Entry #12 Death penalty

Video " Jeremy Irons talk about death penaty"

Key Words:

• Crime
• Death Penalty
• To punish
• Crime rates
• To abolish
• Legal counsel
• Capital punishment
• To be executed 
• Child offenders
• Innocents
• Human rights
• Imprisonment
• Revenge
• Deterren

Key Phrases

• Those without the capital get the punishment
• Everyone has the right to live and no one should be subject to torture
• It is not a deterrent against the crime that it punishes
• To plunge into criminal chaos
• The death penalty targets the economically disadvantaged 
• The right to life is inalienable: it cannot be given and it cannot be taken away

Jeremy Irons expresses:

• Death penalty does not prevent high crime rates 
• Good legal counsel cannot be afforded by the poor people 
• Death is irreversible 
• Death penalty is not acceptable even if it means killing both an innocent or a criminal 
• Death penalty kills people but also tortures them psychologically when having to wait for death 
• Human rights apply to all human rights 
• The right to life cannot be taken away