...I want to create more problem solving issues on Abortions, Death Penalty, and Drugs. As president, I am more concern for the people and only want to make these problems disappear or at least start to be resolved. I think abortions are unnecessary and if you cannot for any reason keep your child, it is a smart decision to put your child up for adaption and someone who wants to take care of them can have the opportunity to do so. I also think the death penalty is unnecessary because this is bringing murder upon a criminal who has done something bad. The death penalty should be eliminated and non existing. Last, I would like to change the ability of people consuming these dangerous drugs and how some drugs should and should not be illegal. First, Abortions should be illegal and demolished because having an abortion is very unnecessary. If a person don’t have the ability to take care of her baby, then it is best to put the baby up for adaption. I think the only reason for n abortion is if it is a serious or dangerous cause for the mother to not have the ability to have the baby. I also think that if a parent decide to have an abortion, it needs to be a limit on how many weeks the baby is in order to do so. Abortions cost approximately $300 to $800 dollars. I think the cost for an...
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...Capital Punishment Should Be Illegal Capital Punishment Should Be Illegal Capital punishment has been legal, illegal, and as of now is legal again, under certain circumstances and depending on the location. These circumstances can vary from state to state and the federal government may also decide they have grounds to seek capital punishment, even if the crime is in a state that doesn’t allow the death penalty. With such uncertainty about whether capital punishment should be legal or illegal, it is important to take a closer look at some of the reasons why it should be illegal which include; the risk of innocent people being executed, evidence of racial bias in regards to sentencing for the death penalty, and the cost of the death penalty in comparison to the cost of life in prison without parole. In the end you will see that an eye for an eye is not the answer. Bedau set out to provide the information to show why the death penalty should be illegal. Bedau started out looking at the questions that have caused argument throughout the years in regard to the death penalty. The questions he sought to answer were: Is the death penalty more of a deterrent than imprisonment, is there racial bias when it comes to administering the death penalty, what are the risk that someone who is innocent could be prosecuted, and what is the risk that someone who is convicted of a capital offense will commit again? During Bedau’s research to determine if capital punishment is no more of a deterrent...
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...allow the Death Penalty and 19 states that have banned the Death Penalty. The Death Penalty, also known as Capital Punishment, has been a topic that has been debated about whether it should be legal or if it should be banned for years. The Death Penalty is the punishment of execution, ordered to someone who commited a capital crime, like murder. There are many reasons as to why the Death Penalty should be legal but there are just as many reasons for why it should be banned. Death penalty should be legal because it gives closure to families that have been affected by those who have been convicted for a capital crime. In the article “Reform, Don't Repeal, the Death Penalty,” written by The Los Angeles...
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...know is illegal and could ensue death for themselves? Is someone else’s pain and misery worth your life? Would you want to know when your time was up? The death penalty should be illegal considering it is an act of murder, it is inhumane, and that person can be used for other, useful things within jail. Hundreds of thousands of people die each day. Planned or not, it happens. Murder, suicide, diseases, car accidents, or maybe even the death penalty. The death penalty costs tremendous amounts of money and resources, and it doesn’t seem to decrease criminal activity. If you think about it, how many people have been killed as a result of the death penalty? And still, how many people are committing crimes? It doesn’t scare people. Ballaro and Cushman say “Where the death penalty is allowed, it is often used in a racist manner”. As harsh as it sounds, what good is a dead body? There are many of jobs nobody wants. Pressing license plates, military can always use more help, truck driver, etc. Nobody wants these jobs, they want the money and/ or benefits that come with the jobs. If someone has committed a crime, they definatly do not deserve to have a high paying job but if nobody is wanting to take them they could occupy the jobs and be paid minimum ways or even nothing depending on how bad the crime was. Many people have been murdered as a result of the death penalty. That person may have been killed for killing someone else. How is this fair? It is murder. Murder is illegal, why should...
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...DEATH PENALTY Is the death penalty really the best way to deal with things? The death penalty has a lot of negatives to it like: costs money, it doesn’t decrease actual crime, it is just another word for revenge, and people can turn out to be wrongfully convicted. Also, it would be easy to just use the death penalty; the criminals would kind of be getting out of the punishment. Time is a more affective and a better solution when dealing with crime. The death penalty costs money on the states and the tax payers, in fact it costs around two million per case. That much money just to kill someone, is it even worth the price? The death penalty actually costs more than keeping prisoners locked up. The cost of the death penalty is just too much to put on the tax payers, they pay enough already. You would think that if the crime committers knew about that death penalty, that they would actually stop doing the crime. In all actuality, the death penalty has not shown any decrease in crime or murder rates. Putting the law up, really won’t change much at all, you can’t stop the criminals from doing what they want to do. "Retribution is just another word for revenge, and the desire for revenge is one of the lowest human emotions…” Even if you try to get rid of the evil, purposely killing is actually an evil-like action. Even if they were in the wrong as well, “two wrongs do not make a right.” The quote, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” is just another word for revenge. Revenge...
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...ENGL103-X-1301A-08: Composition: Writing and Research Phase 2 IP Jared Morgan January 21, 2013 Prisoners given the death penalty cost the state four times more than prisoners who serve life sentences. This question doesn’t say which state to analyze so I will choose California. Also, the question is rather tricky and one could be caught putting their own opinions into their answer rather than stating facts. The facts are that sentencing a prisoner to death rather than life does cost the state more. I have found through the research of Judge Arthur Alarcon and Prof. Paula Mitchell, who conducted this research in 2011 and updated it in 2012, the death penalty has cost California $4 billion since 1978. These costs were due to pre trials, trials, appeals, state habeas corpus petitions, federal habeas corpus appeals and costs of incarceration. If the governor commuted the rest of the sentences to life without parole, California would save $170 million per year. Studies from the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice web site show “The cost of a system which imposes a maximum penalty of lifetime incarceration instead of the death penalty would be $11.5 million per year.”(2088) In conclusion, facts show that the death penalty actually costs the state over four times the cost of life time prisoners. Violent video games lead to an increase in crime. Studies show that violent video games lead to an increase in crime. This is actually very shocking to...
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...DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING SHOULD BE ABOLISHED General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about why death penalty should be abolished Organisational Pattern : Topical Order Central Idea : Drug trafficking is indeed detrimental but it should be abolished because there’s a better alternative to it INTRODUCTION I. A lady folded her new clothes and placed them neatly at the head of her bed. Then, she made a green bean soup while placing her Mcdonald’s burger on the stool. She didn’t eat that night. Instead, she spent the night talking to her friends and singing religious songs. That was how Donggui, a lady from China spent her night before undergoing a death penalty the next day II. Drug trafficking is indeed a heinous crime to commit but it would be unfair to subject the traffickers to a death penalty because there’s a better alternative to it III. I have made a thorough research on drug trafficking and the impact of the imposition of death penalties IV. For this topic, I will elaborate on what drug trafficking is, why death penalty should be abolished and what’s a better alternative to death penalty (Transition : Let me begin with enlightening you with what drug trafficking is) BODY I. What is drug trafficking? A. According to section 2 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, drug trafficking is the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of any dangerous drug without any authority 1. The laws relating...
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...Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Death Penalty I remember watching the movie Dead Man Walking; it was about this man named Matthew Poncelet who allegedly raped a girl and killed a teenage boy. Poncelet pleaded not guilty, but was convicted as a murderer and put on death row. He asked for several appeals stating that Carl Vitello, the man he was with at the time, was the one that should be at fault. Poncelet seems very convincing that it wasn’t him, but at the end, the courts had enough evidence to grant Poncelet the retribution of execution. The movie has me questioning America’s justice system; what if someone was actually innocent? Is it right to kill someone as a consequence for their wrong doing? To some, it seems like the right thing to do. If someone breaks the rules you simply punish them. But how should we carry out these punishments? When eight-year-old Billy steals a candy bar from Seven Eleven, you can bet that one of the parents will deliver some whippings. In Texas, when I was in elementary school, I started a fight, and as a result I got sent to the principal’s office and received three licks with a paddle. So where do we draw the line? At a higher level, what happens to me if I kill someone? Since the beginning of time, societies in almost every culture and background have used capital punishment or physical chastisement as a consequence for the killing of others. But, we shouldn’t be doing this anymore; life is too valuable. Even though some people...
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...Since the birth of our country, Capital Punishment has become much more humane than hanging a person by a rope. The idea of death itself still brings a huge controversy in the mind of many Americans. Is the death penalty moral? Should two rights make a wrong? Democrats are the more compassionate party and tend to disagree with the idea of capital punishment. The republicans on the other hand tend to follow the Judo/Christian bible and believe an eye for an eye is the right approach to the death penalty. Most of them strongly support Capital Punishment and will push for the enforcement of it. That’s why in most Republican states (Texas) the death penalty is still allowed. Once again the Green Party seems to lean to the same side as democrats but in a more radical way. They want to “Abolish the death penalty” at all costs and focus much more on crime prevention then giving harsh sentences such as the death...
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...What is the death penalty? Its prisoners being sentenced to death for their crimes. Prisoners aren’t put to death as much as they were back in the day. We believe the death penalty is needed because, it keeps prisoners from rotting in jail there whole life. Another reason is an eye for an eye. The last reason is that it will lower the crime rate. People think that the death penalty is bad saying it’s morally wrong and no one deserves it. The truth is, it is right. People should have to pay for what they have done. Why sentence a guy to life in prison when you could just give him the death penalty instead. It keeps prisons from getting full and keeps them from wasting space. Putting a person in prison for the rest of their life is basically the same as letting them go free. They are in prison but that just means there are stricter rules than the outside life....
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...Should Thailand abolish the death penalty? As 31 December 2011, 71 Thai male prisoners were executed by Department of Correction. Most of them are drug traffickers. At least 676 people worldwide were under death sentence in 2011. However, the 676 figure does not include the thousands of people who were believed to have been executed in China. Do you think that is right to put someone guilty to death? Personally, I do not agree with this legal process to put a person to death as a punishment for a crime. I strongly believe that Thailand should abolish the capital punishment. I have three reasons to support my opinion. In my view capital punishment is immoral, cruel, and inhumane. First of all, Thailand is a Buddhism country. Lord Buddha teaches us not to kill any animals. How can kill humans who did something illegal. Is it better to give them a chance to feel guilty and improve themselves by giving them a life sentence? By doing these they can make a social distribution, such as cleaning drains or roads, and so on. Moreover, the Christianity and Bible tell us that no man has the right to decide if another man should live or die. All in all, to kill is sin in all religious. Secondly, death penalty is really cruel because the method of execution. For example, beheading in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, electric chair in the US, hanging in Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore. In addition, every body involved can be psychologically affected. Not only the officers who...
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...Death penalty, defined one way, it is the process of enacting justice to someone who took away another person’s life; defined in another way, it is a glorified form of murder. Is it essential to run execution? This has been a controversial issue for a long time, yet no one has come up with an exact answer. Yes, indeed, those people should pay for what they have done; and yes, those people deserve death for killing another person. But is death penalty ethical? Although execution is legal by law in certain areas, there is no doubt at all that executing is murdering as well. Would there not be a better way for punishment rather than death penalty? The answer is yes. In Canada, for example, life imprisonment has been used to replace capital punishment since 1976. Because Canada is a country which takes protection of human rights seriously, it realized that execution is inhumane and immoral. It does not mean we have to kill a person to make him pay for his crime. In addition, the prisoner should have spent the rest of his life revising what he has done wrong. Shooting him to death only frees him from taking responsibility. This does not leave any time for him to think about why he should be regretful. Those countries which execute death penalty also have to consider one thing: if the person being executed is the only one who raises his or her family, then how were rests of the family members supposed to live on their own? This problem would not really matter to people who...
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...1. Is the death penalty a punishment or a way of committing murder? I think it’s a way of committing murder because they kill those that kill to say killing is wrong and should not be tolerated and 2 wrong doesn’t make a right. Also, it is more expensive to put someone on death row than to put them in prison for life. I think the death penalty should be illegal, there should be no killing at all like it says in the 10 commandments ‘’THOU SHALL NOT MURDER.’’ It doesn’t make sense if someone kills another they should give them life in prison. That’s where I state my opinion, death penalty should be abolished. 2. James Holmes is the crazy man who killed all the people in the movie theatre in Colorado during the premiere of the batman movie. He should receive a life sentencing instead of the death penalty, because he took a lot of lives that night. He even killed little kids and when I heard that I was surprised, I think he had to be going through something in order to kill all those people. He had no with criminal record prior to the shooting in Colorado. Three men died trying to save their girlfriends during the shooting. James set off gas or smoke canisters and then shot fire killing 12 people and 58 were wounded. 3. Some people get the death penalty even though they didn’t kill anyone, they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. In the book “A Lesson Before Dying”, a man named Jefferson was accused of killing the person that owned the liquor store even...
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...revival of death penalty” This survey was made to understand how perception of college students in the revival of death penalty. Please answer the questionnaire as accurately and honestly as possible please do not leave any item unanswered. There is no wrong answer; rest assured that your answer would be treated with utmost confidentiality. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Researchers _________________________________________________________________ Direction: Please put a check () mark on the blank corresponding to your answer. NAME: (optional) _________________________________ 1. PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS 1.1 Age : __________ 1.2 Gender: ____ Male ____ Female 1.3 Program enrolled in: ____ BS Criminology ____ BS Business Administration ____ BS Education 1.4 Year level: _____ 1st year _____ 2nd year _____ 3rd year ____ 4th year 1.5 Religion: _____ Catholic _____ INC _____ Christian _____ (other’s) ________________ 2. below are question to test your opinion on death penalty, please put a check () mark on the blank corresponding to your answer. 2.1 Are you aware of death penalty? _____ YES _____ NO 2.2 Are you in favour on the current suspension of death penalty? _____ YES _____ NO 2.3 Are you in favour in the revival of death penalty? _____ YES _____ NO 2.4 Do you think death penalty is immoral? _____ YES _____ NO 2.5 Should the death penalty be used for retribution? _____ YES _____ NO 2.6 Does the Death Penalty...
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...he death penalty has been around for centuries. It dates back to when Hammurabi had his laws codified; it was “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Capital punishment in America started when spies were caught, put on trial and hung. In the past and still today people argue that, the death penalty is cruel, unusual punishment and should be illegal. Yet many people argue that it is in fact justifiable and it is not cruel and unusual. Capital punishment is not cruel and unusual; the death penalty is fair and there is evidence that the death penalty deters crime. A big part of abolitionist’s argument is that the death penalty is not humane. They pull in Amendment 8, “…nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” What the victim went though was indeed “cruel and unusual punishments’.” The murderers’ death is not cruel. The people will demand justice for what he or she has done (Bidinotto 19). Hanging and the electric chair are topics more reasonable to argue, but now because of lethal injection capital punishment has become more humane. The death penalty is not barbaric, the pain and agony that the victim went through is barbaric. Abolitionists were very upset in 1996 when rapist and murderer John Albert Taylor was executed by firing squad; they said his death was barbaric (Feder 32). Charla King, the poor 11-year-old girl he raped and strangled with a telephone cord, her death was barbaric! It makes no sense to think that John Taylor’s’ death was barbaric or inhumane. He would...
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