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Ethical Issues On Capital Punishment
A moral question associated with the capital punishments in United States is whether the federal and state governments deserve killing the imprisoned more than whether the convicts of violent crimes deserve a death sentence. The legacy of ethnic discrimination, racial bias and racial apartheid cannot go unnoticed in how administration of capital punishments is done. |
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Death sentences imposed in the criminal justice system treats the guilty, but rich nicer than those who are innocent and poor. A certain amount of racial discrimination is acceptable and so death penalties need to be not only defendable but rejectable on ethical grounds for them who do not accept unequal and unjust management of capital punishment.
Capital punishment is a common way of reducing the minority groups from a country. In America, out of thirteen percent of the total US population comprise the African-Americans and around forty-two percent of them who have been given the death sentence are waiting for their turn either on the electric chair or by lethal injection. Unfortunately, out of 18,000 executions that have been done in America, the number of whites executed is just 42. This shows that there is a bias when handing out sentences of capital punishment.
The biggest disadvantage of capital punishments is that they involve complex and long processes and end up costing much more than keeping the person imprisoned for the rest of his life. Replacing death sentences with lifetime imprisonment can save a state a billion dollar or more that can be utilized on betterment and advancement of minorities.
In America, most of the accused are unable to afford an adept attorney for defending themselves as they are very expensive and without an experienced attorney fighting the case, chances of success are next to impossible. Going through the backgrounds of accused, it is a common find that they all belong to either the middle class or from lower economical strata of society. It is sad that the jury declares the man a criminal based on his financial status in the society.
One hundred twenty three people and few more since 1973 have been freed from their death sentences after they were proven innocent with favorable evidence. It is not unnatural that sometimes an innocent may be wrongly convicted but it is generally the poor who are blamed. Often the lawyers or cops plant evidences against the innocent to back a promotion or medal. False arrests are made and the situation on the whole is looked at from a totally different angle.
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History Of Capital Punishment
 Capital punishment is given to the criminals who offend the law of the country and are given to various crimes of serious nature. In the ancient times, this punishment was given in various ways, including crucifixion, torturing and piercing the body with a sharp edged object, burning, beating and submerging the criminals to death. More..
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Ethical Issues On Capital Punishment
