I have to make a speech to persuade my audience that the death penaty is good. I am for the death penalty. I need help finding really good sources. anything anyone posts that relates to what i need will be helpful.
2007-12-27 06:25:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
If this is to be a fact based debate, yours is the harder side. However, you will find information specifically for debaters, with links to both sides, at
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=1917
The best approach for you may be the retribution argument.
Be prepared to hear the following:
126 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and isn’t a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.
The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don’t.
We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.
The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.
The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?
The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.
Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.
2007-12-27 07:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm from Texas... I'm not for the death penalty at all!!!!
I can tell you an argument you will have to dispute... and I'd like to know how you will do it!
Innocent people have been killed because of the death penalty! Some have been lucky and made it off death row (years later) but others have been murdered! How will you justify even ONE innocent person being murdered by our government?
www.theexonerated.com
Also how is it a punishment for the guilty to be killed? Isn't it more of a punishment to be left in a tiny cell for the rest of your life (if life in prison really meant life in prison)... If I committed a crime I would rather die then sit in a cell!
Lastly, did you know it costs less money for our government to keep people in jail then to kill them?
"In 1992, the Dallas Morning News concluded that a death penalty case costs an average of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years."
These are the points you'll be arguing against.... What will you say? Food for thought...
2007-12-27 06:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by melp1010 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-20 01:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you believe the death penalty is a good idea if you can't find anything to substantiate your view ?
2007-12-28 00:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by Molesworth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just go research in Texas..they are big on the death penalty which really doesn't stop anyone from kill other people. whats the answer..whom knows....and still going on..
2007-12-27 06:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by Big harry 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry. I am not Pro. I don't believe in it for just anything... it must be very very very big. I think everyone derseves the chance to go to Heaven and I think you can handle things bettter.
2007-12-27 06:34:21 · answer #6 · answered by vmbbfreak06 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋