Capital Punishment or Death Penalty

The opinions about death penalty are pro and con. At first glance, both for and against it bring out the facts which are conclusive, therefore I see myself almost in the middle position or closer to the capital punishment. However, I agree with the capital punishment when: the first, it is related to the question of deterrence, the second, to the serial killers, and finally, when the defendant’s crime is proved by the DNA test.
The three reasons are very important to declare the defendant guilty. I agree with this. Then I will try to explain below.
The first, I rely, based on deathpenaltyinfo.org information, Ernest Van Den Hog, a professor of Jurisprudence who has studied the question of deterrence, closely wrote: “ Even though statistics are not conclusive, and perhaps cannot be, capital punishment is likely to deter more than other punishment because of people fear death more than anything else”. Whatever people fear most is likely to deter most. Vicious criminal must be killed to prevent murdering again, so death penalty helps to prevent future crimes.
Second, according to the Google’s evidences, the serial killer’s case who shocked the nation, whose name is Dennis Rader. He was president of the church council at Christ Lutheran and Boy scout Leader. Rader admitted killing 10 people in Wichita area between 1974-1991. Serial killer knowing as B.T.K.- the self coined nickname that stands for” Bind, Torture, Kill.” Disturbed media and police with cryptic messages.
Finally, D.N.A. test is critical proof that the defendant has committed the crime. D.N.A. testing is useful when used, many states refuse to use this test for the accused that are in jail. This fact I like to illustrate due to an evidence based on deathpenaltyinfo.org.
Using DNA enable Justice to put in jail as called B.T.K. The Wichita Attorney Nola Foulston spent almost 20 years chasing the serial killer who called himself BTK. When DNA testing became available they took that from Rader’s daughter who had been in the hospital. The hospital gave to investigators a sample of the daughter’s DNA, so within 24 hours they proof it was match. That’s all police needed to pick up Dennis Rader.
In contrast, a former Texas district attorney from San Antonio, recently called for D.N.A. testing in the case of Hank Skinner, who is scheduled for execution on March 24. Texas has refused so far, even the state has blocked DNA testing of key pieces of evidence, including a knife that might be the murder weapon and a man’s windbreaker found next to the victim’s body, which had blood, sweat and hair on it. Skinner’s attorney failed to investigate another potential suspect, a man who was a relative of the victim and wore a windbreaker like the one found at the murder scene. Former Texas attorney stated, “ Since 1973, 139 people in 26 states have been released from death row based on evidence of their innocence. Many of these people were freed because of DNA evidence. But it works only if we use it… It is case like Skinner’s that ended my support of the death penalty. Any system driven by the decisions of human beings will produce mistakes.”
As conclusion DNA testing is crucial to sentence a criminal with death penalty, and persuade all people that support the death penalty. Whereas, the last evidence indicate that’s why there are various individuals opposed enforcing the death penalty.