Death+Penalty+in+Texas

Death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is known as the punishment for criminals. Criminals sentenced to die because of harsh crime they committed. The jury and judges determine if he or she gets the death penalty. Texas are wrongly convicted and abuse the death penalty. Most people think people should live their life in jail not have to die due to stupid actions. Texas abuses the right to have the death penalty because they have many wrong convictions. People with a mental illness are not placed in an insane asylum not killed. Marches are being held every year in Texas. They are currently on there 18th march. Most people are for the death penalty but in Texas there is a solid reason on why it should be abolished. It should not be praised in Texas because of how much they wrongly execute people. It is shown that criminals were wrongly executed.
 * Abolishing Death Penalty in Texas **
 * Death Penalty **
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Religion doesn’t help those convicted of crimes especially if they attend church and bible study in prison. The judges won’t include a new rule about how religion can stop you from receiving the death penalty. Receiving religious help is a step in prision. Receiving religious help also assists and make criminals a better person but it also depends on the level crime the criminal committed. Some Christians have this ideology that Mathew 3 in the bible “eye for an eye” means life for a life. The worse outlook on that bible verse comes from those who are judgmental or does not comprehend what they are reading. The Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) should look at the bible verse so closely because they are misinterpreting what Jesus is saying. They are trying to find every reason to make the supreme court use religion in another way that doesn’t help the criminals. Jesus doesn't contradict himself and tell Christians to kill if someone else killed.
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 * [|Christian Perspective]

Trails are seen by the judge if the judge is determining someone life, they should see a higher court. The jury plays an important role as well as the judge. There was a big case in Texas where a man named Troy Farris was given and unfair trail. They rejected everything he asked for and gave him the death penalty after he saw the court. Troy’s brother and friend spoke about his case and explained why he should not get the death penalty. The jury said they took it into consideration. “Maurie Levin, one of Farris's attorneys, said she had never heard of a case where the court had admitted error yet refused to grant the appellant a new hearing. "It's terrifying and infuriating," she said” (Jones,1). Shannon Jones showed us how the attorney thought the court was being unfair. Someone that attended law school should know all the legal options a criminal has. After Troy was executed Arizona executed someone that was told he had the death penalty since 1981. Arizona abused their power and Texas made a bad example. Unfair trails go on everywhere in America but there are more in Texas. “The US Supreme Court has held that opposition to the death penalty does not automatically exclude one from participating on the jury of a capital case” (Jones, 1). The Supreme Court finally acted to change the rules regarding the trails to the death penalty.
 * Legal Action **
 * [|Sam Hyde and Other Hoaxes: False Information]
 * [|Death Penalty: Racist, Classist, Unfair]

Texas has the most death penalties because they are not afraid of executing thee prisoners but also because people are wrongly convicted. Religion is taken into consideration and looked at by the courts in America. Will religion play major part in the death penalty to give criminals another option other than to lose their life. Percentages when it comes to the death penalty are not as high as they use to be, but they are high considering those people are dying with no say. The trails are considered fair but are they really. The jury and judge have the last word to determine who dies and who does not. At least, the Supreme court should determine who should die or live speaking that they are higher in power.
 * Abolishing Death Penalty in Texas **

Work Cited


 * “A Christian Perspective on the Death Penalty.” Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, .
 * Bazelon, Emily. “Where the Death Penalty Still Lives.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 23 Aug. 2016, . Accessed 24 Sept. 2017.
 * "Death Penalty Facts – Amnesty International USA." Amnesty International USA - Human
 * “Death Row Information.” Texas Department of Justice, 9 Nov. 2017, .
 * Fitzpatrick, Laura. “The Death Penalty: Racist, Classist and Unfair.” //Time//, Time Inc., 23 Feb. 2010, content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1967233,00.html.
 * Jones, Shannon. “World Socialist Web Site.” Despite court ruling of unfair trial, Texas executes
 * Troy Farris, World Socialist Web Site wsws. Org Published by the International
 * Rights Organization. Web. 
 * Smith, Kemariya. “Abolishing the Death Penalty in America”. Human Communication. 12 Nov. 2017. Sparks Hall, Atlanta, GA.
 * Smith, Kemariya. “Literature Review”. English Composition. 25 Oct. 2017, Classroom South, Atlanta, Ga.