Death Plenty in United States
Introduction
Criminal justice system is fundamental and compulsory pillar of any nation or state that
help to maintain the law and order situation. Multiple governmental institutes and departments
work in collaboration to identify the unlawful and illegal activities, apprehend them, prosecute
before court. Culprits are sent to jails to inflict a form of punishment. Other may be subjected to
rehabilitation centers, fined and some may be subjected to death. The criminal justice system
have has constitutional powers as well as limitations. They can accuse, arrest or release any
person on charges of crimes. Some may be released respectfully while other may face some
monetary punishments, prisoning or capital punishments. Capital punishment has been supported
and opposed by multiple organizations and governments since 1800s. Capital punishment was
widely observed worldwide as well as in United States until 1960s. Many states and Federal
government executed several prisoners on the charges of murder, rape and treason. However, it
was opposed and challenged in Supreme Court. In March 2019, California Governor declared the
suspension of death penalty that provided temporal relief for 737 inmates on death row. His
decision was supported as well as opposed nationwide and US President Donald Trump also
showed his sadness over the decision. United States is among those only 56 countries that still
practice death penalty. United States is one of the four developed nations that still exercise death
plenty, along with Japan, Taiwan and Singapore (Riley).
Death penalty is being observed on United States’ soil for last 4 centuries. More than
15,000 executions has been reported in 4 centuries by multiple ways. Capital punishment is still
sanctioned in 29 US states, federal government and US military. In recent past years some US
states like New Mexico, New Hemisphere and Maryland abolished the capital punishment or
death penalty through legislation. These states banned the death penalty and convert it into life
imprisonment without any parole (States and Capital Punishments). The Nebraska state
forbidden the death penalty in 2015 but in 2016, it was counterattacked by statewide polls.
Washington court has abolished the capital punishment but it is still executed in several states.
Capital punishment is meant to execute the most culprit and criminals involved in societies sever
crimes. Supreme Court of United States, stated in Roper v. Simmons (2005) that capital
punishment is the most extreme punishment, therefore restricted to extreme culprits who deserve
the most extreme punishment. The court forbidden the execution of particular group as it was
cruel part of justice and judiciary system. Capital punishment was mostly observed to be
