The reasons I chose this side is because capital punishment contradicts itself, it is cruel, and has a question of innocence involved in the final decision of punishment. ... There are to many mistakes that can be made during a trial, and risking even just one persons life is cruel. ... Another person involved in the death of this murder would be the jury that found him guilty. The jury just committed a crime of being involved in the murder of a person, because they made the decision to find him guilty. ... They should be the way that law states it, because they were involved in this murd...

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This must be changed, and these states need to abolish it on the ground that it carries a dangerous risk of punishing the innocent. ... In the case of the death penalty, however, error becomes a risk to innocent people. ... It is wrong for everyone involved: the innocent that is being prosecuted, criminals, the family of the victim, and our nation as a whole. ...

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I would much rather risk the former. ... When a convicted killer is given life without parole, the appeals made by attorneys on both sides, as well as appeals by the court and the judges involved, add up to millions of dollars our government wastes every year, not to mention money for the convicted murderer's food and clothing, etc....

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"After reading Twelve Angry Men we feel confident in the American legal system." Do you agree with this statement? In your response discuss HOW the play position us to think about the jury system. " It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." - Sir William Black...

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(It is the belief of many that capital punishment is morally wrong,) - I believe that capital punishment is morally wrong- .It can be inflicted upon the innocent; It does not deter crime; there is prejudice involved and therefore it should be abolished. ... As Amnesty International puts it, " Those offenders who plans serious crimes in a calculated manner may decide to proceed despite the risk in the belief that they will not be caught" (11). ...

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These states need to abolish it due to the fact it has risk of punishing the innocent, is unethical and brutal, and is an ineffective deterrent of crime because of the alternative life in prison. ... It does hurt everyone involved: criminals, victims' families, prosecuted innocent and hurts society as a whole. ...

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The Green Mile If the walls of Cold Mountain Penitentiary could talk, they could tell you many stories. When you had been around as long as they had, you saw things. They had seen the deaths of many people. In fact, they had been the downfall of most of them. This was the last stop before going to hell. ...

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There is a big myth involved with the death penalty. ... Even though there is life without parole, the government does not want to take the risk of the prisoner escaping or killing again whether it is in jail or outside of jail. ...

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For example, the risk of executing an innocent person. ... While my beliefs contradict race as an issue, I still find it disturbing that even though a study showed that there is significant racial bias involved with capital punishment. ... Along with 6 minor executions there are many more controversial topics involved with capital punishment. ...

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Capital Punishment: A System of Error Since 1976, when capital punishment was reinstated, eighty-seven men and women have been taken off death row and freed because they were proven innocent. Since the turn of the century, 343 people have been wrongly convicted. Of these, 137 were sentenced to d...

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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 attitu...

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For the black workers, the NAACP was created; it was one of the most important groups fighting for the rights of blacks and is still involved in the black community today. ...

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