DEATH PENALTY

Running head : Controversial Issues about the Death Penalty

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Controversial Issues about the Death Penalty

The debate on whether death penalty sentencing should be abolished has been marked with much controversy across the political , legal professional , and social fronts of the American community . Opponents of the practice blame it of contradicting constitutional and natural right to life . For them , man should not assume the role of an angel of death It is also a common assertion that death penalty punishments have been historically

used to discriminate minorities in our criminal justice system . Based on this , failure to abolish the practice negates our citizens ' right to equal opportunity

Proponents of death penalty on the other side perceive the practice as the best tool for mitigating incidences of capital crime in the community (Feder , 2001 . This is based on the fact that the dead posses no more threat to members of the community . In addition , this group claims that imposing death penalty is far much cheaper compared to sustaining victims of life sentence in our prisons (Garvey , 2003 . This essay is written as a critical discussion on controversial issues about death penalty with references to the American criminal justice system The author gives both the pros and cons of the practice

By definition , death penalty is the act of sentencing convicted crime offenders to death through execution . According to the provisions of our criminal justice laws , death penalty should be used on offender of capital or serious felonies...