This institution has caused a rather big gap as many people believe that the best thing would be to do away with it whereas others support that its existence is very important for a number of different reasons. ... For example, the "Governor Clinton refused to stay the[ ] May 7 execution of a 25-year-old white man who was involved when he was 18 in the shooting of a police officer" but whose guiltiness could not be proved as it is uncertain that "he himself pulled the trigger." ... Furthermore, rapping elderly people or little children is considered to be one of the worst crimes since chil...

• Word Count: 2029
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Historically there have been many people and organizations that have stood up against racial profiling despite the fact that so little progress has been made. ... This is a cycle that has personal and societal costs and is both symptomatic and symbolic of bigger issues at the crossroads of race and the criminal justice system. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hypothesis: Due to the dubious and unproved value as a deterrent to violent crime, the inequity and mistakes inevitable in any system of justice instituted and administered by fallible human beings and the degrading and hurtful impulse toward retribution and revenge that it expresses, the abolition ...

• Word Count: 2841
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate