Critical Analysis of Edward Koch
Critical Analysis of an Essay: Death and Justice by Edward I. Koch
Introduction
In this critical essay, the topic “Death and Justice” will be analyzed. The author of “Death and Justice”, Edward I. Koch is an outspoken and controversial anti-crime and anti-spending person, who served New York City as a mayor from 1977 to 1989 (Koch 1). The 22 years’ experience the author has in public service; as a councilman, district leader, mayor, and congressman where he represented liberal constituencies gives him all the qualifications to address the Death and Justice issue. I chose this topic for analysis because death and justice have been a critical social issue that numerous scholars have debated on since time immemorial, and the analysis of this essay succeeds in informing the audience the right perspectives of addressing this issue amicably.
Purpose
In this piece of writing, (Koch 2) tries to support capital punishment as a tool to make everyone responsible with law enforcement in the society. Koch gives the instances of Robert Lee Willie and Joseph Carl Shaw executions after they were proved to have been involved in either raped or murder issues. Before their execution, the two supported that killing is immoral, wrong, and must be combatted. The author, (Koch 2) views life as precious, and feels that capital punishment would help in affirming this fact. Thus, the writer tries to convince the society on the benefits of death penalty, as this would make people responsible and moral.
Thesis
The main point of the author is that life is precious and thus must be respected by everyone and at all measures. In the article, (Koch 2) writes, “Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps to affirm this fact”. The manner in which death penalty is executed has had no bias, prejudice, or discrimination, as even the affected criminals have been accepting their flaws and challenging the society to stop killing.
