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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Of these, 137 were sentenced to death, twenty-five were actually executed, sixty-one served more than ten years in jail, and seven died while in prison (Rein et al. 77). ... Spaziano was charged with the brutal murder of a young woman and also the unrelated rape and mutilation of another. ... Spaziano was convicted by a jury which recommended a life prison sentence. ... At age thirty-seven, Di Lisio came forward and under oath disavowed his testimonies in both the murder and rape cases, stating that he was brainwashed by the police at the time. ... Due to the false testimony of a young wit...

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Not only is capital punishment and unfair form of justice to criminals, it is a much larger burden on taxpayers, who pay more money to have someone executed than a life sentence in prison. ... With evidence like this, people must ask then, why continue with capital punishment when it does not scare criminals away from committing a rape or killing another human. ... The common belief is that it is much cheaper to simply kill a convict then to have them carry out a life sentence in prison. ... The cost of death row and the endless appeals and legal dues far outweigh the expense of keeping the...

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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. ... According to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, in Texas in 1991, blacks made up 12 percent of the population, but 48 percent of the prison population and 55.5 percent of those on death row were black ("aclu.org"). ... That punishment is a life sentence in prison, which means a lifelong chance for the criminals to remember what they have done and all of the pain they have inflicted on the victim and the victim's loved ones. ...

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The death penalty does not deter a person from committing a murder while in prison. ... Prison sentences can be lifted but what happens what you kill an innocent person? ... "Between 1900 and 1992, there have been 46 documented cases of innocent persons who have been convicted of murder or capital rape-A third of whom were given a death sentence and in 23 of these cases, the person was executed." - In Spite Of Innocence.These statistics show that mistakes are made within the legal system, and to prevent unlawful executions, we must modify our government and abolish the ...

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The overwhelming majority of homicides that occur in prisons occur in death penalty states. ... People paroled from sentences from armed robbery, aggravated assault, and rape are more homicidal than those incarcerated for willful homicide. ... If prison industries give the opportunity to a life-termer, he or she can support himself and contribute to the maintenance of dependents. ... The alternative is always life in prison, but should we put murderers in prison for the rest of their lives? ... Should we put them in prison for twenty years? ...

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That resulted in the narrowing down of the list of one hundred crimes to twelve, punishable by the death penalty in 1833, and in 1869 it was cut down yet again to just three: treason, rape, and murder because of violent nature of these crimes. ... Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief; however, "all the evidence taken together makes it hard to be confident that capital punishment deters more than long prison terms do."...

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The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape [or] treason. ( Zimring, 1994, P.1 )But who is really being unjust in this situation? ... That is three times more than a price for keeping a person in a prison for the rest of his life. ... Is it described in (the) Holy Bible that a death penalty is required for a wide variety of crimes, such as murder and rape. ...

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People are put to death because of murder or rape. ... The sentences might be anywhere from ten to twenty years in prison, but some crimes force the defendant to die for their crime or crimes. ... Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted on March 8, 1985, of sexual assault, rape and first-degree murder. ...

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The government is killing people who cannot do any harm because the crimﴱᄃinals are in prison. Prison is meant to keep criminals away from society. ... People would find it morally revolting to "torture torturers, rape rapists, or terrorize terrorists- (Williams, 2000). ...

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