Shamaica Smith Opinion
Article
November 20, 2015 COM
3200-01
What if you found out a
loved one very close to you was in an abusive relationship for years, and
finally when he/she reacts, they react in so much anger and ends up murdering their
spouse? Do they have the right to be given the death penalty? The Death Penalty
is a cruel act that needs to stay abolished. Instead of decreasing murder, it’s
actually increasing murder. Watching someone
gets tortured in a slow and painful procedure is definitely a cruel punishment.
Not only is it cruel punishment, it’s a violation to our rights as U.S Citizen,
and to the 8th amendment.
Execution is
actually less disciplinary than life without parole. Prison life is already
hard enough; not being able to have freedom is hard enough. The government can
be hypocritical in a way. Although the “murderer” took an innocent life, is it
okay for the government to violate the 8th amendment and take that
person’s life? This is known for the “eye for eye theory or the tooth- for
tooth. If we were suppose to think like this, or use this system there would be
no need for laws. The system way of thinking of this situation is basically
saying if someone hits you, hit them back. This type of solution doesn’t reach
a verdict and only makes matters worse.
There are many reasons one might be
against the death penalty. The wrongful execution of an innocent person is an injustice that can
never be rectify. Many family members who have lost loved ones to murder feel
that the death penalty will not heal their wounds nor will it end their pain,
they would much rather know the person has life without parole. The situation
which makes death penalty a cruel act is death penalty is applied at random.
The death penalty is a lethal lottery: of the 22,000 homicides committed every
year approximately 100 people or less are sentenced to death. How could a
lottery determine if one lives or dies?
The
death penalty can stay abolish by starting with us. We can first educate people
who don’t know about the death penalty then we can contact our elected
officials and let them know how you feel. There are many states that
are without the death penalty because their voice was heard. They did something
to stop a cruel act. This plan will work because your letting the people who
are in charge know how you feel, and you are standing up for your rights, as
well as making society a better place. The
national coalition is an organization that is against the death penalty, you
can join that movement, participate in rallied, write letters to editor. Simply being a voice against the death
penalty in the community can help the abolishment of the death penalty
completely. If we stand up for our rights, we would no longer worry about
another person’s life being taken away by the department of justice.
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