Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty

Sayer Charnquist
October 18, 2018
IHSS
David Roddy

Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty

The death penalty is a very hotly debated topic due to the fact that it's pretty much trying to justify murder. There are several different views on the death penalty, either it should be there, it shouldn't be, it should be regulated harder, it shouldn't be, etc. Personally, I'm all for it. There are several different methods of dealing out the death penalty. The most popular one is the lethal injection. The first thing that happens is that an IV drip is applied to a major vein in the arm, and a chemical to put the criminal to sleep is applied first to the bag. After the criminal is asleep, they apply several different types of poisons, a good few to shut off major systems, and the final one to stop breathing and blood flow. Death usually occurs in about 7 minutes after the prisoner goes to sleep. Despite this extensive method of assuring a clean and painless death, it hasn't always worked. There was one case where the prisoner woke up mid poison, and was in extreme pain for about an hour before being taken off the table and returned to his cell. His proper death penalty occurred a good few months later. Anyway, back to the political implications of the death penalty. Most of the people against it are on the left side of the political spectrum, while most of the people for it are on the right. This may vary from person to person. Most people on the left are against it because they find no way to justify taking one's life, while those on the right say that he forfeited his right to life when he took another's. Though, and I ask you to think about this, is life in prison better, or worse than death?

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