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 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 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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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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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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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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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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(Educational Curriculum on the Death Penalty NP) That's means if a criminals charge for death penalty and could be innocent and would have no chance of winning of winning because they wouldn't have enough to pay the lawyer to do some good fighting against the defense. ... In spite of what those oppose the death penalty I would point out that, the money we are spending for one person to be executed that's the money we could be spending on public schools, police forces or other services that benefit more people in the society. ... Spending that much money for executing a person wo...

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