Essay on Capital Punishment

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Capital Punishment

There are five basic reasons that society uses when imposing punishment that I’ve been able to conclude from my readings. I will discuss these societal concepts and show that the death penalty does not serve to further them. As a result William Smith should not be subject to the death penalty and in fact the same should be abolished from our system of punishment.
Deterrence
Deterrence is basically defined as the punishment should fit the crime. Under this concept, the individual committing the crime and society are prevented from committing this action again. In the case of the death penalty, an individual kills another human and he is punished for it by death. Punishment is supposed to be a temporary penalization for a wrongful action. Death is far from temporary. One is to learn from one’s mistakes. How can the person learn if they are paying for their mistake with their life? The death penalty is our harshest punishment. It is irrevocable: it ends the existence of those punished, instead of temporarily imprisoning them. By imposing the death penalty the individual does not learn from their mistakes and neither does society.
Economy
Under this concept, punishment should be economical The monetary cost of appealing a capital sentence is excessive. Further, actual monetary costs are trumped by the importance of doing justice. Additionally there are specific costs associated with keeping an inmate on death row, (i.e. the cost of the specially

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