More on the Death Penalty

After the initial verdict of guilt or non-guilty, there is another trial to determine the sentence for the crime committed. Then after both of these trials the defendant can make the first direct appeal. In that first appeal the defendant must try to motion for a new trial by concluding that the past trial was illegitimate or new evidence was found contradict the jury’s sentencing. I believe with all these steps in place for the defendant to overturn the ruling by making multiple appeals it causes only the guilty to be put to death. When a person commits a crime that is heinous enough to get them the death penalty I don’t believe they have the right to a painless death. This is the reason why I don’t see a problem with any of the common way’s people can be put to death. The state with the most death row inmates is California with 721. Surprisingly the state with the most women on death row is California with 16. All of this data is amazing to think that each state could have such a wide range of death row inmates. One of the most interesting facts that I found was about New York. Before 1976 the state of New York executed 1130 criminals but after 1976 they haven’t executed a single one. A trend that I found with the death penalty in states was that in the south more executions take place in the north. Most of the states without the death penalty are in the north east which is interesting because this isn’t necessarily where the least amount of crime takes place. I believe when a person murders another person no matter the circumstances the person should be able to be tried for the death penalty. When one person takes another person’s life I believe we as a society must throw the book at the criminal because of the horrible things they have done to change so many people’s lives around the person who was killed. I believe a big reason why not many people in Illinois have been put to death in more recent years is because of the vast amount of resources that are needed for a death penalty verdict to be sentenced. Illinois has been one of the most debt stricken states in the whole US. One thing that really shocked me was the way that interracial murders were perceived if the victim was white v. black. When a person of the majority, White people, is murdered by a minority, Black people, it is seems a more heinous crime. But when the opposite is true the public will react completely different as seem by the execution rates of a Black defendants and White victims. In the case of the popular television show Dexter I personally believe if caught he should be put to death. Why should he be the special case where he can commit first degree murder and get away with it because he has decided that these people should die for their previous actions?