Civil Engineering

One job i have reall been looking into has been civil engineering. Civil engineering is an architect that deals with the everyday needs of people like bridges,  roads, canals..etc. I always wanted to be an architect but i feel like this would be more helpful for the world. The median salary is around 75 thousand a year. You need to have a major in civil engineering which takes about 3 to 5 years. You need to have your bachlor in engineering and with this you can choose from a variety of different jobs. You can either get an undergraduate (BEng/BSc) degree or a masters. There are alot of different jobs because the country is getting more advanced and bigger so the country is in need for more engineers. People think that it is growing occupation and there will be lots of new jobs in the next couple of years. Some advantages is that your schdule can be flexible because of where you are going to be working at and the times too. a disadvantage is that it can be stressful because you would have alot of work to take home. you have to get everything right because you ae designing things.

Death Penalty

My topic is about death penalty. My research question is should the death penalty be banned in the United States. 80 percent of the teenagers surveyed said the death penalty should not be banned. One student states “ some people don’t deserve to live” but on the contrary another students makes the argument  that “the victim’s family will push for it” so it’s better to get rid of it once in for all. some major questions that can be asked about his topic is : Is it inhumane?, What do victims families think of the death penalty? and Who was the latest victim of this harsh punishment?

         Most of the American people believe the execution of criminals should not be banned. Though, in the recent years there has been a decline in support for the death penalty. The supreme court  have been looking into it more because of its ethics. In Supreme Court Takes Up Lethal Injection, the author states “This is the first time in more than a century the court has examined a method of execution.” (Totenberg) because the injection, they would use the electric chair to execute people in the death row. They changed it because they believed the electric chair was unconstitutional and switch to a less painful procedure. The same author states, “Thirty years ago, death by lethal injection was conceived of as a more humane way to execute the condemned.” (Totenberg)

         The families of the diseased  have different views on executing the person who took the life of their loved ones. One article states, “The death penalty process is a traumatizing experience for families, often requiring them to relive the pain and suffering of the death of their loved one for many years.” (Death)

 They can also be very expensive to the government and the families feel like if can be a waste of  the states money. This same article says, “Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on the death penalty each year.” (Death) The country can be wasting millions of dollars on something that is unhumane.

      

The latest convicted to be executed has been Donnie Roberts. This just happen on October 31, 2012 in Texas for killing his girlfriend. The author of “Execution of Donnie Roberts a Grim Milestone for Texas and Rick Perry." stated “At trial, Roberts changed his story and testified that he fired at Bowen because he thought she was going to shoot him with a pistol. Exactly a year after the crime, a jury found him guilty of capital murder and later sentenced him to death.”(Dart).Some people feel this man was insane because of what he reported authorities. “In his confession, Donnie Roberts, a 32-year-old laborer, told police that he had a crack cocaine problem and would go to bars, get drunk and look for drugs. According to the police report, he said: "I pointed the gun at her and I said: 'if you'd just give me some money'. And she said 'No'. And then I said: 'look, it doesn't have to be this way'.”(Dart)

 

 

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What if the person being trailed is innocent and the state kills him? There has been cases where people have gotten freed after being in death role. This is why people argue that the death penalty can be done on the wrong person and should be banned. The authorities can find new information on the current convict and be proven innocent. The death penalty can also be inhumane and against all rights of a human being. 17 states including Illinois have banned the death penalty because of constitution rights. I have learned that most of the country feels the death penalty should not be banned because some criminals deserve it. This showed in the survey that was conducted on teenage students. The number of states who have not banned this punishment also support this theory. Still there are people who think a more cruel punishment would be a life sentence in a prison rather than having them killed by a lethal injection. My perspective on this topic has still not changed. I feel like the death penalty has no real purpose because I think life sentence would be a better punishment for convicts. Maybe one in every 10 convicts does deserve the death sentence but it has to be a really harsh crime to deserve it. The most important information I have gather is that most Americans feel the death sentence comes in handy when you are a dealing with someone who has such a twisted mind and is capable of killing another human being.  

 

Tom.

 

Totenberg, Nina, and Eric Weiner. "Supreme Court Takes Up Lethal Injection." NPR. NPR, 07 Jan. 2008. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17894650

"Death Penalty : Death Penalty Can Prolong Suffering for Victims' Families." Death Penalty : Death Penalty Can Prolong Suffering for Victims' Families. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=56.

Dart,

Tom. "Execution of Donnie Roberts a Grim Milestone for Texas and Rick Perry." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 01 Nov. 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/01/execution-donnie-roberts-texas-governor-perry>.