The Death Penalty: Justice or Unjust?

                               FIRM INC PRESENTS:

 

                    THE DEATH PENALTY: Justice, or Unjust?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     Pros vs. Cons of Death Penalty

 

 

 

Cons :

*Unethical - State has no constitutional right to send a prisoner to their death

*Doesn't support the citizen's point of view; supports politicians'

*Pursuing death penalty is expensive

*Prisoner can never reconcile with problems

*Lose free will

*Many innocent get executed

*Based on individual opinion

*Questions people's faith and ethics

*Violates "cruel and unusual punishment" clause in Bill of Rights

*Encourages the "eye for an eye" mentality

*Prisoner's family must suffer from seeing loved one killed

*Useless in that victim can never be brought back

 

Pros :

*Some serious criminals won't have to commit other crimes

*Citizens of affected area won't live in constant fear of repeat attack

*Space in prisons for less serious offenders

*Fewer resources used in pursuit of escaped convict

*Decrease crime rate

*People affected from crime get relief knowing criminal is dead

*Criminals will be fearful of death penalty and think twice about crime

*Justice is served

*Ends pain and torture of prisoners serving life sentence

*Prevents having an overcrowded justice system

 

 

 

 

                        Famous Quotes on the topic of the Death Penalty:

 

 "Capital punishment [...] was premised on the promise to be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. [...] [Capital punishment] will cast a pall of shame over our soceity for years to come. We cannot let it continue." - Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1990

 

 "When people of color are killed in the inner city, homeless people, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek to avenge their deaths. [...] poor families [...] are surprised when the case is prosecuted at all." - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ

 

 "A system that will take life must first give justice." - Former ABA Pres. John J. Curtin, Jr.

 

 

 "You believe an eye for an eye until you're put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much [to the families]. My [relative] is gone." - NBA legend Michael Jordan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                 Final Thoughts

 

Ultimately, the decision for the death penalty in the future lies in your hands. People may be divided on the issue, but until you're put in that situation, it's difficult to tell how you may feel. It's the stance of this CEO, that each case should be dealt with individually and given it's own analysis before deciding on the death penalty. Only then, will true justice be served.

       - Firm Inc. CEO, Ben Benack III