Captial PunishmentEssay title: Captial PunishmentShould the U.S. continue to use capital punishment? I believe that the capital punishment should be fitting to the crime, for example if someone premeditates and takes a life, it should be a life for a life. I believe that a person’s life is more valuable then any amount of money and the pain of losing a loved one is more unbearable. On the other hand I feel that the judicial system needs to be updated or changed because these criminal’s can live off of the tax payers money for years getting free room and board and also having the chance to get an education. They also get entertainment such as TV, reading materials, and they also get free food three times a day. To me this makes no sense why is our correctional system rewarding these criminals the luxuries they do not deserve. The time period that some people spend on death row is exhausting every resource imaginable causing the process to slow down just to save there life, while they show no remorse about the life they took. I feel that there should be a dead line for an appeal so that a person that is innocent can prove there case and be acquitted of the crimes that they where charged with. I am not trying to come off as harsh I just do not understand why people that commit such vile crimes get a free ride through life until that is taken while we still have people on the streets who have not done crimes, but have to struggle through life searching trash
The Sentence
The court found the Department of Corrections in violation of the Eighth Amendment right to liberty of speech and of the right to a fair trial in every case. In order to correct this injustice, a jury of twenty-one must agree that the defendant was a known felon before they were sentenced. The Sentence
In the case of the federal government’s capital punishment program, the appeals court held that “anyone who has committed a violation of this act as well as those of five other federal statutes, including the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth or of any of its States and jurisdictions shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5,000 and imprisonment for not more than five years; no such penalty shall be imposed to the extent a conviction of an offense does not directly result in a sentence of incarceration. Under [S]o this part of the Constitution [the right to liberty of speech], the right, of the people to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures, of unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” After the term: A jury of twenty-one must agree that the defendant was an known felon before they were sentenced. A “conviction” of an offense does not directly result in a sentence of imprisonment. On Appeal | Sentence Rules | Sentencing | Appeal
Before the sentencing of the federal government in the case of the “conspiracy to kill” law in California and the case of the death penalty in Illinois there was a trial convened by District Court Justice Rufus P. Boggio to determine if a new death penalty was a viable or not viable option for the crime. Boggio asked the California parole board to impose new prison terms to be imposed on federal prisoners from 1994 through 2005, which would not only help inmates but also reduce their prison populations. In the case of the new sentence it was argued that in order to be executed in California, one must meet the new test. Judge Boggio stated that an inmate can also escape the United States if he or she could prove that a judge had read his or her verdict. While this was argued it wasn’t given enough credibility to make the claim that there was a new death penalty or had it not been found unconstitutional. It is alleged that a jury of seven had the wrong ruling. The case also went on to be referred to the trial court in California stating that the jury did not find the new sentence unconstitutional. The Court found the new sentence unconstitutional after an interlocutory appeal court found the sentence unconstitutional in April. The next hearing took place on May 29, 2010 and the sentence was finally overturned. Boggio denied the Appeal of the Appeals Court ruling on June 8, 2010.
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