minorities, it is clear that many obstacles still exist that unfairly burden African-Americans and other minorities in America. A large number of instances and research reports suggest that the American criminal justice system is biased and prejudiced while treating minorities as compared to whites. As a result, the intrinsic unfairness and discriminatory practices of ...

Ethics involves individuals making judgements on what is right or wrong. Various societies have a criminal justice system to ensure that people adhere to certain laws and regulations. It is fair to say that the criminal justice system is a cardinal pillar in the adherence to ethics by members of any society. The application of ethics is vital when people have to make decisions involving force, discretion and due process. Professionals in the criminal justice system can be easily tempted to abuse their power and act unethically. Engagement in unethical behavior by criminal justice professionals, leads to several problems bearing on ...

Twenty years ago, on the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh set off a bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. The attack represented a culmination of the domestic terrorism threat, and the beginning of the transformation the United States’ national security model that ended in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. It remains the worst domestic terror attack in the country’s history, and it came barely two years after the 1993 Twin Tower bombing that claimed six lives. The perpetrators, Terry Nichols, and Tim McVeigh met seven years earlier at ...

Introduction

Capital punishment has been used by many countries since time immemorial to punish people and bring justice in society. Death penalty as a form of punishment continues to elicit different opinions among many groups of people with the punishment receiving an almost equal measure of support and condemnation. The death penalty has been introduced in several states in the United States and whether this has succeeded in reducing crime is a debatable issue. Capital punishment has not been effective in reducing crime. The death penalty does not deter others from committing murder. The rates of homicides are consistently higher in states ...

Morality has been defined as “The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.” (thefreedictionary). The morality of capital punishment is a contested issue that frequently polarises people’s views. Nevertheless, in 2011 with the world moving towards global civilisation and human rights, it is arguable that it can never be acceptable to sentence an individual to death.

A chief argument against capital punishment is based around the value of life. Most people think human life to be of value and many abolitionists believe it to be so treasured that even the most ruthless murderers ...

There are differences on the correctional systems in different countries. For instance, some countries openly advocate for death sentence while others do not. For instance countries like Mozambique, Cape Verde, Namibia, Angola and south Africa have abolished death sentence for all crimes. Others which enable death sentence are In the US crime, for which the death sentence can be imposed include; murder related to smuggling of foreigners, murder as a result of a drug shoot-out, killing a congress member, murder associated with the transportation of explosives, among others.

Death sentence in the US serves two main purposes; “retribution” and “deterrence” ( ...

The movie, Valkyrie is one of the thriller movies that have attracted a wide perspective of audience. It has also attracted a wide perspective of criticism from various parts of the globe. This has been mainly as a result of the fact that its main plot portrays several incidences that occurred during Nazism in Germany, specifically during the reign of Hitler. One of the aspects of the movie that portrays Nazism in Germany is the use of Nazi sign or arm band among many military personnel and other elite group affiliated with Adolf Hitler. The Nazi sign or an arm band indicating a ...

Introduction

When it comes to sensitive issues that constantly divides the public even at the present, the topic regarding the death penalty would often spring to mind. This form of punishment was originally meant for those who have committed the highest form of treason known to man, but now became a socio-political issue that now raises the ire of many due to its somewhat “barbaric” notions. Opponents to the use of the death penalty indicate that it is a violation to moral and social stands, violating a man’s right to life. Supporters, on the other hand, highlight that its presence helps reduce ...

Throughout the history of policymaking, capital punishment has always been one of the most controversial and disputable issues. I am against this measure of punishment and I personally believe that death penalty is unnatural and wrong from the perspective of religious, moral, ethical, economic, and social aspects. In the first place, the existence of death penalty does not prevent or deter individuals from committing crimes. In fact, the statistic data proves that “for decades, murder has been more common in states with capital punishment than in those where it is not used. Data from 1973 to 1984 showed ...

The question of the death penalty was relevant in varying degrees throughout the whole history of world governments. However, one should not overestimate its importance in today's global environment, which is characteristic of many politicians, legislators and academics. Aristotle once said: "Only then can we know the essence of things, when you know their origins and development." Therefore, let’s start with a historical perspective. Historically, the death penalty is "evolved" from the ancient custom of blood feud that is existed in pre-state societies and is expressed in the formula "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." ...

PHILOSOPHIES OF THEORISTS;

Lombroso According to Lombroso, the prevention of crime is the unique trial which aims at decreasing victimization and prevent crimes and offenders. This is an application of the government with very specific policies to prevent and control the rate of crime while maintaining criminal justice and enforcing the law. Lombroso held that crime is basically a characteristic behavior to humanity. Lombroso also utilized the concepts basing on early eugenics, psychiatry as well as physiognomy to emphasize his opinion. He points out that criminality is an inherited behavior and someone who is born a criminal can easily be known by his ...

Sarah Roberts-Cady (2010) in her article “Against Retributive Justification of the Death Penalty,” argues that retributive justice does not justify capital punishment. The retributive theories give partial answers to issues of the death penalty and, therefore, cannot morally legitimize it. She argues that punishment that is equal to the crime committed is difficult to achieve. The reward for wrongdoing may never be near the level of the crime if one does not want to break the principles of morality. She claims that it is not fair for one to claim that sentencing a murderer to death by a lethal injection since ...

One of the most difficult aspects of modern society is how can law enforcement and the criminal justice system do to protect the public, punish the wrong-doers and make certain that those punishments are appropriate in severity for the crime committed. Issues of justice and ethics within the criminal justice system continue to be fought on a daily basis. Of course the ideal situation is, when a crime is committed the perpetrator is identified, arrested, they confess to the crime they committed, they have a trial, where his or her guilt is not doubted, they do their “time,” and we all move ...

Historical Roots

The adoption of the Constitution and enactment of the Bill of Rights was also the same period when death penalty became an accepted form of punishment in the United States. During such period, the correctional officers use the method of hanging the convicted criminal to carry out death sentences. This traditional method continued to be used until the mid 19th century. In the year 1890, The New York Legislature formed a commission and ordered them to discover the “most humane and practical method known to modern science of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases.” (Justia Supreme ...