Capital punishment provides the only penalty for murder that is proportionate to the crime committed. Capital punishment deters future murders, provides a means by which society can express its outrage at the crime of murder, and provides closure to the families of victims of this heinous crime. ... Does capital punishment deter crime? ... According to the notes I have taken in class, the death penalty is affront to human dignity and, for myself, considerably immoral, racially and socioeconomically bias, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. ... According to the notes I have taken in class ...

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The first question that should be addressed, is whether or not we should enforce and even carry out capital punishment. ... To understand more about capital punishment, we must understand the legal requirements and judicial procedures to be summoned to executions. ... Capital punishment does have some positive affects. ... It allows society to act upon these crimes in a suitable fashion, which in turn creates deterrence to commit these types of crimes. ... It will be more of an issue of ratings than punishment through retribution and deterring society. ...

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It is also referred to as capital punishment as it is executed by the governmental authorities where a serious of unforgivable crime such as rape, murder, and other illegal crimes that occur. Around one-third of the world countries allow the use of this act of punishment in their states including the United States, China, Iran, Iraq, and others. On the contrary, there are several countries that do not permit the death penalty in any of their states as taking it to be an unethical and inappropriate form of punishment. ... This is the main reason why viewers think that this is what actually happ...

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The question on whether this education should be offered has raised debates as some argue that it encourages crime, especially in situations where some people could deliberately commit crimes so they would go and receive college education in the prisons. ... Again considering that college education requires time for study, offering it to inmates would mean they would have to refrain from their prison activities or punishments and thereby serving their time in a slim manner as they aim to better their education. ... Those who commit crimes should have their freedoms and opportunities limited (C...

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The general consensus is to imprison the guilty motorists and to discard of the key, and while the writer admits that this is a valid punishment in the opinion of many, she is adamant that it is not a remedy. ... Issues as serious and as heartbreaking and destructive as violence, crime and drug abuse are impossible to solve easily. ... Kennedy ends on a positive note, reminding us that problems such as poverty, inequality and injustice are avoidable and that we ourselves choose our society by how we act. ...

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They committed the crime; they can do the time. ... The political future of problem solving courts will depend on their efficiency and cost effectiveness as a response to crime. ... Stacy Lee Burns states, "Problem-solving courts share the common goal of altering participants' so-called ˜deviant' ways and reforming them into law-abiding citizens, having a future-oriented focus on treatment and recovery (rather than on blame and punishment for past misconduct) " (Burns 2010, p 75). ... The objectives of holding those accountable for the harm while preventing future harm by doin...

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