The case against the death penalty 52 Articles

by Amanda Gnaedinger

"Capital punishment is a barbaric remnant of an uncivilized society. It is immoral in principle, and unfair and discriminatory in practice" (American Civil Liberties Union National Office). An irrational cycle of murder th...read more

by Jasmine Singh

One term that clearly defines Death Penalty would be State sponsored murder'. And as each murderer exits this world after paying for his sin; he leaves behind another murderer the person who had to execute him by the auth...read more

by Amber Goff

Many people are for the death penalty, but many more are completely against it. Every year 50+ men and women are sentenced to death row throughout the United States. Is the death penalty really just and moral when there ar...read more

by Astrotex

A DEATH ALONG THE WAY From December 1, 1980 - May 31, 1990, I worked as a Correctional Halfway House Director in Corpus Christi, Texas. As part of my responsibilities in that role, I was attending a Texas Correct...read more

by Rob Bryant

It is the height of hypocrisy for the state to say that murder is wrong and then turn around and commit murder in the name of justice. If the state wants to put out the message that murder is wrong, then the state needs to...read more

by Adam Brett

Watch any report in the aftermath of a serious crime in the U.K and the cry is the same: "Bring back the death penalty!" Most recently, the convictions of a serial killer responsible for the death of five prostitutes an...read more

by Ray Burke

Human Rights and the Death Penalty: I used to support the death penalty. But lately the issues surrounding it have become blurred and I feel that it no longer is an effective deterrent or the best way to deal with murde...read more

by Corey Ames

Should the death penalty be instituted in the state of Michigan? I believe the death penalty should be instituted, however only in extreme circumstances such as serial killers or other major atrocities. This paper will exa...read more

by Kathy Fortune M.D.

WEDNESDAY IS EXECUTION DAY Do we care that Wednesday is execution day? Has the war in Iraq deadened our human feelings? Do we care about the fate of the people in Iraq? Do we think of the people in Iraq collective...read more

by Whitney Blankenship

Alright, so we've all heard about the moral reasons against the death penalty, right? To bring up how it is a crime against humanity and all that would be me flogging the dead horse. Let's take this from a legal perspe...read more

by Carol Noble

There have been many good reasons quoted over the years as to why there should not be a death penalty. Yet if we are to keep the use of the death penalty at bay there must be a serious alternative. Life imprisonment is wh...read more

by Bud Hennekes

The Value of Human Life It is amazing how the two words "capital punishment" can cause so much controversy, yet at the same time when life is at stake, varying view points are inevitable. As citizens of the United State...read more

by Art Vandelay

Administering the death penalty costs tax payers far more than the alternative sentence of life in prison without parole. Nationally, the average cost per case of the death penalty rather than life without parole is a dif...read more

by Bruce Smith

I am constantly thinking about the death penalty and whether it should be used in today's society. there are valid points for and against it. Supporters of the death penalty can rightfully claim that is the only guarante...read more

by Randolph Farr

Write your article here THE CASE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY My first thoughts on this topic came years ago as I contemplated the Pope's criticism of the United States for carrying out this practice. I am not a ca...read more

by Darren L

For the same reason that a murderer has no right to take away the life of another, I have no right to take away their life; nor does anyone else. Taking the life of another is so far from being a "right" that it cannot be ...read more

by Kristen Vohs

Ray Krone is a man from Phoenix who, in 1992, was arrested and convicted of murdering Kim Ancona, a cocktail waitress also from Phoenix. After the guilty verdict came through, Krone's jury decided that for this ghastly ...read more

by Setloholo sa Robose Sethunya

Arguments Against Death Penalty In "Race and Criminal Justice", Adamson records that controlling crime is synonymous to controlling race. To illustrate, Bohm's "Race and Death Penalty in the United States", reports that W...read more

by EMSalem

The death penalty is wrong. No one has the right to take the life of another. Incarceration with absolutely no way of getting out, is a far the better solution. Having to live every day with the crime committed in the fore...read more

by Steven Kippel

This isn't a case against the death penalty as much as it is a defeat of one particular supporting argument for the institution of capital punishment. This comes from the religious argument that the Torah supports the deat...read more