Capital punishment is the penalty of death for the commission of a crime. Throughout all of human life, it has been used as the highest of corporal punishments to condemn offenders of the vilest crimes, such as murder or rape. ... Barry Nakell, the author of the book, The Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty, notes that capital punishment is arbitrarily administered. ... In a New York Times story, Lewin notes that if the defendant is poor and cannot afford proper legal counsel, prosecutors think it is to their advantage to seek capital punishment (1-5). ... They can reflect and be haunted by t...

• Word Count: 1086
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Capital punishment is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. ... Capital punishment usually brings back memories of the crime for the families, and may cause them to focus on the punishment of the criminal as revenge for what they have done. ... Capital punishment relies on the principle that the fear of death will deter criminals from committing capital crimes, such as murder. ... This shows that capital punishment does not help to deter criminals from committing capital crimes. Therefore, capital punishment is not ethically acceptable as it fails to deter crimin...

• Word Count: 669
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Capital punishment is the infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime (Caldwell). ... In spite of capital punishments many controversies, I believe capital punishment is the correct way to deal with a person who could perform such a heinous crime towards society. ... "The most widely accepted argument that is in favor of capital punishment is that fear deters people from committing crimes" (Caldwell). ... Phelps notes, "People these days want revenge..." ... This type of punishment is the only fair justice to a crime such as murder. ...

• Word Count: 1377
• Approx Pages: 6

Capital punishment has been used by almost every culture in the world. ... In 1923, the state of Texas got rid of hanging as a form of capital punishment and instituted the electric chair as a new form of capital punishment. ... Supreme Court declared that capital punishment was "cruel and unusual punishment". ... Capital Punishment is the lasting legacy of slavery. ... Pat Robertson called; Pope John Paul II sent a heart felt note, to no avail. ...

• Word Count: 2355
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

NB (Note Well): Even though you are writing about the opinions of others, you will not express your own opinion(s) or take a stance on the topic. ... Let's say that you have chosen capital punishment as your topic. ... Those who support Capital punishment as payment for murder, the deliberate taking of a human life by another, argue that the death penalty is just and moral, provides retribution or vengeance as a sense of closure to the victim's loved ones and to society, acts as a deterrent to the crime of murder, and is an economical alternative to lifelong or long-term imprisonmen...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the other hand, those who oppose the death penalty note scriptural exceptions. ... The penalty of death for the commission of a crime is an issue that tends to defy the purpose of reason. ... Supporters of capital punishment, for example, contend that this punishment deters people from killing law enforcement officers. ... Those who oppose capital punishment note that available evidence does not support this argument. ... You may choose to pardon crimes committed against yourself, but you can never pardon crimes committed against someone else. ...

• Word Count: 1920
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

By When European settlers came to the new world, they brought the practice of capital punishment. ... After reviewing the arguments of those opposed to capital punishment, it only strengthens my position that capital punishment must be implemented against those convicted of immoral and counter-productive acts against society. ... First and foremost, the morality issue behind capital punishment is often in question. ... If youngsters are told from a young age that, if they commit any crime, they will be punished by death, the crime ratio will heavily decrease. ... Until we begin to fight ...

• Word Count: 2151
• Approx Pages: 9

With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. ... In France, the method of execution was intended to match the crime and the convict's social rank. ... More states began to reduce the number of capital crimes and made laws more flexible. By 1846 in Michigan, treason was the only capital crime. ... The chamber is of octagonal shape and the condemned person is strapped into a chair, and a stethoscope is strapped to his chest and connected to ear pieces in a witness room so that the doctor can note when the heart stop beatin...

• Word Count: 6785
• Approx Pages: 27
• Grade Level: High School

These statistics clearly show that other forms of punishment are successful in the deterrence of crime and capital punishment is not needed. ... Common sense does demand retribution for crime, but justice doesn't demand killing those whom are already imprisoned (Death Penalty, 1987, p. 63). ... In fact in a USA today poll, 68% of respondents agreed that the death penalty deters crime (Honeyman & Ogloff, 1999, September 29). ... Note that the population greatly increased throughout this time period. ... For these reasons there is no valid evidence that the death penalty is effective in...

• Word Count: 2479
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School