Eng Comp 101 Presentation

1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Taylor Brandon

2. FOUR POINTS
Deterrence
Cost
Inhumane
Errors

3. DETERRENCE
Does not deter crime
Murder rate in non-death
penalty states has
remained consistently
lower than the rate in
states with the death
penalty
Deathpenaltyinfo.org

4. COST
Costs more than life in
prison
All taxpayers’ money
Pre-trials, trials, appeals,
petitions, and
incarceration
Motherjones.com

5. INHUMANE
Contradiction
Two wrongs do not
make a right
Puts a person out of
their own misery
Lawlex.org

6. FINALWORDS
I hope it helps his family, son and loved ones.This has been a
long journey, one of enlightenment. It's not the end. It's
only the beginning.
—George Alarick Jones, executed inTexas on June 2, 2010
Murderpedia.org
I regret nothing.
-Thomas Arnold Kemp, executed in Arizona on April 25, 2012
Murderpedia.org

7. ERRORS
Death is FINAL
Since 1973, over 130
people on death row
have been proven
innocent
Claude Jones
Deathpenaltyinfo.org

8. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Taylor Brandon