UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR
INSTITUTO PEDAGOGICO "RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA"
The Right to Live
“We are going to heaven and our enemies will rot in hell; there is no God but Allah and I testify that Mohamed is the messenger of God” were the last words Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said before being executed on December 30th, 2006. Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court. Now, with Hussein death, Iraqis may say that their days of violence and murders have just finished. Nevertheless, is applying capital punishment an action of justice? What is true is that capital punishment is not a deterrent for criminals; it is not a solution to abolish murders. Apart from that, what was given to people by God was the right to live, and they can not give back the life of the victims by killing another person because it would result on a chain of murder. On the other hand, what is needed to be taken into consideration is that criminals who are sentenced to death penalty do not suffer the same pain than their victims’; the best way to punish someone is giving him a fair punishment according to the crime committed. Sentencing a criminal to live in prison would be better than sentencing him to be executed. Therefore, capital punishment should be banned.
According to Glenn Dunehew “Murder, is not just a crime against man, it is a crime against God, who created man. For that reason, only the death of the murderer can satisfy God's justice. But, what if an innocent person is killed? Professor Nathanson of the University of California said: “To maintain the death penalty is to be willing to risk innocent lives” Many convicted murderers are later found innocent and have been pardoned. Moreover, death penalty is irrevocable, if a person is innocent about the crime he was executed for, nobody can regret it because the injury is already done. On the other hand, there are many cases and kind of injustice when death penalty is applied, for instance, in 2000, a lethal injection ended the life of Thomas Provenzano, a 51-year-old killer who was mentally ill, and said that he was Jesus Christ. Even though Provenzano’s lawyer said that his client’s mental condittion was deteriorated, and asked for time to have him examined by psychiatrists, the Supreme Court denied the request and sentenced Provenzano to death by lethal injection. Instead of sentencing criminals such as Thomas Provenzano to death penalty, society should promote the idea of applying psychological treatment in order to try to make them better and sane people.
Despite of being a fact that goes against human rights, most of the people believe that death penalty works as a deterrent for criminals. What is said is that taking into account the punishment would be applied to a murderer, criminals would think twice before committing murder. If that were true, why do criminals still continue killing people? What is true is that criminals do not care about their victims’ life, and they do not even think about what can happen to them after committing murder. Moreover, society finds it comfortable the idea of applying death penalty to murderers in order to satisfy the desire of revenge people may have, but what they do not take into consideration is that the fact of killing a criminal does not get victims’ life back to the world; even after executing a murderer, the pain and suffering he could have caused is going to be kept in people’s mind and heart. On the other hand, criminals could find the choice of dying better than staying in prison for the rest of their lives; in this way, death would not be a punishment but a way to escape from the crimes they have committed.
Capital punishment is inadmissible from any point of view; it is unmoral, cruel, and arbitrary in many cases. If history is checked out, some racial and cruel events regarding to capital punishment will be found; for example, in 1990, at least 18.000 people were executed, where most of them were black or poor people who did not have any idea of what their rights were. In this way, does capital punishment mean justice? Does it work? Death penalty should not be considered a way of decreasing crime, because this kind of punishment does not fit the crime, and people have the right of living and pay for the mistakes they have committed in a better way.
Overall, what people do wrong during their life, during their life it has to be paid. It is clear that criminals prefer to die instead of seeing themselves in prison for the rest of their lives; even if they have killed another person without compassion, they do not deserve to die. It would be better if they were sentenced to prison or another punishment different to death. For these reasons capital punishment should be banned.
Author:
Fernando Sanchez C.I.: 16.763.972
Reading and Writing I
Prof. Manuel Arrioja
Prof. Diana Feliciano
According to Glenn Dunehew “Murder, is not just a crime against man, it is a crime against God, who created man. For that reason, only the death of the murderer can satisfy God's justice. But, what if an innocent person is killed? Professor Nathanson of the University of California said: “To maintain the death penalty is to be willing to risk innocent lives” Many convicted murderers are later found innocent and have been pardoned. Moreover, death penalty is irrevocable, if a person is innocent about the crime he was executed for, nobody can regret it because the injury is already done. On the other hand, there are many cases and kind of injustice when death penalty is applied, for instance, in 2000, a lethal injection ended the life of Thomas Provenzano, a 51-year-old killer who was mentally ill, and said that he was Jesus Christ. Even though Provenzano’s lawyer said that his client’s mental condittion was deteriorated, and asked for time to have him examined by psychiatrists, the Supreme Court denied the request and sentenced Provenzano to death by lethal injection. Instead of sentencing criminals such as Thomas Provenzano to death penalty, society should promote the idea of applying psychological treatment in order to try to make them better and sane people.
Despite of being a fact that goes against human rights, most of the people believe that death penalty works as a deterrent for criminals. What is said is that taking into account the punishment would be applied to a murderer, criminals would think twice before committing murder. If that were true, why do criminals still continue killing people? What is true is that criminals do not care about their victims’ life, and they do not even think about what can happen to them after committing murder. Moreover, society finds it comfortable the idea of applying death penalty to murderers in order to satisfy the desire of revenge people may have, but what they do not take into consideration is that the fact of killing a criminal does not get victims’ life back to the world; even after executing a murderer, the pain and suffering he could have caused is going to be kept in people’s mind and heart. On the other hand, criminals could find the choice of dying better than staying in prison for the rest of their lives; in this way, death would not be a punishment but a way to escape from the crimes they have committed.
Capital punishment is inadmissible from any point of view; it is unmoral, cruel, and arbitrary in many cases. If history is checked out, some racial and cruel events regarding to capital punishment will be found; for example, in 1990, at least 18.000 people were executed, where most of them were black or poor people who did not have any idea of what their rights were. In this way, does capital punishment mean justice? Does it work? Death penalty should not be considered a way of decreasing crime, because this kind of punishment does not fit the crime, and people have the right of living and pay for the mistakes they have committed in a better way.
Overall, what people do wrong during their life, during their life it has to be paid. It is clear that criminals prefer to die instead of seeing themselves in prison for the rest of their lives; even if they have killed another person without compassion, they do not deserve to die. It would be better if they were sentenced to prison or another punishment different to death. For these reasons capital punishment should be banned.
Author:
Fernando Sanchez C.I.: 16.763.972
Reading and Writing I
Prof. Manuel Arrioja
Prof. Diana Feliciano
13 comentarios:
fernando I find this essay a very interesting topic and,I like the way you took it to the present referring to sadam´s death.
Excellent topic sweetie, I don't think that you need to change anything, but if I found something that you should use there I'll let you know.
Congratulations Pipo!
I really think you did a very good job. First of all, what you said about Saddam Hussein's death caught my attention -maybe because it is a recent fact- what is good. your supporting paragraphs are well structured and finally you restated the main points of your essay. but, It would be better if you specified the place where the 18.000 people were executed.
¡I always knew you were going to do an excellent essay!
Hello mi Pipo...
I think this is one of the best essays I've read, and the topic is awesome, well I must say congratulations because it is a well done essay. Nice job!
I like your essay, I think you are right it should be banned, anyway is better if those criminals suffer in jail for the rest of their life, or if they are found innocent later on, they can continue with their lives.
this is a very crude topic but VERY INTERESTING, everythink is ok, congratulation fer
Well, Harmano Habbibi,I think you´re a very expiritual man and religious, and that shows people your mankind, I really liked how you mixed the religious facts with the topic in general but for sure It is one of the best essays I´d read, I really admire you!
Fernando,
It seems to me your thesis statement is "Sentencing a criminal to live in prison would be better than sentencing him to be executed. Therefore, capital punishment should be banned." If it is so, then just keep the first sentence: Sentencing a criminal to live in prison would be better than sentencing him to be executed.
Then, please answer the question: how is life in prision better than being executed? You should end up with three answers. Each one will make up the topic sentences for every paragraph. Right now I do not see them clearly although I can follow your idea.
On the other hand, CONGRATS on the way of starting the essay and the use of citations. It is also quite coherent in general.
PRISON!!!!!!!!!
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brother you are always surprising me i already knew you can do such a great job, just follow professors' advises to improve you essay, congratulation!!
hi fercho... let me tell you that your essay kept thinking and reflecting for long time.
you get into people`
s heart with this essay.
it is perfect in every way.
congratulations.
hi... let me tell you that your essay kept me thinking for several minutes.
you get into people`s heart with this.
is amazing.
is perfect in every way.
congratulations.
i really liked. i liked so much i read twice!!!!!!!
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