America, in short, had lost whatever delusions of innocence it had ever had. ... It was the style of black and white American films that first evolved in the 1940s that became prominent in the post-war era, and lasted in a classic "Golden Age" period until about 1960 which was marked by Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958), described as the "last" film of the classic film noir era. ... Film noir also possesses a "hypnotic allure that comes from an unflinching exploration of the darker motivations of human nature" (Palacio, 2011) and also marks the "beginning of a r...

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Capital punishment was widely used during the Middle Ages, especially for crimes against the state and church. ... Since 1973, 102 prisoners have been released from death row in the United States after evidence emerged of their innocence of the crimes for which they were sentenced to death. ... This ruling reflected a day and age when flaws in the death-penalty system were being examined thoroughly. ...

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Persons under the age of eighteen, pregnant women, new mothers or persons who have become insane cannot be sentenced to death. ... Retentionists argue that these high costs are due to "the lengthy time and the high expense result from innumerable appeals, many over 'technicalities' which have little or nothing to do with the question of guilt or innocence, and do little more than jam up the nation's court system. ...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt w...

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