My Stand on Death Penalty

When we hear the words “Death Penalty” what we immediately think about is the brutal and merciless killing of a convicted criminal. People especially human rights advocates and the church can be heard everywhere because they think it as “immoral.” But before we jump into conclusions, let’s first know more about what death penalty really is. According to USLegal.com, “Death penalty is the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital crimes (serious crimes, especially murder, which are punishable by death). The death penalty, or capital punishment, may be prescribed by Congress or any state legislature for murder and other capital crimes. The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is not a per se violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Furthermore, the Sixth Amendment does not require a jury trial in capital crime cases.” Therefore, death penalty is a punishment upheld and decided by the Supreme Court which is to be applied to someone who is convicted of the heinous crime he committed.

Death penalty as a capital punishment should be applied to heinous criminals who did brutal crimes (e.g Rape and Murder not only for the adults but most especially to children and even infants; Mass murder; Drug Manufacturing [that may cause mass destruction to the society]), because people as we are, if we think that we can still get out from a crime we did, we will do that crime as many times as possible. Those criminals don’t think about the welfare of the people they victimize as long as they can suffice their needs and cravings. Setting these criminals on loose will lead to much more victims. Let me site this article I’ve read, “All over the country, news stories bemoan and hype the countdown to execution number 1,000. But where are the stories regarding the ripple effects of the heinous crimes that these murderers were executed for committing? Who is counting the victims? A conservative estimate puts the number of victims of these 1,000 murderers at 1,895. Why do we hear so much about the killers and so little about the victims and their loved ones who are left behind to pick up the pieces?” As we hear today the human rights advocates who are really against death penalty, where are they when an estimation of one (1) criminal being able to victimize two (2) innocent individuals not just by doing something terrible to them, but unfortunately, mercilessly killing them? Are the lives of the innocent invaluable to them? Are the criminals only the ones that can avail the benefits of the term “HUMAN RIGHTS?”