Where can I find information on why people should be i favor of the death penalty?

Question

I am pretending to be a lawyer for a class at school.I need info on this.

Answer 1

The facts do not support the death penalty. A 2006 Gallup poll found that Americans prefer life without parole over the death penalty, 47% to 46%. Americans are learning the facts about the death penalty. Here are a few of the facts, all sourced and verifiable-

Re: Possibility of executing an innocent person
Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. Many had already served over 2 decades on death row. If we speed up the process we are bound to execute an innocent person. Once someone is executed the case is closed. If we execute an innocent person we are not likely to find that out and, also, the real criminal is still out there.

Re: Deterrence
The death penalty isn’t a deterrent. Murder rates are actually higher in states with the death penalty than in states without it. Moreover, people who kill or commit other serious crimes do not think they will be caught (if they think at all.)

Re: cost
The death penalty costs far more than life in prison. The huge extra costs start to mount up even before the trial. There are more cost effective ways to prevent and control crime.

Re: Alternatives
48 states have life without parole on the books. It means what it says, is swift and sure and is rarely appealed. Being locked in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day, forever, is certainly no picnic.

Re: Who gets the death penalty
The death penalty isn’t reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??

Re: Victims families
The death penalty is very hard on victims’ families. They must relive their ordeal in the courts and the media. Life without parole is sure, swift and rarely appealed. Some victims families who support the death penalty in principal prefer life without parole because of how the death penalty affects families like theirs.

Opposing the death penalty doesn’t mean you condone brutal crimes or excuse people who commit them.

Answer 2

When I was a kid in Nebraska, two boys about my age (12 or 13 years-old) were found dead in a field about 15 miles from my house. They had been sexually abused and brutally stabbed to death. John Jubert was eventally caught and sentenced to death in Nebraska; but not before claiming to have committed similar crimes in Maine.

Jubert's hope was since the crimes in Maine took place first, they would get first shot at control of his fate. Maine did not have the death penalty at the time. A lot of legal wrangling was done and Jubert was sent back to Nebraska to die in the electric chair.

Do I feel bad that he died in the electric chair? Nope, I feel a bit safer knowing that he can never harm a child again. Does his death serve any purpose? Well I hope it acts as a warning to others who think such terrible acts are okay.

I hope this helps you see why the death penalty is used. If he had gotten a life sentence, there would always be the chance some fool would grant parole. Jubert got death, just like his victems; only his was more humane.

Answer 3

www.prodeathpenalty.com
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/history2.html
sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/pro/pro.html
www.jessejacksonjr.org/issues/i042197264.html
www.antideathpenalty.org/whyamerica.html