The death penalty destroys human lives and violates human rights. ... Death penalty destroys the values that are the essence of American life. ... Life without parole is much worse then the death penalty. ... This makes it unlikely that the death penalty would stop these criminals. ... Like torture, the death penalty is cruel, inhuman, and degrading. ...
In a 1981 Gallup Poll, two-thirds of Americans voiced general approval of the death penalty. ... There are some death penalty opponents who believe that convicts don't get enough privileges and lobby for better living conditions and the rights of the convicted felons. ... Supreme Court upheld the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. ... The re-institution of the death penalty has not been the deterrent against violent crimes that advocates had hoped for. Part of the reason is the ability of an accused to plea bargain and avoid the death penalty all together and another i...
The death penalty conflicts with this statement because it denies the sacredness of human life. ... In this sense, the death penalty is discriminating against minorities and the poor. ... Eighteen states prohibit the death penalty for people with mental retardation. ... The death penalty is hypocritical and perpetuates the unending cycle of violence that destroys hope for a peaceful society. ... If our country truly believes that killing is wrong, the death penalty must be abolished....
What really happened to Rodney King or why were two Latino's on January 11, 1995 shot to death for what seemed to be a job well done by the NYPD? ... A recent study showed that crack cocaine penalties are far more severe than powdered cocaine penalties. ... Also the odds of getting the death penalty is 4.3 times greater for killers of whites than for killers of blacks. ...
It also instills that guns are a leading cause of accidental death in children. ... This gives the impression that guns are dangerous and that they are responsible for many deaths among young children. ... Deaths due to fatal gun accidents happen less often than almost any other type of accidental death, yet they often receive the most national attention. ... For example there is a 10-year penalty for a felon found in possession of a firearm, yet this law is rarely enforced. ... Instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on passing more laws and more regulations that "infringe" upon the rights gu...
In 1953 the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLAA) were passed which allowed the government to declare a state of emergency and increase penalties for protesting or support the repeal of law. The penalties included; fines, imprisonments and whippings. ... And the people who actually went to trial were sentenced to death, banished or sent to prison for life like Nelson Mandela who spent 30 years in prison for protesting and administrating protests and group meetings around the country. ...
During and prior to the French Revolution, many great leaders known as the philosophes, influenced our world. These people were a group of French academics who sought the answer to the struggle of how to maximize human potential towards the goal of infinite progress. They addressed elements of our w...
By creating fear within the people, the government is able to stay in power and avoid any commotion or disorder: A Party member lives from birth to death under the eye of the Thought Police. ... The government does not have to put down exact laws, but all the people know what the penalty for doing certain things are - usually vaporization. ... Most people, if facing torture, physical pain, or death, would quickly and unhesitatingly exchange places with anyone, even their loved ones, in order to relieve themselves from the suffering. ...
It seems a bit of a paradox that an eighteen year old may fight in combat, possibly die in the line of duty, yet cannot legally have a drink while lying on one's death bed. ... Possibly having to serve the death penalty, life in prison, and other punishments. ...
Not to mention torturing blacks and creating brutal 5 deaths such as the death seen last June in Jasper, Texas. ... The brutal death started by two young men picking up Bryd, he hopped in the back of the truck and one of the men became enraged that he picked up a black man. ... Then he was chained to the truck and dragged, to his death. ...
It seems unfair to allow 18-20 year olds to marry, to have children, to own cars, homes and firearms, to kill in the army, and be sentenced to the death penalty, and yet to be legally prohibited from drinking a glass of wine or even a glass of champagne at their own wedding. ...
Promising the guards safe-conduct if they would surrender, the leaders of the mob broke their word and hacked them to death. ... Soon a progressive income tax was passed, prices on grain were fixed, and the death penalty given out to those who refused to sell at the government's prices. ...
Control On Guns Experts estimate that there are presently in excess of 200 million guns in the United States, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF). Each year this number grows by 4 to 5 million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns. There is a firear...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. More importantly, by agreeing to the social contract, the people simultaneously give up their physical f...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. More importantly, by agreeing to the social contract, the people simultaneously give up their physical f...
