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- Legality. The United States is one of 55 countries globally with a legal death penalty, according to Amnesty International. As of Mar. 24, 2021, within the US, 27 states had a legal death penalty (though 3 of those states had a moratorium on the punishment’s use).
- Life without Parole. Life without Parole (also called LWOP) is suggested by some as an alternative punishment for the death penalty. PRO. Proponents of replacing the death penalty with life without parole argue that imprisoning someone for the duration of their life is more humane than the death penalty, that LWOP is a more fitting penalty that allows the criminal to think about what they’ve done, and that LWOP reduces the chances of executing an innocent person.
- Deterrence. One of the main justifications for maintaining a death penalty is that the punishment may prevent people from committing crimes so as to not risk being sentenced to death.
- Retribution. Retribution in this debate is the idea that the death penalty is needed to bring about justice for the victims, the victims’ families, and/or society at large.
8 hours ago · In the final days of the Donald Trump’s first administration, Gonzalez co-wrote an opinion for USA Today criticizing the administration’s “disregard for human life” and use of the death ...
May 15, 2012 · TODAY’s Professionals Donny Deutsch, Star Jones, and Nancy Snyderman debate the hot topics of the day, including whether the husband of a 9/11 victim should have spoken out against the death ...
Mar 24, 2022 · The Death Penalty Information Center points to a 35 percent figure for black death sentences, nearly three times the percentage of the population that is African American.
Dec 2, 2023 · Nearly 200 death row exonerations since 1975, including three in 2023, also have helped changed people’s minds about the fairness of the death penalty, Maher said.
Nov 11, 2024 · There can be no stepping back from this position. Today we state clearly that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible’ and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.” —Pope Francis, “Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti of the Holy Father Francis on Fraternity and Social Friendship,” vatican.va, Oct. 3, 2020
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Nov 19, 2021 · The death penalty remains popular, broadly speaking: In 2020, Gallup reported that Americans favored maintaining the death penalty for convicted murderers by a 55 percent to 43 percent margin.
