CON TEAM EXAMPLE (research in internet)
Source #1 http//nodeathpenalty.org/get-the-facts-six-reasons_oppose_death_penalty
FACTS:
Six Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty
The death penalty is racist.
The death penalty punishes the poor.
The death penalty condemns the innocent to die.
The death penalty is not a deterrent to violent crime.
The death penalty is "cruel and unusual punishment."
The death penalty fails to recognize that guilty people have the potential to change, denying them the opportunity to ever rejoin society.
CON TEAM EXAMPLE (research in internet)
Source#2 www.bbc.couk/newsground/15007511
FACTS:
§ The death penalty goes against our most basic human right - the right to life
§ Being killed by lethal injection or being electrocuted is not always smooth and painless, sometimes it causes a painful death
§ No-one has ever proven with numbers that killing murderers stops other people committing similar crimes
§ Mistakes are sometimes made in the law - what if someone is killed who is actually innocent?
SOURCE#3 https://oadp.orgfacts12reasons
There is a better alternative: life without parole.
In Oregon, we have the option of sentencing convicted murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. There are currently over 121 people in Oregon who have received this sentence.
In Oregon, we have the option of sentencing convicted murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. There are currently over 121 people in Oregon who have received this sentence.
The death penalty puts innocent lives at risk.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, 138 innocent men and women have been released from death row, including some who came within minutes of execution. In Missouri, Texas and Virginia investigations have been opened to determine if those states executed innocent men. To execute an innocent person is morally reprehensible; this is a risk we cannot take.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, 138 innocent men and women have been released from death row, including some who came within minutes of execution. In Missouri, Texas and Virginia investigations have been opened to determine if those states executed innocent men. To execute an innocent person is morally reprehensible; this is a risk we cannot take.
Race and place determine who lives and who dies.
Those who kill whites are more likely to be sentenced to die than those who kill African-Americans. In Oregon, prosecutors from some counties are more likely to pursue the death penalty than others are.
Those who kill whites are more likely to be sentenced to die than those who kill African-Americans. In Oregon, prosecutors from some counties are more likely to pursue the death penalty than others are.
