Capital punishment - also known as the death penalty - is a legal process through which a person is executed by the government in response to a committed crime. ... There are also cases where a person's innocence has been established first after their execution. The illicit execution of an innocent person is an injustice that can never be rectified, which makes it morally reprehensible. As long as human justice remains fallible, the risk of executing the innocent can never be eliminated. ... And it has cost many innocent people their lives....

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People convicted of a crime that is punishable by death have later been found to be innocent. Between 1900 and 1992, there were 416 documented cases in which a person was convicted with a death penalty and later were proven innocent ("Five"). ... Unfortunately, since 1976, there have been twenty-three identified cases where an innocent person had their sentence carried out ("Five"). ... Sorrowfully, in addition, thirteen persons who committed a crime under the age of eighteen have been executed ("Five"). ... A reasonable sentence should never have the potential to harm innocent people....

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The study concluded that 23 innocent persons had been executed since 1900. ... And, there is, in fact, no proof that those 11 executed were innocent. In addition, the "innocents executed" group was extracted from a Bedau & Radelet imagined pool of 350 persons who were, supposedly, wrongly convicted of capital or "potentially" capital crimes. ... ("Innocents on Death Row?... Another significant oversight by that study was not differentiating between the risk of executing innocent persons before and after Furman v Georgia (1972). ...

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Capital Punishment is in essence taking a human life in exchange for some wrong doing committed by a person that has been deemed to be so offensive to society it warrants the ending of the accuser's life. ... The issue of capital punishment incites passionate arguments from both sides, no matter what a persons view is on the issue, strong emotions always seem to be attached to their particular opinion. ... "I now favor a moratorium, because I have grave concerns about our state's shameful record of convicting innocent people and putting them on death row," Governor Ryan said. ... M...

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The third objection against death penalty is that there is possibility that a convict who is on death row may turn out to be innocent because of the mistakes or flaws in justice system. ... From that we can see that the combination of a fallible justice system and death penalty could ruin an innocent person's life. ... Methods of execution such as lethal Injection, firing squad or electrocution cause enormous suffering to the condemned person. ... In conclusion, the death penalty should, under no circumstances, be abolished, because it cannot deter crimes, immoral to serve as retribution,...

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The deterrence theory proposes that a sane person will avoid criminal behavior if the severities of the punishment are greater than the benefits of the illegal act. ... The most important and sensitive topic is the virtual assurance that genuinely innocent people will be executed and that there is no possible way of compensating them for this failure of justice. ... According to research, in the United States alone, there have been 23 incidents of innocent people executed since 1900. The main problem with this is not just that an innocent person has been executed, but also the fact that o...

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In some cases the criminal acts as if he/she does not know about the crime and try to become "innocent".... "[N]ew DNA techniques" are being used to prove the "innocent people" are, indeed innocent (Goldberg). ... Award-winning journalist, Jonah Goldberg discredits opponents' arguments, because they try to make every criminal seem innocent. ... The death penalty is not getting rid of anything, but the person who committed the crime. ... People have their opinion and opponents of the death penalty either think criminals deserve a second chance or that the cri...

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In respect to race, studies have shown time and time again that the death penalty is far more where a white person is murdered than where a black person is murdered. Especially if it was a black person who murdered a white person. ... With the death penalty in place through errors in the trial process there is possibilities of mistake, which could result in an innocent person losing the most important thing we have; life. ... (Curriculum) This means that from the time capitol punishment has been reinstated for every seven people executed there has been one person found innocent. ... If DNA te...

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With respect to this, execution is a premeditated event which deprives a person of their life. ... No issue posed by capital punishment is more disturbing than the prospect that innocent people's lives are at stake. ... The system has flaws that have let criminals back out on the streets and put innocent people in jail and on death row. ... Though there would be regret about the time spent incarcerated, there would not be the immoral implications of executing an innocent person. ... It has not been proven to prevent violent crime, does not provide justice to society, and ultimat...

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What many people do not think about when they first hear of these crimes is what will happen to the person responsible. ... Others believe that the death penalty brings up concern for irreversible mistakes in situations where the criminal or killer turns out to be innocent after already being given the death penalty. ... This person would no longer be a threat to the society, since one cannot commit a crime if they are no longer living. ... What is most aggravating to those who want to continue the death penalty is that these criminals who may have murdered innocent people are just sitting ar...

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The death penalty is a topic that lies between the lines of opinions and feelings based on each person's culture. ... For example, if there is a case of self-defense, should that person be acquitted or tried? There is never a certain way of knowing someone who seems "innocent" is not really guilty. ... The only twist is that rarely innocent people are killed due to the death penalty, and being falsely tried and convicted. ... A better jury system needs to be set up to avoid the death penalty being the result of n innocent person's death. ...

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Deterrence is the only purpose of the threats of the criminal law, therefore "legal threats of punishment would become incredible and lose their deterrent effectiveness if not carried out by actual punishment" (Capital Punishment Saves Innocent Lives). ... The death penalty is an extreme punishment that creates fear in the mind of any sane person. ... Which has less of an effect than the death penalty "because incarcerated murderers can escape, be released on furlough, or kill other prisoners or prison staff" (Capital Punishment saves innocent lives). ... Incapacitation sim...

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"The first person sentenced to death in the U.S was in 1608 for spying for the Spanish government.... They believe that the mistake of convicting an innocent person is unlikely. ... This in turn includes that there are never any mistakes when it comes to convicting a criminal, meaning that they don't believe in the mistaking of convicting an innocent person, despite evidence. ... There have been some studies and actual cases where people convicted and sentenced to death were in fact innocent. ... It's unfortunate for those innocent people who have been executed before DNA tes...

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The death penalty is a form of punishment in which a person who has been convicted of a serious crime is executed under the precepts of the criminal justice system. ... In essence, it has saved many innocent lives that otherwise would have fallen prey to the evil schemes of murderers. Indeed, there is no course more worthy than saving innocent lives. ... Some opponents of the death penalty have argued that death penalty is cruel and denies the person the right to life. ... However, they forget that allowing murderers to live degrades the value that the society places on innocent lives and perp...

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In order to protect lawful and innocent people, some criminals need to be executed. ... These criminals should not have the opportunity to kill any more victims in the future; they should be put to death in order to save innocent civilians. ... The opposition would say that many innocent people will be put to death. ... (AO) DNA evidence is the perfect tool to prove a murder has been committed by a certain person. ...

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Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. ... Abolitionists say condemning a person to death removes any possibility of rehabilitation. ... The issue of execution of an innocent person is troubling to both abolitionists and retentionists alike. ... Persons under the age of eighteen, pregnant women, new mothers or persons who have become insane cannot be sentenced to death. Retentionists argue almost all human activities, ranging trucking to construction, costs the lives of some innocent bystanders. ...

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First of all, people who stand against death penalty, support that because it is thought to be a form of punishment, the examination of motives, which made the convict commit a crime, is a quite essential element as it may give a good explanation for his malefaction and let's not ignore the possibility that the accused person proves to be innocent. ... According to their beliefs, deciding on a person's death is not a sign of good will or forgiveness as it doesn't give the convict a chance of remorse for what he/she has done. ... As criminals cause a lot of pain to the fam...

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Announcing the moratorium to those executions at that time, Ryan was quoted: ''I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life. Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty, until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection, no one will meet that fate.'' ... He cited that because there is a risk that innocent people could be executed, he ruled the federal ...

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Human life has intrinsic value, even if a person has murdered another individual. ... Conviction of the innocent is a massive issue because of many discoveries of people on death row. In January 2000, thirteen innocent people were discovered on death row. ... The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence and will inevitably claim innocent victims, even if it's not on purpose. Since human justice is fallible, the risk of executing the innocent will never be eliminated. ...

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Essay Conventions and Structure This essay will be written in the THIRD PERSON. ... Those who oppose capital punishment argue that the death penalty is unjust, immoral, and indefensible state sanctioned murder of a human being who is undeserving of execution even though they have committed a heinous crime, that vengeance is not the answer for healing the grief of victim's families or communities, does not act as a deterrent to crime, and is not an acceptable alternative to long-term imprisonment because the death penalty carries the possibility of wrongful execution of an innocent perso...

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The reason why the Death Penalty costs so much is because it takes so much time to find out if the person is actually guilty or innocent; that does not take two or three days to find out. ... Many researches said that life in prison it cost less then excitation of a person. ...

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Abolitionists say condemning a person to death removes any possibility of rehabilitation. ... The issue of execution of an innocent person is troubling to both abolitionists and retentionists alike. ... The execution of innocent people is very rare because there are many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. ... Persons under the age of eighteen, pregnant women, new mothers or persons who have become insane cannot be sentenced to death. Retentionists argue almost all human activities, ranging from trucking to construction, costs the lives of some i...

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Undoubtedly, the life right is the most fundamental right of all the above for a person. ... In other words, supposing a person's the most basic life rights can not be ensured in this world, how to talk about his/her other rights? ... In other words, their fathers or mothers should be punished for their crimes; however, their children are innocent. ... However, Life is only one time for a person. ...

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Those people justified their support by a simple equation, if someone aggressively kills an innocent person with no reason, the murderer should get the same by an extreme punishment such as execution to be an example to anyone who threats the whole community. ... The facts show that death penalty cases take several years after someone's convicted of a crime which leads to it, it reduces the risk of convicting innocent people even the mistake is possible. ... The argument will never stop, since there are still murder crimes and innocent victims. ...

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Like the right to vote, to gather and to speak freely, the right of a person to live whatever their crime is a foundation stone of Australia's progressive liberal democracy. ... (Potash and Walker, 1987) In Australia in the nineteenth century as many as 80 persons were hanged per year for crimes such as burglary, sheep stealing, forgery, sexual assaults and even, as well as for murder and manslaughter. ... Hardy The Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty. sydney Temple UP, 1987) Since Federation (1901), only 114 persons have been legally executed in Australia. The first hanging was in Feb...

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