Death_Penalty

Death Penalty Life or Death Capital punishment has been an emotionally charged issue in the United States for over two hundred years. This is easy to understand, since the taking of another human’s life, even by court order is irrevocable. The purpose of this essay is to give you background information so that you can be informed regarding the pro’s and con’s involved in this issue. Forming an opinion about capital punishment is something you must decide for yourself. The three basic aspects of the issue are: the moral factors; [Is it Just], the legal factors; [Is it administered according to the rules], and the practical factors [Does it prevent Crime]. First we will talk about capital punishment as it took place in early America starting with the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1636. “The Capital Laws of New England,” listed these “crimes” as worthy of the death sentence: Idolatry, witchcraft, blasphemy, murder (excluding self defense) assault in sudden anger, sodomy, buggery, adultery, statutory rape (death sentence optional), man stealing, perjury in a capital trial, and rebellion (Worsnop 200). Executions were public displays until the mid-nineteenth century. It was believed that public display would by example deter crime. In the death, penalty, punishment, life, new, capital, murder, factors, public, worsnop, violent, about, must, moral, laws, justice, furman, effect, deterrent, crime, court, been, years, volume, two, supreme, states, pg, one, look, legal, issue, georgia, four