The death penalty is a killing of another person due to a heinous act or crime, like murder. This means that the killing of this person is absolutely necessary, and if we do not they could be a big danger to society. This is a very interesting topic and just wanted to take a further look into it. The death penalty opinions vary with college students as they explore the history of the past and present. The death penalty conversation has been around for more than four decades. In this article, “Understanding Death Penalty Support and Opposition Among Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Students”, Jason Sole, Brian E. Oliver, and Raj Setharaju spoke about some of the studies of the death penalty throughout history. Previous opinion polls have showed that most Americans have supported capital punishment for decades. In 2013, a Gallup poll showed record opposition to the death penalty since 1972. For the past forty years research has shown that white Republican males are in favor of the death penalty as opposed to non-white democratic females with higher education (Raj Setharaju, Jason Sole, Brian E. Oliver 1). Furthermore, a number of these studies has used the college student population. A particular study of college students in a midsize Midwestern university pulled one hundred and thirty five students on their opinions for capital punishment. The students pulled were criminal justice students and law enforcement students (Sutharaju et al 1). There were only small differences in opinions on the death penalty for the two groups. The criminal justice students were found to be less in favor of harsh punishment and so did the law enforcement. The freshman students were more in favor of the death penalty and the upper classman were more opposed to the death penalty. This difference of opinion was believed to be that the upper classman had more informed information than the lower class (Sutharaju et al 3). To explain what all of this means, it basically is saying that more seniors are more informed than freshman and so they can make better choices than the freshman regarding the death penalty. The history of the death penalty dates back a long time ago. The death penalty has been around since the beginning of time and has an interesting history. In this article, “A Paradox: Death Penalty Flourishes in U.S. While Declining Worldwide” by Laurence A. Grayer talks about some of the unique history the death penalty has to offer. United States is highly critical of all countries that violate civil rights. In contrast, the United States opposes the international trend for abolishing the death penalty. The U.S. stands alone as the only liberal country that still utilizes the death penalty (Grayer 1).
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The death penalty is a system designed to keep the worst types of criminals behind bars until their death awaits. Also, it is a killing of a person because of a horrific crime he or she committed. The U.S. is critical of other countries using the death penalty but the U.S. uses it anyway. Also, the United States said that the death penalty is constitutional and deemed to be considered not inhuman. A poll showed record opposition to the death penalty in 1972. At one point the death penalty was deemed to be unconstitutional until it got established once again. The conversation will still continue with this subject being one of
The death penalty is a system designed to keep the worst types of criminals behind bars until their death awaits. Also, it is a killing of a person because of a horrific crime he or she committed. The U.S. is critical of other countries using the death penalty but the U.S. uses it anyway. Also, the United States said that the death penalty is constitutional and deemed to be considered not inhuman. A poll showed record opposition to the death penalty in 1972. At one point the death penalty was deemed to be unconstitutional until it got established once again. The conversation will still continue with this subject being one of