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? ...
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? ...
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...
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...
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? ...
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."...
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. ...
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. ...
A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically...
