Running Head: The Price of Justice
The Price of Justice
Esteban Talamas
Texas A&M International University
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Abstract
Death penalty is one of the most controversial issues that engulf the judicial system in
current times. Just as the rest of the systems that carry out the government in the United
States, the Judicial system s not a perfect one, and the application of the capital
punishment is a perfect example the are strong sides to take in this issue but the most
prevalent issue in this subject after the morality of it, it’s the economical side. The
economic downside of capital punishment as expressed by the proponents of its rejection
is the fact that the mere intention for seeking death penalty costs is much higher than its
most close comparative possibility, life in prison without parole.
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As complicated as it gets when a nation stars to grow, the preservation of the
judicial system is one of the most rendered necessities in order to conserve social order.
The judicial system is in charge of predicating and maintaining the justice department, in
the United States; the judicial system is one of the three main branches of government.
One of the most difficult topics that are always in the midst of discussion is the
application of the death penalty. The use of Capital Punishment in certain cases is one of
the most controversial topics because of the severity of the punishment when in the bill of
rights is specified that no one should be carried in cruel or unusual punishment.
Furthermore, proponents of the abolition of the death penalty argue that is more revenge
than justice and that it only serves as a “payback” to the afflicted party. On the other
hand, proponents for the continuation of this process agree than much punishment is only
considered for aggressors of society norms and laws altogether.
The anti-capital punishment arguments are based on ethical grounds and also on
the economical side of the issue. The ethical issues regarding capital punishment are
based on religious ideals and also the sense that no one deserves such kind of punishment
regardless of their offense to society. Continuing the argument but on economical side,
proponents of the abolition of capital punishment argue that is excessively expensive and
that it is an obsolete apparatus of the judicial system. The main argument of this is that in
a trial that is seeking death penalty he costs are severely augmented. This is because if the
court is seeking death penalty then it has go through two trials, one for guilty and the
other one for sentencing (Dieter, 2010). Moreover, another argument for the abolition of
the death penalty is that this tool of “justice” does not actually detriment the actual
happening of violent events in society.
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On the other hand, proponents who are pro death penalty argue that the only issue
with capital punishment is on the application of the sentence, not on the sentence itself.
This argument is rooted on the fact that on the current premises, the judicial system has
many loopholes and sidetracks of the main trial that ultimately the cost of death penalty
outweighs the cost of having an inmate for life in prison. This I because during a trial that
is looking for death penalty, there are a whole lot more instances for the inmate to look
for alternate sentences rather than the original death penalty. On this premise, an inmate
on the death row can appeal his sentence unlimited times as proofs come along, and this
proves to be a limitation and a strain on the judicial system. Proponents of death penalty
argue that if the process to implement the capital punishment would be expedited then it
would be a more efficient way to improve the judicial system. Moreover, proponents of
this tool of justice argue that if the costs of using death penalty could be reduced then it
would be a more efficient way to administrate the punishment in a more sequential
process. This is because during the administration of the death penalty the costs to
administrate this are augmented by several factors; one of such is the costs of the trials
and the actual cost of the death penalty.
In the current methods of imparting justice in the United States, the application of
capital punishment is the most severe punishment for an individual accused. The judicial
system of the United States, as flaw-stricken as it is, is one of the most inefficient systems
when regarding big-ticket cases. The opportunity of a prosecutor to sentence an accused
individual to the death penalty is a chance that is not taken lightly because of the highgrade consequences that it would carry. Because of the implication of the death penalty in
the way society look at the judicial system its one of the causes that is such a taboo topic.
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The subject of capital punishment is one of the most controversial topics because of the
consequences it caries, and for the several topics that it carry and that affects several
aspects and sectors of society. Nevertheless, the implementation and continuing
application of the death penalty as method of imparting justice is one of the tools that the
judicial system has to punish detractors and aggressors of society.
Regardless of the side one might take in this subject, it is unequivocal to argue
that if the implementation of the capital punishment would be delivered without so many
bureaucratic steps it would be a more swift way to do justice I the case merits such
sentence. In this sense, if the case if sought after death penalty sentence, the court must
be more efficient in order to deliver justice more efficiently. Whenever the justice system
could regenerate itself to be more efficient, then the implementation and impartation of
the death penalty would be a more efficient tool of justice
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