Abolishing The Death Penalty In The United States

A. Death penalty is the sentence of death for a person convicted of a capital offence, is currently used in 58 countries around the world, and is also legal sentence in 33 states. (Harrison, Tamony P2)

The future of the death penalty lies unclear in the cross-country battle over whether or not it should be abolished. The death penalty should in fact be abolished because of the extreme costs and painful time involved to house and execute inmates, the indecision of which method of execution is the most humane, and the increasing number of innocent inmates being wrongfully executed.

“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?” In 1607 the British left the United Kingdom to the new world now known as the United States. When the British went to the United States they brought over the death penalty with them. When the British came to the United States there had been some spies that followed them from the European countries. They ended up finding a guy named Kendall who was a spy from spain. The first execution occurred in Virginia where they executed Kendall. After the first execution, it became a regular thing in the new world. People were executed for stealing grapes, trading with the Indians and killing chickens.

The earliest reported execution in the new colonies was Captain George Kendall from Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608 because he was a spy for Spain. In 1612, Virginia Governor, Sir Thomas Dale signed the Divine, Moral and Martial Laws with the death penalty. The death penalty applied for the simplest offenses such as stealing grapes, killing chickens, and trading with Indians. The regulations of the capital punishment diversified from one colony to the next. (Randa, 1997)

The first known use of the death penalty in the American colonies happened in 1608, in the colony of Jamestown. During the Revolutionary War capital punishment was very

in the United States because it is a financial burden on the American people and not an

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is an extremely controversial subject that has been widely discussed among Americans for the past century. The death penalty is used upon criminals whom the world deems too unfit to continue living. Some individuals feel the death penalty is too harsh and very inhumane due to possible failures thus disregarding the main principle of it, to perform a painless death. Others trust the expression: “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Although some states have eradicated the death penalty, many states like California, Alabama, and Oregon still have the punishment intact. Capital punishment should be reinstated to every province in America because of its inane ability to avert criminals from committing further crimes. The death penalty is required for a society to uphold justice, promote the deterrence of crimes, essential to maintain public safety,

During the year of 1608, the first recorded execution took place, killing Captain George Kendall. Since that moment, as the United States of America expanded, the death penalty became part of the law. Killing 1465 criminals since 1796, the death penalty has kept numerous crimes from happening. The death penalty is supported by the victim of the crime’s family, follows the “eye for an eye” rule, is a deterrent of crimes and should not be abolished.

The execution has been carrying over a millennium year. Back in the days, the only way to punish the inmate and another criminal is to execute them. We have seen on television or heard on the radio, Texas is one of the most highly rated executions on the list. Not only in Texas, in the entire states government should completely be banned the capital punishment. Those who are innocent are facing in the death row. As stated in the, eight and fifth amendment it is " cruel and unusual punishment inflicted " on the innocent people and must have a due process before depriving anyone life. The death penalty does not guarantee to prevent the crime. Most of the time criminals will free to go and the innocent will be convicted. Many states cannot afford

The death penalty was started in the era of king Hammurabi of Babylon. The code of Hammurabi codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes. The death penalty has changed from the 18th century to present day. After Britain had their death penalty, by hanging, later rulers became more violent with the means to how they execute someone, with little to no good reason. Britain influenced America’s use of the death penalty. When new settlers came to America they brought with them the practice of capital punishment. In 1612 Thomas Dale started the Moral and Martial Laws, which provided the death penalty to be used for minor crimes like traffic offenses, possession of small amounts of illegal drugs with no intent in selling. The law varied from colony to colony. 1982 the United States became the first country to use lethal injection.

In states where the death penalty allowed, the system costs the taxpayers millions of dollars a year. A study of Maryland cases resulting in a death sentence estimated that each cost taxpayers an average of $3 million in lifetime costs, which is $1.9 million more than no-death-notice cases (Muhlhausen). In California, the cost of trials, appeals, and death row facilities, estimates to $150 million a year (Medina A14). Abolishing the death penalty will result in lower prison expenses. Housing a death row inmate can cost between $97,000 and $127,000 a year (Ulloa). Death row inmates are not permitted to share cells therefore, it costs less to house an inmate sentenced to life without parole. States will save millions of dollars by sentencing

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment began in the 1600s. This form of punishment was brought and proposed by colonial governments. Every single colony at the time had approved hanging, which is also known as “the gallows”. This form of punishment was made mandatory for crimes that were against the state, person, and property.

The first legal execution in what is now the United States was performed by the American colonists in the year 1622 in Virginia when a criminal named Daniel Frank was put to death. Ever since, the United States has struggled with the issue of capital punishment. The death penalty was first written into law when the Massachusetts Bay Colony listed 13 crimes as punishable by death,

The Death Penalty was established “far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes” (“History”). It was also apart of the “Fourteen Century B.C.’s Hittite Code, in the Seventh Century B.C.’s Draconian Code of Athens, which made death the only punishment for all crimes; and in the Fifth Century B.C.’s Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets” (“History”). The Death Penalty was carried out if it was drowning, crucifixion, burning while being alive, impalement, and beating to death. As the time went on by the Eighteen Century A.D. a man named William the Conqueror would not allow people to be hung unless it was a murder case. As the years carried on in 1608 Caption George Kendall was the first man who got executed while being record in his colony. Jane Champion was the first woman who got executed in her colony in 1632. The Death Penalty all started and it did minimize crimes stated in the early 1800.

The death penalty has been used and abused much longer than many people realize. The first use of the death penalty occurred in the Jamestown, Virginia Colony against for espionage, or the act of spying (Issit). The death penalty can be traced back to times when the United States were still under the British rule and consisted of colonies. Since there was no Eighth Amendment yet, when the death penalty was first introduced in the colonial time period, it was greatly abused. Some colonists were given the death penalty for stealing