STUDIES: Death Penalty Adversely Affects Families of Victims and Defendants

According to two recent journal articles, the death penalty had a negative effect on the family of the victims of the murder and the family of the accused. Dr. Robert T. Muller (pictured) of psychologist says psychologically that the death penalty has had a negative effect on the family and friends of the victims of the homicide in the "Today's Psychology" blog "Talking about Trauma" The research reported that it was discovered. "General victim")). According to a survey by the University of Minnesota, only 5% are reported to have been closed due to death, 20.1% say that implementation does not help in healing. This is because, as one of the joint victims said, "cure is a process, not an event". In the survey conducted by the Marquette Law School in 2012, perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment. In the case of non-death sentences, the physical and mental health of the joint victims improved and the legal system became more satisfactory. The authors of the study said the joint victims said that "the terminal imprisonment and the accuser's ambiguity, the uncertainty and promotion of the death penalty are strongly followed," in cooperation with the family of the homicide victims He was treated in Florida. Lula Redmond said: "Families of victims of killing often do not experience relief they expect to be experienced in their practice life has not filled this gap, but in general, until the implementation, the family noticed Regarding this point, "Although some co-victims expressed sympathy of the deceased family, the procedure of the death penalty could also bias the family and interfere with the rehabilitation of both." Michael at the University of Colorado Boulder Professor Radelet's article on the University of Michigan law amendment journal describes the retaliatory impact of the death penalty on family members, friends and condolence attorneys.Ladlet compares these effects with the effects of life without parole, "The punishment of the death penalty of the LWOP often imposes the same punishment as the family and after the execution the complete impact of that penalty will extend to the family." Impact of excessive punishment on women and children "He wrote that the impact on people other than these prisoners destroyed the principle that the criminal justice system is not just a sinner but a punishment for sinners." The death penalty affects everyone who knows condemned prisoners, caring for or working together. "

(R. Muller, "The death penalty may not bring peace to the family of the victim", "Psychology Today", October 19, 2016. M. Radelet, "The cumulative impact of the death penalty rather than parole "University of Michigan Law amendment journal, Volume 49, No. 4, 2016.) See Research and Victims

The death penalty continues to be done racially. A survey in Georgia states that if the victim is white and the victim is black, the accused is 11 times more likely to be sentenced to death than the victim, the accused are black and the victim is white In some cases 22 times higher. The court issued McClekey v. We reviewed this evidence with Kemp. The decision of 5-4 claimed that the racial prejudice in the death penalty management is "inevitable" and maintained the capital punishment of the Georgian dynasty. McClure key was criticized as largely departing from the commitment to court equality and justice. Today is still law

According to two recent journal articles, the death penalty had a negative effect on the family of the victims of the murder and the family of the accused. Dr. Robert T. Muller (pictured) of psychologist says psychologically that the death penalty has had a negative effect on the family and friends of the victims of the homicide in the "Today's Psychology" blog "Talking about Trauma" The research reported that it was discovered. "General victim")). According to a survey by the University of Minnesota, only 2.5% of the joint victims reported closure due to the death penalty, but 20.1% said that the implementation did not help in healing. This is because, as one of the co-victims said, "cure is a process, not an event." Research by Marchet Law School in 2012 improves the physical and mental health of co-sufferers and is also highly satisfied with the legal system. When perpetrator gains life sentence instead of capital punishment

In a 2007 survey by Yale University law school on the death sentence in Connecticut state, African American defendants showed three times more mortality than white defendants in the case of white victims. In addition, when it comes to deciding what sacrifice should be taken, the murderer of the white victim is handled more severely than those who kill the minority.