Death Penalty

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“THE DEATH PENALTY”

The death penalty, or capital punishment which ever term you wish to use came into effect
around the late 1960's, since then there are thirty-eight states with the death penalty; Georgia
included, and twelve states without. Since the enactment of the death penalty in 1976 until
today there has been a total of eight hundred and four people put to death, and about 4,000
intimates waiting to be executed. There are a lot of mixed emotions when it comes to the death
penalty. Some people believe that the carrying out of the death penalty goes against a persons
eighth and fourteenth amendment rights, and others believe that it will help deter crime.
Many feel that the death penalty is such a cruel way to punish a person that they would rather
them spend life in prison without parole. just like everything else putting someone to death cost
a lot of money and it has to go threw a process. To give a person a death sentence there has to
be a least 28 procedures necessary in making the decision. 1. The crime must be one listed as a
capital crime in the penal codes. 2. A suspect must be identified and arrested. 3. Beginning with
the bill of rights, the Miranda warning and the exclusionary rule U. S. criminal defendants and
those convicted have, bu far, the most extensive protections ever devised and implemented 4. A
panel of district attorneys determines if the case merits the death penalty as prescribed by the
penal code. 5. A grande jury must indict the suspect of capital murder. 6. The suspect is
presumed innocent, 7. The prosecution must prove to the judge that the evidence upon which the
prosecution will rely is admissible, 8. The defendant is assigned two attorneys, county funds are
provided to defense counsel for investigation and trial, 9. It takes 3-12 weeks to select a jury,
10. Trial is conducted, 11....