The death of the death penalty?

Capital punishment is one of the most controversial topic in our society as it is a infringement on the laws that the justice system is trying to enforced throughout our nation. After reading an article in The Nation titled Questioning Capital Punishment it has giving me an insight of the arising questions in Maryland and California. This article shows that capital punishment is a faulty consequence, based on their promises and the infringement on human rights. It is said that ' the three-drug cocktail is suppose to sedate inmates and kill them quickly and painlessly '(Shapiro, 2006) but it has become an issue after the incident of Angel Nieves in Florida. This inmate was to be lethally injected, with these promises, and thereby sedated while the procedure continue but instead was conscious and "... was left conscious, grimacing in pain and struggling for breath."(Shapiro, 2006) ; it then continues to say that, "It took half an hour and a second round of injections before the spectacle ended." (Shapiro, 2006)


This then brings the question to mind of ' how many inmate had been conscious during the lethal injection procedure and went through agonizing pain? ' (Shapiro, 2006), but also brings the fact that many innocent men and women have been executed and therefore suffered such pain for faulty laws and procedures. Another question that has risen after reading this article is ' Are executioners about laws against killing another human being and are they to blame if an inmate is conscious during this procedure? ' This article has helped me to come to the conclusion that the death penalty should be illegal as other procedures similar to this, such as euthanasia, are. It also shows that there is an double standard to what the government perceives as 'right' by law. 



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