Death Penalty Affirmative

Members:
Aizee Duldulao
Diwata Amor Buenviaje
Kate Tagatac Obligado
Natasha Grospe
Tricia Santos
Val Marvhenick Portillo

Rosenberg, D., (n.d.). Do Killers Deserve To Be Killed.

https://www.haftrhstattler.com/academics-25
There have been several instances where criminals facing murder charges faced no capital
punishment and were let out on parole after their sentences. In these instances, criminals went
out in the real world and murdered more innocent people.
There have been several instances where murderers do not face the death penalty to receive life
in jail. Even in jail, they find ways to kill more people.
Additionally, it is easier for a person to escape jail than to escape death. There have been several
instances where criminals who did not receive capital punishment managed to escape while in
jail and ultimately kill several innocent people.
Capital punishment can deter murders altogether as the wrongdoer would fear being killed
themselves. By inflicting the death penalty, criminals are most likely to turn away from their
crimes and think twice.
Furthermore, for the sake of the victim and their family, the death penalty helps provide closure
for the criminal’s horrid acts by providing justice.

Foxhound 45, (2023). Capital Punishment by the United States federal government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government#:~:text=Capital%20punishment
%20is%20a%20legal,court%20officer%20in%20certain%20cases.
Capital punishment is a legal punishment under the criminal justice system of the United States
federal government. It can be imposed for treason, espionage, murder, large-scale drug
trafficking, or attempted murder of a witness, juror, or court officer in certain cases.

Varcas, M., (2022). Philippines eyes ‘World Class’ Top-Security Prison.

https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2022/08/17/469100/philippines-eyes-world-class-top-
security-prison/
THE PHILIPPINE Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said it is considering building a
modern maximum-security prison for heinous crime convicts in a country known for having the
world’s most crowded jails.
Many jails in the Philippines fail to meet the minimum United Nations standards given
inadequate food, poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions.

Mr. Remulla earlier said the national penitentiary, which was designed to house 6,000 prisoners,
had 17,000 inmates. He also said they plan to streamline the digitalization of jail records to
address congestion.
Gramlich, J., (2021). 10 facts about the death penalty in the U.S.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/19/10-facts-about-the-death-penalty-in-the-u-
s/

Six-in-ten U.S. adults strongly or somewhat favor the death penalty for convicted murderers,
according to the April 2021 survey. A similar share (64%) say the death penalty is morally
justified when someone commits a crime like murder.
Support for the death penalty is consistently higher in online polls than in phone polls.

Daniller, A. & Kiley, J., (2021). Death penalty draws more Americans’ support online than in
telephone surveys
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/06/02/death-penalty-draws-more-americans-
support-online-than-in-telephone-surveys/
65% of adults said they favored the death penalty for people convicted of murder, while 34%
were opposed. In a telephone survey over a nearly identical period, 52% of adults favored the
death penalty and 44% opposed it.

Jecoby, J., (2015). Prison Escapes show why life without parole is not enough.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/07/15/life-without-parole-guarantee-that-murderers-
won-kill-again/vTBcJmX9B6zfdPoNdUqdqL/story.html
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1 out of every 11 killers now on death row had
already been found guilty of one or more killings before committing the murder for which they
were sentenced to die. At least 30 of the 3,000 current death-row inmates were prison escapees
when they committed capital murder.

GLORIOUSEXISTENCE, (2023). Life imprisonment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment#:~:text=Life%20imprisonment%20is%20any
%20sentence,commuted%20to%20a%20fixed%20term.
Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people
are to remain in prison for however long they have lived or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled,
or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for which, in some countries, a person could
receive this sentence include murder, torture, terrorism, child abuse resulting in death, rape,
espionage, treason, drug trafficking, drug possession, human trafficking, severe fraud and
financial crimes, aggravated criminal damage, arson, kidnapping, burglary, and robbery, piracy,
aircraft hijacking, and genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, severe cases of child
pornography, or any three felonies in case of three-strikes law.

Vera Files, (2019). Five things you should know about presidential pardons.
https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-sheet-five-things-you-should-know-about-pres
The Board may also consider a petition for an individual even before the final release when a petitioner is:

○ seeking new appointive/elective public position or reinstatement in the

government service;
 ○ suffering from serious physical or mental disability;
○ needing medical treatment abroad which is not available locally;
○ taking any government examination; or
○ emigrating.

The Reeves Law Group, (n.d.). Fact or Fiction: Not All “Life Sentences” Around The World Are
Actually For Life.
https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/life-sentences/#:~:text=Portugal%20was%20the%20first
%20country,and%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo.
Portugal was the first country in the world to abolish life imprisonment in 1884. Other countries
that have abolished it include: Mexico, Spain, Vatican City, Norway, Serbia, most South and
Central American countries, Mozambique, and Republic of the Congo.
In England and Wales, most prisoners with “life sentences” will be eligible for parole or “early
release” after a minimum term set by the judge. The average minimum term is now 15 years.
In France, inmates jailed for “life” are eligible for parole after 18 years served.
In Germany, the minimum time to be served for a sentence of “life” imprisonment is 15 years,

World Population Review, (2023),.Countries with Death Penalty 2023.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-death-penalty

Top 10 Countries that Conducted the Most Executions in 2021 (Amnesty International)

1. China — 1000+
2. Iran — 314+
3. Egypt — 83+
4. Saudi Arabia — 65
5. Syria — 24+
6. Somalia — 21+
7. Iraq — 17+
8. Yemen — 14+
9. United States — 11
10. South Sudan — 9+

Cockshaw, R., (2022),. Pseudo-Schizophrenia: How to Fool a Psychiatrist

https://medium.com/the-collector/pseudo-schizophrenia-how-to-fool-a-psychiatrist-
3ceeb072aa1d
“It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals. The
hospital itself imposes a special environment in which the meanings of behavior can easily be
misunderstood. The consequences to patients hospitalized in such an environment — the
powerlessness, depersonalization, segregation, mortification, and self-labeling — seem
undoubtedly countertherapeutic.”

Judah, S., (2013), How easy is it to fake mental illness?

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23063124
A tribunal is about to decide whether Moors Murderer Ian Brady is moved from mental hospital
back to prison. Brady has said he used "method acting" techniques to fool psychiatrists.
Several studies in the US suggest that of those assessed for a psychiatric disorder, about 7% are
believed to be faking.
In criminal cases, the number is higher. Phillip Resnick, a professor of psychiatry at the Case
School of Medicine in Ohio, says the incidence also increases with the severity of the crime.

Death Penalty Information Center, (n.d.),. Argument For and Against Death Penalty.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/curriculum/high-school/about-the-death-penalty/arguments-for-and-
against-the-death-penalty
“Even though statistical demonstrations are not conclusive, and perhaps cannot be, capital
punishment is likely to deter more than other punishments because people fear death more than
anything else. They fear most death deliberately inflicted by law and scheduled by the courts.
Whatever people fear most is likely to deter most. Hence, the threat of the death penalty may
deter some murderers who otherwise might not have been deterred. And surely the death penalty
is the only penalty that could deter prisoners already serving a life sentence and tempted to kill a
guard, or offenders about to be arrested and facing a life sentence. Perhaps they will not be
deterred. But they would certainly not be deterred by anything else. We owe all the protection we
can give to law enforcers exposed to special risks.”

Edang, A., (2017),. Legalization of Death Penalty in the Philippines.

https://www.change.org/p/government-legalization-of-death-penalty-in-the-philippines#
It deters bad people to commit heinous crimes.
It is what hardened criminals deserve.
It reduces the number of committed crimes.
The government need not spend for criminals who are murderers and such.

123HelpMe, (n.d.),. Capital Punishment Essay: The Benefits of Death Penalty.

https://www.123helpme.com/essay/Capital-Punishment-Essay-Benefits-of-the-Death-3686
Deterrence means to punish somebody as an example and to create fear in other people for the
punishment. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the
mind of any sane person.

Peoples Law Office, (n.d.),. Cases of Wrong Convictions and Imprisonment.

https://peopleslawoffice.com/issues-and-cases/wrongful-conviction/
Andre Davis spent over 31 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.

Kristine Bunch was wrongfully convicted in Indiana for arson and murder of her three-year old
son who died in an accidental fire. She spent 17 years in prison before being released in 2012.
James Hill, who served over 17 years in prison in Indiana for rape after the police concealed
evidence pointing to another suspect, and DNA testing excludes him as the rapist.

University of South Wales, (n.d.)., Counting the Risk of Murderers Reoffending.

https://criminology.research.southwales.ac.uk/cirn/research-projects/reoffending/
A preliminary study by the authors of 894 Western Australian males arrested for homicide
offences during the period 1984-2005, and subsequently released from prison, found that 177
(19.8%) of the 894 were subsequently re-arrested for another grave offence (any violent offence
including breaking into a dwelling) by the end of the follow-up time (December 31, 2005).
Among these 177 men, 13 (7.3%) were in fact re-arrested for another homicide offence. Of the
894 men released, a total of 386 (43.2%) were re-arrested for some further offence (including
driving offences and other less serious offences such as theft or illicit drug use). Of the 177
males re-arrested for another grave offence after release, 33% had a prior arrest record and 31%
were under the age of twenty-one. Follow-up on those released varied from more than 20 years
to a few months. Adjusting for this variation statistically, we estimated the percentage of male
non-Aboriginal homicide offenders younger than 30 years old who would ultimately be re-
arrested for any offence to be as high as 76% for those who had a previous arrest (prior to the
homicide). The comparable figure for those over the age of 30 years and who did not have a
prior arrest was 21%. These estimates of the risks of re-offending are conservative since they are
limited to arrests recorded in Western Australia and thus undercount arrests that may have
occurred in other states or countries.

Internet Encyclopedia, (n.d.),. Capital Punishment.

https://iep.utm.edu/death-penalty-capital-punishment/#:~:text=Thus%2C%20capital
%20punishment%20is%20not,effect%20some%20good%20for%20society.
Capital punishment is not a violation of an offender’s right to life, as the offender has forfeited
that right, and the death penalty is then justifiable as a morally permissible way to treat
murderers in order to effect some good for society.

Santa Cruz, J., (2022)., Rethinking Prison as a Deterrent to Future Crime.

https://daily.jstor.org/rethinking-prison-as-a-deterrent-to-future-crime/
And while imprisonment may well provide punishment and sequester criminals away from
public life for a time, that may be all it does: A large body of research finds that spending time in
prison or jail doesn’t lower the risk that someone will offend again. In some instances, it actually
raises the likelihood that they will commit future crimes.

Visaya, V. Jr., (2023), Suspect in killing of 19-year-old nursing student in Santiago City falls.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1791432/suspect-in-killing-of-19-year-old-nursing-student-in-
santiago-city-falls#ixzz85l0R1XiC
A 19-year-old nursing student in Santiago City, Isabela province was found dead and tied to a
tree on June 18. The suspect, who drove a stolen tricycle and fetched the victim on her way to
attend a Sunday church service, was arrested on Wednesday, June 21.
BBC, (n.d.),. Arguments in favor of capital punishment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/for_1.shtml
The argument goes that the death penalty reinforces the belief that bad things happen to those
who deserve it. This reinforces the contrary belief; that good things will happen to those who are
'good'.

In this way, the existence of capital punishment provides a psychological release from
conformity and overwork by reinforcing the hope that there will be a reward in due time.

Oddly, this argument seems to be backed up by Japanese public opinion. Those who are in
favour currently comprise 81% of the population, or that is the official statistic. Nonetheless
there is also a small but increasingly vociferous abolitionist movement in Japan.

Department of Justice, (2016),. DOJ Serves Justice To Killers of a 3-Day Old Baby, Own Father.
https://www.doj.gov.ph/news_article.html?newsid=461

The Department of Justice (DOJ) commended the Office of the Regional Prosecutor of Central
Visayas for successfully prosecuting two cases involving Infanticide and Parricide.
In a 16-page Decision, the Dumagete City Regional Trial Court - Branch 31 found Giralyn
Adalia guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Infanticide for killing her own three-day-old baby girl.
The Information filed against her alleged that Adalia carried her baby and threw her "into the
Arabe Creek in order to drown and be killed, and whose dead body was eventually recovered
early in the morning of July 20, 2010 with the umbilical cord and placenta intact."
The court sentenced her to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
Meanwhile, in a two-page Decision, the Argao, Cebu Regional Trial Court - Branch 26 found
Paulino Daugdaug guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Homicide for shooting to death his father
David Daugdaug, Sr. on March 30, 2002.
He was initially charged with Parricide but pleaded guilty to Homicide. The court sentenced him
to suffer a penalty of imprisonment from six years and one day to 12 years and one day.
Justice Secretary Emmanuel L. Caparas emphasized that "the right to life is a basic constitutional
right. The DOJ, being the government's principal law agency exerts all efforts to safeguard this
right and ensure that the perpetrator is punished to the full extent of the law."