Capital Punishment, Should It Or Should It Not Be Used In Today's Crim
Capital Punishment, Should It Or Should It Not Be Used In Today's Criminal
Judging System
While Capital Punishment has been one of the most feared things of our
time, it is still being questioned if it is unconstitutional. The Death Penalty
is being enforced in more than 100 countries in the world and are usually in
used in politically-related cases. Although it has been the case in many
countries throughout the world it has been said that the Death Penalty is "cruel
and unusual punishment" which is a direct violation to the Bill of Rights.
Capital Punishment is a certain copy of the earliest days of slavery, when you
had no rights or any different opinion, and like then, executions have no place
in our civilized society. The Death Penalty, throughout it's years of existence,
has always been against the views of the people, either because of it's
brutality or because of it's lack of effectiveness.
The Death Penalty has been opposed by the people since the beginning of
it's era, which was around 1976, when the United States Supreme Court declared
that the death penalty was not against the Constitution. But if read directly
the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution "prohibits cruel and unusual
punishments" and not only that but abolitionists also think that Capital
Punishment ensures Americans equality for all . The abolitionists also did a
poll which ensured that there was "no support for the view that the death
penalty provides a more effective deterrent to police homicides than alternative
sanctions. Not for a single year was evidence found that police are safer in
jurisdictions that provide for capital punishment" The highest homicide rates
were also in Death Penalty states with executions: 9.7 homicides per 100,000
people as compared to 5.1 in states without the Death Penalty . It has also
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