Two of the questions were they positive and negative effects on society for re-introducing the death penalty. The two main positive effects of the Death penalty being re-introduced were because it “Gets rid of criminals” and “it’s safer for the public”. The two main negative effects of the Death penalty being re-introduced were “Killing won’t solve any problem” and “you could kill the wrong person”. All points are valid points for and against the death penalty’s re-introduction.
I will also show you more results from this survey. I will show the statistics of my questions using the Microsoft Excel programme to show them in chart form. Here are three more of my questions and results:
This bar chart shows the statistics for the different views on the death penalty by different age groups and whether that are for, against or undecided about re-introducing the death penalty in the UK. This chart shows that most people involved in this survey are ‘For’ re-introducing the death penalty to the UK and it also shows that many of these wanting the death penalty re-introduced again are of a younger age, suggesting the younger generation are more for this event then others.
This pie chart shows the statistics for how many people would agree to bring the death penalty back into the UK. It shows that a larger amount of people within the UK, are ‘for’ re-introducing the death penalty in the UK. 59 people agreed to bring back the death penalty whereas 37 said no and 19 were unsure. This shows that the death penalty being re-introduced is a popular motion in the UK’s society,
This Bar chart shows that if the death penalty were re-introduced, what crimes the death penalty would be a punishment for and how many people participating in this survey agree with this.
My research of the current generation of 2005 provides the result that many people of the 2005-generation in society today support the hypothesis “Society in 2005 wants to re-introduce the death penalty in prisons.” This is shown in the three result charts above which identify that it is mainly the younger generation supporting the re-introduction of the death penalty. The arguments for or against the death penalty are shown in this survey as the survey shows how many are for or against the re-introduction of the death penalty and how they view the death penalty being used for example the different crimes it should be a punishment for and the ways of performing the death penalty.
The case supporting capital punishment and the death penalty would be for the reasons that people would learn not to commit crimes in fear of death and effectively crime would be reduced due to fear of the death penalty becoming inflicted upon them. Also death penalty as a punishment in public prisons would make public safer for everyone knowing that those committing the crimes are dead instead of just imprisoned waiting to get out. Prison’s are currently getting fuller everyday and the death penalty would not only reduce people entering prison’s by committing crimes but it would also decrease the number imprisoned depending on their crimes and punishment for these crimes committed.
The case against capital punishment and the death penalty would be the fact that it is wrong to murder and the fact that it could be used inappropriately, for example the film “the green mile” shows life on death row and how an innocent man dies for a crime he didn’t commit, also King Henry the Eighth is a good example of the death penalty becoming out of control, Henry the Eighth shows one man taking complete control over people lives and killing those for no reason or reasons such as his wife not giving birth to a male. These examples show how the death penalty could be at fault for after you are dead there is not return and if you were just imprisoned and then proved not guilty you could be released.
Personally I feel that the death penalty was always a good idea but no longer in society today. It was effective and must of kept crimes low due to the fact of death being the punishment, but I feel that since the death penalty has been disposed of from the system it wouldn’t be good to re-introduce it. I feel that if it were to be re-introduced that crimes would be reduced due to fear of death, and I feel that it is an effective punishment that would work and people would learn form others mistakes stopping them from committing crimes. Although I feel these aspects of the death penalty are good ideas I feel more strongly against it due to the fact of being wrongly accused. I f someone were to be wrongly accused of a crime and then killed as a result, only later for the law to find that they had been responsible for the death of an innocent human being it would be terrible. Also, if the death penalty were to be re-introduced it may get to the stage where those killing others would gain so much power that the government its self could become autocratic and the death penalty could become out of control.
In this investigation of the hypothesis “Society in 2005 wants to re-introduce the death penalty in prisons”, I faced a number of problems in association with my research. When asking my questionnaire I was unsure to keep an age range or ask specific groups of people. I also was unsure what examples of for and against the death penalty I could use. I could of researched the subject more and found more examples of for and against the death penalty. Also I could of asked more people and set them into age groups for each answer so the results would be more specific to the reader. The results weren’t very precise and were confusing as only 119 people took the questionnaire but there were more answers to some questions then the 119 that took the questionnaire. Also to improve my investigation into the death penalty I could of given more examples of people’s opinions and more examples of the methods used and the effects of the death penalty on the economy. If I were to re-do my investigation the main things I would change in the ways in which I approached it would be editing my questionnaire to make it more accurate to answer the hypothesis and also so the results show a more precise analysis of age range’s views on the re-introduction of the death penalty. I would also investigate the subject as a whole more and discover more about the death penalty in recent years and different countries, and finally I would expand my examples of for and against the death penalty by investigating more areas of the subject and real stories from previous years.
Victoria Matthews. 1492 Words.
