Capital Punishment dates back to the Middle Ages. ... Judge Jeffery Wyatt's ruling, in Gay's second penalty trial, was that he was guilty and his reasoning was that his "Innocence evidence was irrelevant." (A) What was the reason for keeping the evidence to prove Gay's innocence a secret? ... Even though their opinions are not backed up by any facts or statistics, there still is a very large number of people of all races, ages and genders who ! ...

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Back in 1959, Steven Truscott, a young boy, aged fourteen, was convicted of murdering and raping a young girl and was set to hang. ... Ever since Truscott got out of prison he has maintained his innocence, but only now has he come out of hiding to share his story. ...

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Although comparisons of the two categories are not symmetrical, students comprise a narrower age range than prison inmates. ... Too heavily invested in his personality, however, this campaign has spent more time arguing over Jamal's innocence than it has devoted to exposing the obvious racism of the death penalty and the penal system in general. ...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt w...

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