Opponents argue that the death penalty is not an effective means of deterring crime, risks the execution of the innocent, is unnecessarily barbaric in nature, cheapens human life, and puts a government on the same base moral level as those criminals involved in murder. Furthermore, some opponents argue that the arbitrariness with which it is administered and the systemic influence of racial, socio-economic, geographic, and gender bias on determinations of desert make the current practice of capital punishment immoral and illegitimate. COUNT 5
QSN1 Along with gender, geography and race, what bias do some opponents of the death penalty see in its administration? ANS1 socio-economic QSN2 According to opponents of the death penalty, what does the death penalty cheapen? ANS2 human life QSN3 According to death penalty opponents, on whose moral level does execution place the government? ANS3 criminals involved in murder QSN4 What do death penalty opponents argue that capital punishment isn't effective at doing? ANS4 deterring crime QSN5 Who do death penalty opponents believe may sometimes be executed? ANS5 the innocent