We hold it therefore our dutie and safetie whilst we are about the further establishing of this government to collect and expresse all such freedomes as for present we foresee may concerne us, and our posteritie after us, And to ratify them with our sollmne consent. ... Branding was not as common a punishment, but if the crime were considered serious and threatened the peace and security if the government, it was available to the courts. ... "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live- With these words of God, the colonists set out to protect their families and society. ... The basic theories...

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In the question of the death penalty, we must ask ourselves which action will serve the true humanitarian purpose of criminal law. ... Although there are many complications regarding capital punishment, the states' government should not completely abolish it; the death penalty needs to stay intact in order to keep the multi-offenders and violent criminals off of the streets to protect the society as much as possible. ... One must be aware that the court systems set this process into action when the appeals and evidence have proven the felon guilty, showing that there are procedures taken...

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If a government commits murder, does it not commit a crime? Or do we merely accept that because the government is a democratically elected body, that it has legitimacy, and therefore a right to do what is otherwise illegal? ... The relevant data, incorporating murder statistics between 1973 and 1984 are set out in the figures blow. ...

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By 1995, 38 States and the Federal Government had enacted statutes authorizing the death penalty for certain forms of murder. ... Justice O'Connor concurred, but pointed out that Oklahoma's death penalty statute set no minimum age at which the death penalty could be imposed. ...

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