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Ineffectiveness of the Capital Punishment System
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On numerous occasions, research has shown that the criminal equity framework neglects to secure the poor and persons with genuine mental inabilities and ailments from execution (Melusky & Pesto, 2011). Indeed, even the organization of executions is totally defective: Every strategy for execution accompanies a heinously high danger of great agony and torment. Today, open backing for capital punishment is falling; the quantities of new capital punishments and executions are both quickly diminishing, it perhaps communicates the message that the time is ripe for America to end this fizzled test. It is, therefore, imperative to discuss the ineffective of capital punishment as a social issue in the United States.
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Previous statistics reveal that thirty-five prisoners were executed last year in the U.S., and over 3,000 were on a death row. From 1976 to 2015, 1,392 executions happened in the United States, and 995 of them occurred in the South. Nonetheless, this deadly infusion has been the most widely recognized technique since the late 1970s. Thirty-four states have had executions since the death penalty was restored in 1976. Some of the states that took a lead role in the implementation of this awful law included Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Virginia. Additionally, these states were accused to have executed the law with relative recurrence. However, Texas and Oklahoma led the charge, with the most executions, and the m ...
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Capital punishment is one of the major social issues affecting the sustenance of peace, democracy and mutual coexistence in the United States. Capital punishment is sometimes referred to as the death penalty and is largely recognized as a lawful sentence in 31 out of 50 states found in the United States. The Eighth Amendment constrains the application to disturbed killings submitted by rationally capable grown-ups. Historical analysis reveal that this mode of punishment began officially in 1776 after being authorized for identical law offences in the greater part of the American provinces preceding the country’s independence. This paper seeks to establish the ineffectiveness of the entire system and conclude by providing alternative solutions.
Problem Statement
According to Melusky and Pesto (2011), capital punishment in America is a broken procedure existing as a major social challenge. Currently, many opponents have risen to criticize and champion for the abolishment of the capital punishment due to its alleged ineffectiveness. These forms of punishments are anticipated not by the grievousness of the wrongdoing but rather by the low quality of the safeguard legal advisors, the race of the blamed or the casualty, and the district and state in which the wrongdoing happened.
On numerous occasions, research has shown that the criminal equity framework neglects to secure the poor and persons with genuine mental inabilities and ailments from execution (Melusky & Pesto, 2011). Indeed, even the organization of executions is totally defective: Every strategy for execution accompanies a heinously high danger of great agony and torment. Today, open backing for capital punishment is falling; the quantities of new capital punishments and executions are both quickly diminishing, it perhaps communicates the message that the time is ripe for America to end this fizzled test. It is, therefore, imperative to discuss the ineffective of capital punishment as a social issue in the United States.
Current Statistical Overview
Previous statistics reveal that thirty-five prisoners were executed last year in the U.S., and over 3,000 were on a death row. From 1976 to 2015, 1,392 executions happened in the United States, and 995 of them occurred in the South. Nonetheless, this deadly infusion has been the most widely recognized technique since the late 1970s. Thirty-four states have had executions since the death penalty was restored in 1976. Some of the states that took a lead role in the implementation of this awful law included Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Virginia. Additionally, these states were accused to have executed the law with relative recurrence. However, Texas and Oklahoma led the charge, with the most executions, and the m ...
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This document describes a statistical analysis of factors correlating with firearm fatalities in the United States. The analysis used multiple regression to evaluate the relationship between firearm fatalities (dependent variable) and several independent variables like education levels, income, religion, gun ownership, etc. The analysis found that firearm fatalities were best predicted by a model including college education rates, gun ownership, high school dropout rates, housing prices, law enforcement levels, and some interaction terms between these variables. Assumption checks confirmed the model was appropriate. Some outliers were identified but not enough to warrant corrective measures.
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This study uses regression analysis to examine the relationship between state-level firearm death rates in the US and several independent variables representing prevailing theories about the causes of gun deaths. The analysis finds that states with weaker gun laws and higher unemployment rates have statistically significant higher firearm death rates, while personal income, mental illness rates, and income inequality were not significant predictors. This provides support for the argument that lax gun regulation and poor economic conditions contribute to higher rates of gun deaths in the US.
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1) Approximately 2.5 million Americans legally use guns each year to protect their families and livelihoods, and about 500,000 have used guns to save lives. For every gun death, 71 lives are protected and 14 lives are saved.
2) Criminals who break the law will still obtain guns illegally. Studies show that 55% of arrestees say they can get guns illegally and juveniles and adults can easily obtain illegal guns.
3) Countries that have recently strengthened gun laws have seen increases in violent crime, like a 40% rise in gun crime in the UK and a 51% rise in armed rob
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2nd Amendment
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.“
Individual interpretation influences a persons point of view on who has the right to "keep and bear arms"
The Second Amendment does not clearly define whom "the people" are.
Militia Act of 1903
Organized militia – consisting of State militia forces; notably, the National Guard and Naval Militia.
Unorganized militia – composing the Reserve Militia: every able-bodied man of at least 17 and under 45 years of age, not a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia.
So – who are the people?
United States Code, title 10, sec. 311 (1956)
Militia Composition and Classes
"The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States, and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard
So – who are the people?
Gun ownership advocates
2nd Amendment = any individual, whether in the military or not, should be allowed to own firearms.
The constitutional right should never be taken away because it would completely violate the purpose the bill of rights
Thomas Jefferson - "The strongest reason for the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject."
Self-protection = most common reasons for owning guns
SCOTUS – District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
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Held: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Gun control advocates
Stricter laws, policies, regulations that address the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, or modification, or use of firearms citizens
More gun control laws would reduce gun deaths.
High-capacity magazines should be banned because they are related to mass murder.
More gun control laws needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers.
Guns are rarely used in self-defense.
Legally owned guns frequently stolen and used by criminals.
Reduce the societal costs associated with gun violence.
A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on high capacity magazines
Fewer suicides.
Mandatory safety features would reduce the number of accidental gun deaths.
Presence of a gun makes a conflict more likely to become violent.
Armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly.
Countries with restrictive gun control laws have lower gun homicide and suicide rates than the United States.
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Violent Crimes Report for Continental U.S. (1980 - 2009)
The document discusses violent crime rates in the continental United States from 1980 to 2009 based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data. It finds that violent crime peaked in the early 1990s, with 1992 having the most reports of violent crime for the decade. The passage of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which provided billions for law enforcement and crime prevention, corresponded with declining violent crime rates throughout the remainder of the 1990s. Rates fluctuated by state and decade, influenced by factors like the introduction of crack cocaine in the 1980s and economic conditions. Overall, reports of violent crime increased dramatically from the 1960s through the early 1990s before declining for the rest of the analyzed period.
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