This political cartoon, by Chip Bok is very ironic. The lawyer is walking up to the criminal who is about to be executed and says "Good News! I Got You Off Lethal Injection." This has to do with the debate on the death penalty and whether it is humane or not. This has been going on for a while, and this political cartoon just illustrates the side explaining that no matter how you kill someone, there is still no humane way to do it. However, this cartoon really has to do with the recent death of Clayton Lockett, a convicted murder, whose lethal injection had gone horribly wrong. Instead of passing out, Lockett suffered 43 minutes in agony before he died of a pronounced heart attack. The lethal injection drugs combination failed.
Chip Bok, who is an American editorial cartoonist for the Tampa Bay Times, had a purpose in mind when creating this cartoon. He wanted to show the irony that even if the death penalty will not involve a lethal injection, any other way of killing someone is not human. Even though this lawyer said that this criminal is not going to face lethal injection, she is still going to be hung. Therefore, she is still going to die.
This political cartoon is very ironic because even though the lawyer protected his client from the lethal injection because it could have gone horribly wrong, he still did not protect her from the death penalty because she is still going to be hung. It's just like saying that "you're just going to die a different way." There is no humane and just way to kill a person and this really appeal to pathos because even though criminals should be punished, would the death penalty and cruel ways to execute it serve justice for the people lost? I do believe very much so that criminals should be punished, locked away for life, but the death penalty will only be two wrongs that do not make a right.
I thought that this cartoon was very simple and to the point artistically, however emotionally it sparked a lot of feelings because even though it is a criminal that is facing the death penalty, two wrongs do not make a right. I just feel like criminals should be locked away forever, I do not really see any justice in the death penalty because two wrongs do not make a right and you cannot undo the crimes committed, by killing the criminal, you are only making it worse. I think that what happened in the Lockett case was extremely inhumane and unethical because it was a long and painful suffering that the guilty had to endure just because the drug was not proper. I think that criminals should be severely punished, but not by lethal injection or the death penalty, they should be deprived of their freedom, kept from inflicting harm on others.
Chip Bok, who is an American editorial cartoonist for the Tampa Bay Times, had a purpose in mind when creating this cartoon. He wanted to show the irony that even if the death penalty will not involve a lethal injection, any other way of killing someone is not human. Even though this lawyer said that this criminal is not going to face lethal injection, she is still going to be hung. Therefore, she is still going to die.
This political cartoon is very ironic because even though the lawyer protected his client from the lethal injection because it could have gone horribly wrong, he still did not protect her from the death penalty because she is still going to be hung. It's just like saying that "you're just going to die a different way." There is no humane and just way to kill a person and this really appeal to pathos because even though criminals should be punished, would the death penalty and cruel ways to execute it serve justice for the people lost? I do believe very much so that criminals should be punished, locked away for life, but the death penalty will only be two wrongs that do not make a right.
I thought that this cartoon was very simple and to the point artistically, however emotionally it sparked a lot of feelings because even though it is a criminal that is facing the death penalty, two wrongs do not make a right. I just feel like criminals should be locked away forever, I do not really see any justice in the death penalty because two wrongs do not make a right and you cannot undo the crimes committed, by killing the criminal, you are only making it worse. I think that what happened in the Lockett case was extremely inhumane and unethical because it was a long and painful suffering that the guilty had to endure just because the drug was not proper. I think that criminals should be severely punished, but not by lethal injection or the death penalty, they should be deprived of their freedom, kept from inflicting harm on others.
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