Saturday, October 18, 2008

capital punishment is justifiable!!!!!! speech outline

Introduction
 -defines execution as the act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty.
 There are various hot debates on this issue especially criticizing Muslims but that doesn’t end as capital punishment exist in most western countries like USA and UK.
 -shouldn’t we think of the families that are broken apart now because of the merciless acts of these criminals?
Body
Incapacitation of the criminal.
Capital punishment permanently removes the worst criminals from society and should prove much cheaper and safer for the rest of us than long term or permanent incarceration. It is self evident that dead criminals cannot commit any further crimes, either within prison or after escaping or being released from it.
 Some criminals are beyond rehabilitation; it may be that capital punishment should be reserved for serial killers, terrorists, murderers of policemen and so on. There is evidence that Major religions also support death penalty as a principle depending on circumstances.
Costly.
Money is not an inexhaustible commodity and the state may very well better spend our (limited) resources on the old, the young and the sick etc., rather than on the long term imprisonment of murderers, rapists, etc. key advantage of the death penalty over life imprisonment: it saves tax-payers the huge cost of keeping murderers locked up.
 Why should the taxpayer bear the cost of supporting a murderer for an entire lifetime? Huge opportunity cost shows that such money could be used much beneficial way to the society.
Retribution.
Execution is a very real punishment rather than some form of "rehabilitative" treatment, the criminal is made to suffer in proportion to the offence. Although whether there is a place in a modern society for the old fashioned principal of "lex talens" (an eye for an eye), is a matter of personal opinion.
 Some may argue that death penalty is barbaric but the reality is big criminals the ones that make nations uncivilized. They are the ones that are the most uncivilized individuals. If anything, the death penalty is not enough. It can never bring back the loved ones to the families that have lost them. It can never bring back the innocent lives that have been taken in cold blood Retribution is seen by many as an acceptable reason for the death penalty according to survey results.
Deterrence.
 Statistics prove that consistent application of death penalty deter crimes, in those countries (e.g. Singapore) which almost always carry out death sentences, there is far less serious crime. Suspension in death penalty in Britain showed 125% rise in murder. This tends to indicate that the death penalty is a deterrent, especially where execution is an absolute certainty.
 A 1985 study (Stephen K. Layson, University of North Carolina) showed that 1 execution deterred 18 murders. it may be better for them get one big punishment before dieing of small painful punishments.

Conclusion
 We can no longer sit and let our lives be terrorized. No longer can we sit back and watch criminals be released and then kill again. If we give up our punishing a deadly criminal, then we throw our society into chaos and let the criminals freely do as they please.
 We must make the world safe so that we and our children may once again live in a world without the fear of being senselessly killed or losing our loved ones. For a cold blooded killer, capital punishment is the only true justice.