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  1. A matter of life or death

    In the sentencing phase of capital cases, mitigating evidence can be the deciding factor in whether a defendant gets life without parole or the death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court has defined mitigating evidence as any feature of a defendant's character or history, or characteristics of the offense, that may convince the fact-finder to impose ...

  2. The Death Penalty

    Posted June 1, 2011. At first glance, the death penalty seems cruel, unusual, horrendous, and uncivilized. It is one thing, the argument goes, for a murderer to bump someone off; this is truly an ...

  3. Attitudes towards the death penalty: An assessment of individual and

    Despite witnessing a general decline in the use of the death penalty globally (Amnesty International, 2020; Hood and Hoyle, 2015), there remain considerable differences in levels of public support for its use across world nations.This includes disparities in levels of support for the death penalty across retentionist and abolitionist nations, with some abolitionist nations showing higher ...

  4. What's Wrong With the Death Penalty?

    There are strong arguments against capital punishment. Brandon Bernard was pronounced dead last night at 9:27 p.m., at the Federal Correction Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. Along with four others ...

  5. Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

    Code's death penalty provision61: (1) whether the defendant was under "extreme mental or emotional disturbance" at the time of. the offense; (2) whether "the capacity of the defendant to. appreciate the criminality [wrongfulness] of his conduct or to. conform his conduct to the requirements of law was impaired as.

  6. The Social Science of the Death Penalty: Before, during, and after

    The death penalty is a contentious and oft-debated subject in both academic circles and in the general public. The USA is unique among Western developed countries because it has not abolished the death penalty and still performs executions (see Amnesty International, 2019).Even among various regions of the USA, there is debate as to the appropriateness of the penalty, and this is reflected in ...

  7. Facing the Death Penalty: Essays on a Cruel and Unusual ...

    From that time until 1 November 1987,265 death sentences or resentences have been meted out, all for the crime of murder. One of the condemned, Chol Soo Lee, had his death sentence reversed and was later acquitted of the crime for which he was sent to prison. Four others committed suicide on death row.

  8. (PDF) Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

    Abstract. This essay outlines three reasons why the death penalty, even if generally a valid exercise of state authority, should never or rarely be imposed on those who are mentally ill. The first ...

  9. Sociologists Test Six Arguments For and Against Capital Punishment

    In a useful review article, the sociologists Michael Radlet and Marian Borg set out six arguments for and against the death penalty. The first is the issue of deterrence. Radlet and Borg cite a number of surveys showing that experts generally believe that the death penalty does not constitute an additional deterrent above and beyond life ...

  10. Understanding Death Penalty Support and Opposition Among Criminal

    I feel the death penalty should only be used for the crime of murder and no other crime, such as rape. (Retribution) 3.05: 1.28: 2.88: 1.31: −0.78 The death penalty is a more effective deterrent than life imprisonment. (Deterrence) 2.73: 1.27: 2.71: 1.36: −0.16 I become angry when a convicted murderer does not receive the death penalty ...

  11. The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective

    Abstract. The 4th edition of this study of the death penalty brings up-to-date developments in the movement to abolish the practice worldwide. It draws on personal experience as consultant to the United Nations for the UN Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment and on the latest information from non-governmental ...

  12. What's Wrong With the Death Penalty?

    2. The death penalty, as practiced in the United States, is racist. There is a lot of solid data on this point, so I won't offer all of it here. But consider the report released by the Death ...

  13. Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty

    The death penalty is applied unfairly and should not be used. Agree. Disagree. Testimony in Opposition to the Death Penalty: Arbitrariness. Testimony in Favor of the Death Penalty: Arbitrariness. The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital ...

  14. 5 Death Penalty Essays Everyone Should Know

    5 Death Penalty Essays Everyone Should Know. Capital punishment is an ancient practice. It's one that human rights defenders strongly oppose and consider as inhumane and cruel. In 2019, Amnesty International reported the lowest number of executions in about a decade. Most executions occurred in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt.

  15. Psychologists and Assessments Related to Death Sentence Essay

    A death penalty is a form of capital punishment that has been part of the American justice system since the colonial days. Many people have been executed for capital offenses such as murder and robbery with violence. Forensic psychology entails the integration of psychological knowledge and methodologies into civil and criminal legal questions ...

  16. Top 10 Pro & Con Arguments

    Top 10 Pro & Con Arguments. 1. Legality. The United States is one of 55 countries globally with a legal death penalty, according to Amnesty International. As of Mar. 24, 2021, within the US, 27 states had a legal death penalty (though 3 of those states had a moratorium on the punishment's use).

  17. Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The

    This volume brings together seven experts--judges, lawyers, prosecutors, and philosophers--to debate the death penalty in a spirit of open inquiry and civil discussion. Here, as the contributors present their reasons for or against capital punishment, the multiple facets of the issue are revealed in clear and thought-provoking detail.

  18. Death Penalty Psychology

    The different types of death penalties that can be executed are lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and Hanging. There are 19 states that consider the death penalty to be inhumane. Many killers have behavior issues or even can be considered to have psychological problems. A man that were put on Death row for murdering ...

  19. The Death Penalty: Arguments and Alternative Solutions

    Arguments against the Death Penalty. A. Human rights. One of the strongest arguments against the death penalty is that it violates the right to life as stated in various international human rights conventions. Critics argue that the death penalty is a form of cruel and inhumane punishment, as it involves intentionally taking a person's life.

  20. Philosophical Views on Punishment and Death Penalty

    Donohue's (2014) research results show that 141 out of 205 death-eligible cases were charged with the death penalty. 49 of these 141 convicted were permitted to plead guilty to a non-death sentence. Out of the rest 92, 26 were vindicated, and 66 were convicted of capital punishment (Donohue, 2014, p. 641). To collect the most accurate details ...

  21. Applying the Death Penalty Fairly

    Amdt8.4.9.5 Applying the Death Penalty Fairly. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Th is argument has not carried th e day. Al th ough th e Court has acknowledged th e possibility th at th e dea th penalty may be administered in a racially discriminatory manner, it has ...

  22. New federal court papers detail hate crime charges ...

    In January, 11 News reported Aldrich was likely taking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. ... The court papers refer to the emails as "anti-LGBTQIA+ slurs in a spam attack."