Back in 1959, Steven Truscott, a young boy, aged fourteen, was convicted of murdering and raping a young girl and was set to hang. ... In Nova Scotia, Donald Marshall served eleven years in the penitentiary for a murder he did not commit. ... Three innocent men sent to the gallows, murders ordered by the government. ... How very compassionate of the American government to give him a choice. ... Think of the money that could be saved by the government! ...

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Preview: My reasons are as follows: the death penalty can serve as a crime deterrent, the cost of the death penalty is efficient, and capital punishment is a form of justice. ... According to Wesley Lowe, between 1829 and 1848, the British government was able to suppress the Thuggees by means of mass arrests and fast executions (5). 4. ... DOJ, the average prison sentence served for the charge of murder is only 5 years and eleven months (Lowe 9). 1. ... His execution date was set for and served on Janurary 31, 2002. ... Finally, justice can only be served when the criminal receives...

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It is plain to see and understand that children and adults are not equal; they have different standards set forth by law. ... So why can he serve an adult punishment? ... This can set back their rehabilitation, and possibly make them more dangerous to society. ... Thoreau also states, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison." ...

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Capital Punishment Governments have claimed the legal right to take a criminals life as far back in history as the Eighteenth Century B.C. ... For centuries people have been working together negotiating and fine tuning the legal system for it to better serve its purpose ("History" 2). ... The system is not set up to just kill the killers. ... All of our legal systems implemented by the government are intended to promote safety. ... A solution would be for the federal government to create and implement a functional, all encompassing system for capital punishment that is regulated and maintai...

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So is the 8th's final statement pointless, or did the framers intend to set a standard for the limits of harsh punishment? ... He served three years of hard labor, loss of pay, dishonorable discharge and a loss of citizenship. ... California (1962) a drug addict had been sentenced to serve three months in jail, simply for being an addict. ... But the court has not set precedent on "proportionality analysis-. ... Inmates were also prevented from petitioning the courts and other governmental authorizes "for relief from perceived injustices-. ...

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The government throws away these human's lives. ... These convicts could help with government labor with a hope that they might be free someday. ... The government should apprentice death row criminals rather than have them executed. ... Why do governments kill people to show other people that killing is wrong? ... The end result is the same....one more dead body, one more set of grieving parents, and one more cemetery slot. ...

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Sister Prejean set out on a mission, to change the views of the world. ... Our courts are allegedly set to give all citizens a fair trial, regardless of race, gender, or any other discriminatory factors. ... In the event of a poverty stricken defendant, the government provides counsel for the alleged; it is our right. ... However, when "justice" is served due to race and wealth, with the combination of the two as precursors to legal defense, something must change. ... The only judge worthy of taking a life is the Lord, and a government who feels the right to do so is playing God. ...

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Does the government have a right to kill? ... Suppose we apply the same standards to the government that we have for civilians. ... The death penalty serves no purpose in the effort to control crime, and must be seen as the most brutal, irrational kind of revenge (Spence 103)." ... Due to the persistence of professors and students at Northwestern University, eleven men including Cruz have been set free from death row since 1976. ...

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In the aftermath of the French Revolution in 1789, the government was weak and unstable. ... It is inherent in the actions of a tyrannical government that its subjects will grow unhappy, but be too afraid to say anything. It is this type of government that Robespierre created with his Reign of Terror. ... Also what did he seek to gain from this form of government? ... After what seems like an eternity, you and your family are ready to leave your home for good, never to set foot there again. ...

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During the 1930's the federal government, under the direction of Jack Gibbs, investigated the effectiveness of the death penalty in deterring serious crime. ... Also capital punishment shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering." (5) These safeguards will insure that justice will be served without having it suffer. ...

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In this country, the United States of America, the government claims all people are "innocent till proven guilty." ... He served five years for raping a girl, topping eleven alibi witnesses who swore they saw him 300 miles away from the scene of the crime. ... It explains, "for every seven executed, one innocent person is set free, not only from death row but also from incarceration (pg 218)." ...

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It is wrong for our government to kill in order to teach people not to kill. ... "for the view that this Court may invalidate a category of penalties because we deem less severe penalties adequate to serve the ends of penology...if we were free to question the justification for the use of Capital punishment, a heavy burden would be put those who attack the legislatures" judgements to prove the lack of rational justifications." It was claimed that the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment, which set off a chain reaction of state legislatures to rewrite their capital punishment laws to mak...

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In the Holocaust, the government executed over five million Jews. ... Because the thought of death provokes primordial fear in most people, the death penalty may serve as an effective means of preventing murder. ... But what I tell you is this, Do not set yourself against the man who wrongs you. ...

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So, usually 2-3 million dollars and 8 years later, justice is served when the criminal is put to death. ... My feelings have stumbled now not just because it's someone I know, but also because I have a different perspective of a set of events that led up to the situation. ... Local governments often bear the "brunt of capital punishment costs and are particularly burdened, meanwhile the death penalty is reaching a critical stage in America, no longer isolated in the South- (Hays 48). ...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. Punishments vary based on the seriousness of the offense; robbery can result to months in prison and murder can lead to the death of the convicted man. Many Americans share the same attitude that the convicted must pay for his misdeeds to society. However, should the convicted pay with his life? Should he give up his right to live because of his offense? ...

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