Cost of Capital Punishment: The Enormous Evidence Against the Death Penalty

Abstract

Writer’s Statement
While thousands of years old, execution is still a very relevant topic today. It is something
that I have been passionate about for years. I first wrote about the issues surrounding the death penalty when I was in 8th grade and have continued researching it ever since. I believe it to be a glaring problem within our justice system that often gets very little attention. When I was told that our final project in UN1015 would be to write a journal article, I knew that this would be my topic immediately. There are many facets to the capital punishment debate, and I have focused on what I believe are the five more important issues. Those are prejudice, costs, deterrence, innocence, and closure.