The differences between the death penalty and life in prison are distinct but have different consequences. ... It's classified to be the most severe punishment for criminals that have committed the most severe crimes such as murder or rape. ... In 1993, criminals on parole committed 84,800 crimes, this included 13,200 murders, 12,900 rapes and 49,500 robberies.... Life in prison is imprisonment without parole, the convicted is never released even with good behavior. Criminals are sent to a state or federal prison where they stay locked up but can work in the prison for money and get an...

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Rape rapist will only cause someone else to degrade him or herself by doing it. It will not prevent the rapist from raping again. ... Just sending the convict to prison is not a sufficient punishment, for the loss of freedom does not and cannot compare to a loss of life. ... Finally, the execution of a prisoner is in fact more merciful than a lifetime sentence in prison. A whole lifetime spent in prison is a waste of the nation's resources as well as useless drag on of the convict's life. ...

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In Annapolis, Maryland, Kirk Bloodsworth was sent to prison for the murder of a 9 year old girl. ... While Bloodsworth was in prison he worked as the librarian and he delivered books to fellow inmates. ... Ruffner was in prison at the same time as Bloodsworth for attempted rape and attempted murder. ... This new way of solving crime is great because it is a more accurate way to find murder suspects, rape suspects and other criminals that years ago we wouldn't even think that we could catch. ... The way that Kirk Bloodsworth had to live in prison and what he had to go through while in pris...

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Each state which carries a death sentence has got their own requirements that a person must meet to decide whether they get life in prison, or the sentence of death. ... In Alabama in order to receive the death penalty you must murder during a kidnapping, robbery, rape, sodomy, burglary, sexual assault, or arson. ... In Arkansas you must kill someone with arson, kill a law enforcement officer on purpose, a teacher or school worker, kill a prison worker, a jail attendant, correctional worker, or someone who is in the military. ... Capital rape in Mississippi is defined as forcibl...

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Even after years of imprisonment, many trial judges state that "actual innocence" is not grounds for release from prison!" The preface begins with the horrifying case of Dennis Fritz being arrested, convicted and spending eleven years in prison for a rape he did not commit. It is proven through DNA tests that sixty-seven people were sent to prison and death row for crimes they did not commit. ... He was sentenced to fifteen years for a rape that he did not commit. ... He tells the police that he has visions of the rapes and murders. ...

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Capital punishment is most often saved for murder and sometimes arson, treason, burglary, and forcible rape of a 14 year old or under from a 18 year old or older, but it varies within each state. ... There are not that many people who want to be stuck in a small cell for the rest of their life where prison rape has become more common. ... On the average, an inmate in kept in prison 8 years before their death sentence is carried out.... There are criminals who have been sentenced for 50 years to life in prison but end up getting out years earlier for good behavior because the prisons are...

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Those who are in favor of the death penalty usually are angered due to the fact of a family member, friend or acquaintance was either raped or killed. ... Kareen Jabbar Wilson was released from prison after completing three in half years. He was sentenced to two eight year prison term. ... This man was given a chance to rehabilitate in prison and he still continued to commit a violent murder. ... If the criminal is sentence to life in prison without parole, they will be left to languish away in prison for the rest of their life, they will have the opportunity to realize what they have done...

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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. ... In 1852 Rhode Island eliminated capital punishment for everything except murder committed by a convict already sentenced to life in prison. ...

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Or was the victim raped? ... Our society always says how our prisons are safe and secure. That may be true in some prisons now, but what happens when they have to hold murderers like that inmate. ... But anyway, if we need to bag the death penalty because of racism and such, then we sure can't have prisons! ... For the next few days, the woman was tortured and raped repeatedly and was almost killed in the end. ...

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This means that someone can live after raping someone, committing treason, or even abusing kids. ... These seven said that the only crimes that minors should be sentences to death over are treason, mass murder, pre-meditated murder, and rape. ... It turns out that it is cheaper to pay for keeping these criminals in prison for life then it is to kill them. ... If they want the justice that they deserve they have to pay more then they would if they settled for life in prison. ...

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On October 25th, 1979 John Paul Penry "brutally raped and murdered Pamela Carpenter."" ... In recent years I have researched and wrote about the harshness of prison systems, mostly in the United States, in particularly Texas. ... In 1975 the issue of the conditions of Texas prisons was brought to court. ... Stories of a forty-five square-foot cell being used to house four inmates, and prison dormitory cells densely packed to near suffocation. Youthful first-time offenders forcibly raped on a daily basis, and the "cruel and justifiable- fears of inmates never knowing when they will be called ...

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There is no excuse - none - for a rape in prison to go unsolved and unpunished. ... So that means more prisons. ... And, most importantly, huge operating budgets for the prisons themselves. ... Just for prisons! ... And yes, they are all in favor of killing those convicted of murder, rape, and usually lots of other, less serious crimes as well. ...

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Many people think that if they commit murder, they will just get life in prison. 1. 49% of defendants convicted of capital offenses had a jury return the death penalty (United 34). 2. ... DOJ, the average prison sentence served for the charge of murder is only 5 years and eleven months (Lowe 9). 1. In 1962, James Moore raped and strangled a 14-year-old girl named Pamela Moss. Moss's parents made the decision to spare him his life and give him life in prison. 2. ... The cost of implementing the DP is a lot less for taxpayers than the cost of life in pris...

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You keep thinking about life in prison versus the death penalty. ... Abolitionists claim that people are just as safe when murderers are in prison, but some of them commit the exact same crime again when behind bars, or hire someone to kill someone who is not in prison. ... Life in prison doesn't ever seem to last either. ... A man named James Moore raped and strangled 14 year old Pamela Moss in 1962. He was found guilty and received life in prison without parole (deathpenaltyinfo.org). ...

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People against the death penalty argue that if we as a society believe in lex talionis why don't we rape the rapists? Well raping the rapists would according to Carmical degrade another human being, and it has no redeeming value. It cannot stop them from raping again, but executing a murderer will stop them from murdering again. Carmical believes that sentencing a murderer to life in an air-conditioned, cable-equipped prison where inmates get three meals a day, and recreation time is a slap in the face of morality. ... There maybe a few changes necessary to the death penalty but no pe...

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January 17, 1977, a man by the name of Gary Gilmore faced the firing squad at the Utah State prison. ... In 1989 with Texas prisons overflowing McDuff was released on unexpected counts of good citizenship. ... Over the next two years, 6 women were violently raped and killed. ...

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The legal system does not steal from the thieves and rape the rapists. ... Thomas Silverstein was serving time in a federal prison for murder. While in prison he killed again. ... This time he killed two prison officers. ... Can we really keep all other people in the prison safe from him? ...

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There are not that many people who want to be stuck in a small cell for the rest of their life where prison rape has become more common. ... On the average, an inmate is kept in prison for 8 years before their death sentence is carried out. ... There are criminals who have been sentenced for 50 years to life in prison but end up getting out years earlier for good behavior because the prisons are getting so crowded. ... Some criminals are too dangerous to even be put in prison because of the risk of them escaping. ... The death penalty will allow more room in prison so less dangerous ...

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The common argument for capital punishment is that it saves tax dollars, it decreases prison overcrowding and provides equal justice. ... The monies generated by the work provided should solve the prison crowding issue by freeing up more funds to build and staff bigger prisons. ... The usual prison guards will watch over the workers. ... The murderers will work without pay and be kept in the prisons. ... Would society allow rape as the penalty for rape or the burning of arsonists" homes as the penalty for arson. ...

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In this paper I will assess Plato's arguments for why Socrates should remain in prison and accept his death sentence. ... The dialogue commence with Crito, Socrates old friend, whom goes to visit Socrates in his prison cell where he awaits for execution. Crito originally made arrangements to sneak Socrates out of prison and safely to exile. ... Example: rape, murder, fraud, assault and etc. ... In which, Socrates would in all actuality be benefitting the city because his escape would make a more secure prison/jail. ...

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Michael Ross whom has been convicted for the rape and murder of eight women in three different states faces the same fate as Timothy McVeigh. ... Michael Ross' reasons for committing his crimes are not political they are mental, he has been diagnosed with Sexual Sadism, which he believes is what prompted him to rape and murder women. ... Ross has always felt that there has always been something in his mind that made him commit these crimes, after entering prison he still felt that presence in his mind. ...

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" The case ending with Simmons being sentenced to life in prison, without parole, but no death penalty. ... The prison population is through the roof. In 2008, there were 2,418,352 prisoners in the American prison system. ... A violent crime could be anything from murder, rape, deadly assault and so on. If the death penalty was in place for a violent crime, the prison population would be down significantly, and the taxpayers would be significantly happier, thus less violent crimes in America. ...

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Two weeks after he escaped from prison he was arrested while driving a stolen car. ... Then he later escaped from prison and moved to Florida when he broke into a Sorority house and killed two girls. ... Dahmer was killed by a inmate in prison in 1994. ... When John attempted to rape a boy in the back of his restaurant, after the boy refused to give him oral sex. ... He was convicted of sexual molestation and given a sentence of ten years in prison. ...

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Some as small as petty theft, others kidnapping, raping and even murdering. ... State and federal prisons are filling up quickly and the death penalty can free up space in these penitentiaries. ... On the other hand, it is far more inexpensive to just hurl the convict in to prison for life then to carry out a death sentence (drehle p.231). ... Criminals are threats to society but what harm can they do in a prison cell for the rest of their lives? Why should we kill them when they can juts bore themselves to death in prison? ...

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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. ... Truscott was sentenced to a lifetime in prison, but was eventually paroled. ... 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. ... More inmates, means more prisons, which means accelerated costs. ... According to this point, we should execute all criminals or offenders of the law and have no prisons! ...

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