Death Penalty

A death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. As of now, there are thirty two states with a death penalty and only eighteen who do not. There has been many bad misconceptions on the brutality of the death penalty throughout the years. Americans tend to believe that because a State allows a death penalty, the state is lethal and dangerous because it is life changing event. A death penalty is no more of a punishment then it is to go to jail for any wrong doing.
The death penalty is a very controversial topic because it is such a life changing decision. I believe that in some cases it is the only way. “There is no regard as to whether a state has abolished the death penalty or not, but states that the Feds should only take the case from a state when “the Federal interest in the prosecution is more substantial than the state or local authorities.”’ (The Feds vs The States: Supreme Court must decide Death Penalty Fight.) States do not have the ability to abuse the power of execution due to the Federal death penalty. Also, the power of cruel and unusual punishment is stated in the Constitution, in amendment eight, so It would be unconstitutional to disobey the rights of America.. Its only fair if a person chooses to kill a man, the consequence must add up to the same degree of harshness. In the, The Feds vs The States: Supreme Court must decide Death Penalty Fight it says, “Here, the only factor that seems to apply is the vague “ability and willingness for the state to obtain an appropriate punishment upon conviction.” Which is exactly what I think should be the case. With this warning to people, they will not want to do anything to hurt another human being, making the community of people a safer place.
“An eye for an eye,” is the principle that a person who has injured another person is penalized to a similar degree, and according to other interpretations, the victim receives the value of the injury in compensation. The eye for an eye theory is greatly used in many religions, and is followed through to any degree of harshness. Although, this theory is so common to others, it is very much frowned upon in America for an unknown reason. In my opinion, Americans do not like this saying, due to the history behind the US altogether. All the wars we fought in the past, and/or the fact that they have never been faced with a situation as so. Say, your child was walking down the street, and was killed from a hit and run driver, if the police found him, would you only want the man that killed your child to go to jail for a few years, or sentenced to death? As unrealistic as this scenario may seem, it has happened, and could happen to you or someone special to you like your child. Some examples of people who did not receive the same degree of justice when they should have would be the Trayvon Martin, and Casey Anthony cases. These are two major examples where the eye for an eye theory should have come into play. In the Trayvon Martin case/ trial, he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch man named George Zimmerman, who claimed Trayvon was “looking suspicious” and approached him after being instructed not to go up to the boy be police officials. Zimmerman was found innocent on behalf of killing a 17- year old boy for looking suspicious after approaching him and claiming the boy attacked him and it was just simply self-defense. In the next case, Casey Anthony claims her two year old daughter went missing after being dropped off at her babysitters house. She said she had not seen her daughter in thirty days when the police called, but bought chloroform, and had a confirmed smell of a decomposed body in the trunk of her car, that she left to get towed. In this case, Casey Anthony was found not guilty for first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, or aggravated manslaughter of a child, even with hard evidence.Although, she was sentenced to jail for four years for providing false information to law enforcement multiple times, even then two of the four convictions were thrown out in January 2013. In these two examples, innocent children are not even alive to testify on the behalf of their death. If it was up to me, and if it were legal, both George Zimmerman and Casey Anthony would be sentenced to death after finding the right amount of evidence proving that they are guilty, just like the victims of both cases.

So why is the Death penalty not in all states? The opposed argument from the current states that do not have it, is that it is no longer necessary. I disagree with this statement completely. The two example cases took place in the years of 2008, and 2012. Therefore, the death penalty is as important as ever. America needs to take a step back and examine the community that we live in, would you want your kid, or you to be around hard core criminals, endangering you and the ones you love? America, there needs to be justice, if not, we will all end up living in a world full of criminals, and people who think theres no consequences for their poor actions.