Messner, and Richard Rosenfeld, titled, "Explaining Spatial Variation in Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis." ... Also someone who has been exposed to high crime or violence is more likely to supporting the death penalty. They believe that "When crime goes up, people look for harsher punishments to bring it back down" (p. 40). ... A possibility of geographic variation in attitudes about capitol punishment had been hinted at in past research, but never evaluated. ... The scientists seem to look at this analysis using functional theory. ...

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However, the death penalty has proven to be a punishment befitting certain crimes such as horrific murders as it is the ultimate punishment. ... Society has always employed different kinds of punishments in an effort to prevent potential criminals from committing crimes. ... For instance, an analysis conducted by Isaac Ehrlich in 1973 indicated that at least seven lives were saved for every execution of a convicted murderer. ... Apart from acting as a deterrent, the death penalty stands out as the only punishment that can be equated with the crime of murder. ... Moreover, the U.S justice syste...

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Just as long as there's a major overhauling in the way that we treat criminals convicted of capital crimes. I'm interested in protecting the innocent, but I can't say that protecting the guilty from their punishment interests me at all. ... Since I obviously wasn't moral enough to see how wrong capital punishment was I was also a dope. ... So you get to make the cost-benefit analysis - which will, of course, come to the conclusion that someone's life is not worth the expense? ... "So you get to make the cost-benefit analysis - which will, of course, come to the conc...

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The second part looks back upon those events in a courtroom, which judges not only Meursault's crime, but also his life. ... He accepts things as are, with no emotion and very little analysis. ... First, he shows that he has accepted his situation and defied punishment by becoming complacent in jail. ... It is important to note that the focus of the trial was on Meursault's character rather than the crime committed, and he is sentenced to death because he does not "play the game,"" or, in other words, not conform to society's beliefs. ...

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