Do you think criminals consider their punishment before they commit
their crime? Does the death penalty ever flash in the mind of a criminal as he is planning to commit a crime? It is astounding the number of criminals sitting on death row in jails al over the country waiting to be killed for the crimes they have committed. I believe murderers should be punished in the same way they have hurt their victims, these criminals should face the death penalty. There are many people who feel the death penalty is wrong, they believe a life should not be taken just to punish a criminal. In certain states when the death penalty was instated violent crime rates decreased over time. It is important to take into consideration a person’s life should only be taken away if they have been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder.
Opponents of the death penalty argue it is immoral and wrong to execute a human just because of a crime they have committed. However, in the United States a poll found 63% of the public support the death penalty, leaving 37% of the population in opposition to the death penalty. People opposed to the death penalty need to ask themselves if their feelings would change if their loved one was murdered. When a criminal takes the life of your family member how would you define justice after this terrible event. Although some people may still disagree with the death penalty they should take into consideration this punishment should only be used for certain violent crimes.
It is hard to imagine since 1976 there have only been 1,160 executions in the United States. Currently there are 3,316 inmates on death row awaiting the completion of their trial appeals. Since 1973, 120 people have been released from death row when they were found innocent. Currently there are many different ways a person can be placed on death row including: aggravated and contract murder, treason, weapons of mass destruction resulting in death, terrorism, and espionage. The death penalty is a punishment not to be taken lightly but should be used when a criminal commits a heinous crime against humanity.
After careful consideration of all the facts regarding the death penalty, I believe the punishment should be used only when absolutely necessary after undeniable guilt has been established. Crimes worth of the death penalty would include murder; if you are proven guilty I feel the punishment is a life for a life. I don’t believe states are simply lining up criminals and executing them, it is only after court decisions and appeals are they placed on death row. Criminals should know the death penalty will be a punishment if they commit a murder, but so many times they just kill without even thinking.
It is not easy or pleasant to think about killing another human, but the reality is society must determine how to handle these situations. The death penalty is used as punishment when a criminal has committed horrible crimes against the community. Although some people still oppose the death penalty they can not agree on a civilized punishment for these terrible crimes.
Jacob Inman
#1
2nd draft
My story
One day I was at my house playing games and my parents were at dinner and I was alone………or so I thought. It was about eight thirty and I heard a knock on the door. I assumed it was my parents so I went to go see and it was my friend. Surprised I said “What are you doing here?” He told me that I invited him over the day before. I didn’t believe him because I didn’t have my phone that day. So I asked him when did I invite you, He said that he called right after school but I didn’t have my phone I had lost it.
The next day I went up to him and asked to see his phone so I could check the recent calls it said I had called him but I didn’t have my phone. So I went home to try and find my phone but I couldn’t find it I look and look and look even more, but I still never found it. So I asked him for his phone again and I called my phone someone one picked it up. I told them that they have my phone and he said he knows. It was my other friend he had taken my phone and used it. So I went after school to get it and he said that he had found my phone in the locker room and he took it so he could give it back to me. I thanked him and took it back.
So the next day all I could think about was how I managed to lose my phone. Was it the shorts I had been wearing that day? Did they have a hole in them and it got big enough for the phone to fall out? I went to my closet to get those shorts, I found them under a large pile of clothes and sure enough the hole was huge I could put my whole hand through it. I had to go fix it, I asked my mom but she said she was busy and couldn’t do it today. The problem was they were my favorite shorts so I needed them fixed. I headed to my grandma’s house and she said she could get that fixed nice and quick and she did and I thanked her.
As I was one my way home the worst thing happened I got the shorts caught in the door of the car and when I didn’t know they were stuck I started to walk to the door, Rrrrrrrrrip I looked and the shorts looked like pants I sat there for a moment and I thought to myself What the heck just happened? I was so angry I just got them fixed and now they were completely ruined so I said screw it and I threw them away.
As I walked inside I told my parents that I was home and nobody answered so I went around looking and found nothing. So I called my mom and asked where she was and she said “You know we are out at dinner” I thought to myself what the heck just happened. Then the weirdest thing happened I heard a knock on the door and I opened it and saw my friend, The same one who had came over last week or so I thought it was last week. I thought to myself major déjà vu. So I let him in and asked when did I invite you he said the day before and I said that’s what you said last time. He looked at me puzzled and said “Last Time?” I told him the whole story and he said that I was in the hospital.
The next day I was thinking to myself so I had a dream of something that didn’t even happen yet I had the whole dream while in the hospital. So I asked him why I was in the hospital and he told me that I was on a ATV and I had lost control and hit a tree. I said yea I remember hitting the tree, but after that I was out of it. He told me that I was in a mini coma for like a week and missed all those days of school and I said so that’s why I had so much homework and class work to do when I got back. So those were some crazy two weeks for me.
THE END
(By the way This a fake story)
Jacob Inman
#1
2nd draft
My story
One day I was at my house playing games and my parents were at dinner and I was alone………or so I thought. It was about eight thirty and I heard a knock on the door. I assumed it was my parents so I went to go see and it was my friend. Surprised I said “What are you doing here?” He told me that I invited him over the day before. I didn’t believe him because I didn’t have my phone that day. So I asked him when did I invite you, He said that he called right after school but I didn’t have my phone I had lost it.
The next day I went up to him and asked to see his phone so I could check the recent calls it said I had called him but I didn’t have my phone. So I went home to try and find my phone but I couldn’t find it I look and look and look even more, but I still never found it. So I asked him for his phone again and I called my phone someone one picked it up. I told them that they have my phone and he said he knows. It was my other friend he had taken my phone and used it. So I went after school to get it and he said that he had found my phone in the locker room and he took it so he could give it back to me. I thanked him and took it back.
So the next day all I could think about was how I managed to lose my phone. Was it the shorts I had been wearing that day? Did they have a hole in them and it got big enough for the phone to fall out? I went to my closet to get those shorts, I found them under a large pile of clothes and sure enough the hole was huge I could put my whole hand through it. I had to go fix it, I asked my mom but she said she was busy and couldn’t do it today. The problem was they were my favorite shorts so I needed them fixed. I headed to my grandma’s house and she said she could get that fixed nice and quick and she did and I thanked her.
As I was one my way home the worst thing happened I got the shorts caught in the door of the car and when I didn’t know they were stuck I started to walk to the door, Rrrrrrrrrip I looked and the shorts looked like pants I sat there for a moment and I thought to myself What the heck just happened? I was so angry I just got them fixed and now they were completely ruined so I said screw it and I threw them away.
As I walked inside I told my parents that I was home and nobody answered so I went around looking and found nothing. So I called my mom and asked where she was and she said “You know we are out at dinner” I thought to myself what the heck just happened. Then the weirdest thing happened I heard a knock on the door and I opened it and saw my friend, The same one who had came over last week or so I thought it was last week. I thought to myself major déjà vu. So I let him in and asked when did I invite you he said the day before and I said that’s what you said last time. He looked at me puzzled and said “Last Time?” I told him the whole story and he said that I was in the hospital.
The next day I was thinking to myself so I had a dream of something that didn’t even happen yet I had the whole dream while in the hospital. So I asked him why I was in the hospital and he told me that I was on a ATV and I had lost control and hit a tree. I said yea I remember hitting the tree, but after that I was out of it. He told me that I was in a mini coma for like a week and missed all those days of school and I said so that’s why I had so much homework and class work to do when I got back. So those were some crazy two weeks for me.
THE END
(By the way This a fake story)