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Sep 21, 2011 · In some countries it is legal to kill someone if they have committed a terrible crime. This is called a death sentence, or the death penalty. It is not legal in Britain.
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The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of...
- Argue Against Retribution
- Legality. The United States is one of 55 countries globally with a legal death penalty, according to Amnesty International. As of Mar. 24, 2021, within the US, 27 states had a legal death penalty (though 3 of those states had a moratorium on the punishment’s use).
- Life without Parole. Life without Parole (also called LWOP) is suggested by some as an alternative punishment for the death penalty. PRO. Proponents of replacing the death penalty with life without parole argue that imprisoning someone for the duration of their life is more humane than the death penalty, that LWOP is a more fitting penalty that allows the criminal to think about what they’ve done, and that LWOP reduces the chances of executing an innocent person.
- Deterrence. One of the main justifications for maintaining a death penalty is that the punishment may prevent people from committing crimes so as to not risk being sentenced to death.
- Retribution. Retribution in this debate is the idea that the death penalty is needed to bring about justice for the victims, the victims’ families, and/or society at large.
- Why does Amnesty International oppose the death penalty? The death penalty violates the most fundamental human right – the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
- Don’t victims of violent crime and their families have a right to justice? They do. Those who have lost loved ones in terrible crimes have a right to see the person responsible held to account in a fair trial without recourse to the death penalty.
- If you kill someone else, don’t you deserve to die, too – “an eye for an eye”? No. Executing someone because they’ve taken someone’s life is revenge, not justice.
- Doesn’t the death penalty prevent crime? Not according to the research. There is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than a prison term.
Jul 31, 2012 · The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence by the state and will inevitably claim innocent victims. As long as human justice remains fallible, the risk of executing the...
Apr 1, 2015 · But surely the death penalty is a fair punishment for serious crimes such as murder or rape? The right to life is a human right inherent to all human beings. Crime must be prevented and punished, but in full respect of human rights and dignity. Execution is an irreversible punishment.
Society has always used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlawful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest punishment available to deter murder, and that is the death penalty.
Jan 20, 2021 · The death penalty has been abolished in 22 states and 106 countries, yet it is still legal at the federal level in the United States. Does your state or country allow the death penalty?
