Times Article

Question 1

Five Reasons Why the Death Penalty is becoming obsolete:

Answer 1

1. Despite decades of effort, there is no improvement.
2. The crime rate has plunged
3. Dwindling justification
4. Governments are going broke
5. The justices

Question 2

Despite decades of effort, there is no improvement. (Reasons…)

Answer 2

• Innocent people killed
• Very long bureaucratic process (40 years in some cases)
• Underfunded justice system - inmates waiting for lawyers

Question 3

The crime rate has plunged (Reasons)

Answer 3

• Drop in support correlated in drop in homicide numbers.

Question 4

Dwindling justification (Reasons…)

Answer 4

1. Its easier to keep people locked up for eternity (no need to get rid of them due to infrastructural barriers)
2. No need to deter slave uprisings
3. Why kill people, who kill people, tho show that killing is wrong?