Category: Death Penalty

The death penalty issue attracts different views not only in the United States but also across the globe. For instance, the American Civil Liberties Union suggests that the death sentence violates the constitutional restriction against unusual and cruel punishments (Bedau para. 1). The U.S. Constitution guarantees equal protection and due process to every American resident.…

Forensic psychologists play critical roles in court cases. They help the judges to investigate the claims from a professional dimension. They can probe the defendant and contribute towards providing critical evidence that can guide the court towards making the right judgment. The Roles of a Forensic Psychologist in a Death Penalty Trial and Appeal Capital…

Table of Contents Introduction Arguments Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Capital punishment is a government-sanctioned practice of penalizing criminals where an individual is put to death. It is an extremely controversial practice in the United States where the death penalty is legal. I argue that the death penalty should not exist as it is an inhumane…

According to the Death Penalty Database (2020), the last execution date or last death sentence date for Zimbabwe is on July 22, 2005. Comparably, the last death penalty execution date for Zambia was in 1997. In both Zimbabwe and Zambia, the method of execution was hanging. Moreover, other crimes that are punishable by death apart…

The contemporary system of the death penalty in the United States is generally straightforward and does not advocate for the defendant. The crimes that have led to this kind of punishment are severe, and, therefore, one usually does not pay much attention to the background of the perpetrator (Ashford & Kupferberg, 2013). Nevertheless, for the…

Forensic psychologists play critical roles in court cases. They help the judges to investigate the claims from a professional dimension. They can probe the defendant and contribute towards providing critical evidence that can guide the court towards making the right judgment. The Roles of a Forensic Psychologist in a Death Penalty Trial and Appeal Capital…

Table of Contents Introduction Death Penalty from the Perspective of Utilitarianism Conclusions Works Cited Introduction The U.S has the largest prisoner population in the world. As it stands, over 2.3 million people are locked up in prisons and other correctional facilities (BJS). While a great portion of that population is incarcerated for relatively harmless crimes…

Outline This paper attempts to assess the validity of death penalty as a form of punishment for controlling the increasing crime rates. In doing so, it will first examine the arguments for death penalty, analyze whether the gist of these arguments are met by awarding capital punishment. Then the paper will dwell on the arguments…

Since ancient times, our societies had used the death penalty as the highest form of capital punishment. The idea behind capital punishment was simple  fear was supposed to keep criminals from committing crimes. In ancient societies, capital punishments were very common  even the acts of simple theft were penalized with beheadings or cutting…

Table of Contents Impact on Crime Rates Tendency to Decline Alternative Way References The problem of the death penalty cannot be separated from the general concept of human rights as it violates the paramount right of a human to life. In particular, the death penalty is contrary to the international legal standards in the field…