Dead Man Walking
Have you seen the movie, Dead Man Walking? The movie is based on a real story that Sister Helen Prejean experienced. She works in a poor black ghetto, but gets a letter from Matthew Poncelet in prison and goes to visit him. She is scared and uneasy in her first visit ever to a prison, but agrees to help him file new appeals and find him a new lawyer. Matthew Poncelet committed his crime in 1988. He and his buddy found two teenagers kissing in a car in a wooded lovers lane area. They pulled them out of the car, raped the girl, viciously stabbed them and then shot them in the back of the head. The audience is quickly convinced that this guy did it. Nevertheless, he claims he only watched while his buddy did the rape and the murders. His buddy, of course, claims just the opposite is true. She and his lawyer assure that he is the murder after they watch the tape that includes spot of murder and his press interview. Despite of that, they try him to escape death penalty. In spite of their effort, Matthew Poncelet is not able to escape the punishment and the date of execution is decided. After all, he is punished with death. This movie shows me the irrationality and
First, the death penalty costs a lot. It is a far more expensive system than one whose maximum penalty is life in prison. It is a common misconception that the use of the death penalty saves money. People assume that killing an inmate is cheaper than keeping condemned criminals in prison for the rest of their lives. However, under the current system, this is not true. A New York study estimated that the cost of an execution is three times more expensive than one of life imprisonment. In Florida, each execution costs the state $3.2 million, compared to $600,000 for life imprisonment (Amnesty International USA). In Texas, a study made in 1992 estimated that each execution cost $2.3 million, three times the cost of keeping a person in maximum security for 40 years (Hanks). Studies in California, Kansas, Maryland, and North Carolina all have concluded that capital punishment is far more expensive than keeping someone in prison for life (Amnesty International USA).
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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