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Jan 31, 2006 · "An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder."
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“Can we expect a decent society if the state is allowed to kill its own people?” — Coretta Scott King “The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is: ‘Do we deserve to kill?’” — Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption “Capita...
“The State is not God. It has no right to take away that which it cannot give back, if it should so desire.” — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, The Bet “Racial violence has been rationalized, legitimated, and channeled through our criminal justice system; it is expressed as police brutality, solitary confinement, and the discriminatory and arbitrary impos...
“True justice is restorative. It heals wounds. The death penalty only creates new wounds.” — Shane Claiborne, in a tweet “I can’t accept the judgment that killers need to be killed, a practice that merely perpetuates the cycle of violence.” — Bernice King “The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of...
“I learned the most important lesson of my life… I didn’t have to see somebody else die in order to bring healing.” — Bill Pelke, who lost his grandmother to murder by a group of teenagers “When Jeffrey was murdered, I wanted the men who killed him dead. I led the fight to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts in 1997. But time passes, and y...
“But secondly you say ‘society must exact vengeance, and society must punish’. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.” ― Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man “The state should not be killing people. Not through militarism. Not by police. Not because of ICE. Not by medical negligence. And not by de...
Oct 5, 2007 · “As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses. An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.
If the death penalty were abolished, it seems that the abolition would be extremely unfair to victims of homicide, as the rights of victims (i.e. rights of life, liberty, property, and so on) would be denied by being killed, whereas those of perpetrators would be excessively protected.
- Deterrence. Capital punishment is often justified with the argument that by executing convicted murderers, we will deter would-be murderers from killing people.
- Rehabilitation. Of course capital punishment doesn't rehabilitate the prisoner and return them to society. But there are many examples of persons condemned to death taking the opportunity of the time before execution to repent, express remorse, and very often experience profound spiritual rehabilitation.
- Prevention of re-offending. It is undeniable that those who are executed cannot commit further crimes. Many people don't think that this is sufficient justification for taking human life, and argue that there are other ways to ensure the offenders do not re-offend, such as imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.
- Closure and vindication. It is often argued that the death penalty provides closure for victims' families. This is a rather flimsy argument, because every family reacts differently.
Sep 21, 2021 · Top 10 Pro & Con Arguments. 1. 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).
Capital punishment, or “the death penalty,” is an institutionalized practice designed to result in deliberately executing persons in response to actual or supposed misconduct and following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant execution.
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