Death_Penalty

Death Penalty The not so Clean-Cut Issue of Capital Punishment Former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, writes about a New York man who while serving four life sentences in a New York prison for murder, effectively lured a woman corrections officer into an office where he then strangled her and mutilated her body. This man can only get more life sentences for his actions because New York, at the time, did not have a death penalty, “[he] has effectively been given a license to kill” (649). The death penalty is always a highly argued issue. There are many aspects of the issue one must consider in order to make an educated decision on which argument to support. Among the arguments one must consider are several key questions: does the death penalty deter heinous crimes from being committed' Is the death penalty morally wrong' Could an innocent man be executed for a crime he did not commit' Capital Punishment must be applied in moderation and only in highly deserving cases because of the moral issues involved as well as its lack of reversibility. According to Mike Farrell author and president of Death Penalty Focus “the death penalty is not a deterrent.” (1) The Thorsten death, penalty, punishment, should, capital, man, wrong, killing, cases, because, applied, morally, commit, york, prison, new, life, kill, deterrent, crime, being, been, without, several, sentences, seems, robbery, person, one, must, innocent, highly, doubt, deserving, crimes, always