The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, and treason. ... Some suggest that persons convicted of capital murder should serve a minimum of 25 years in prison before the possibility of consideration for parole, but in certain cases imprisonment for life with no possibility of parole. Some have even suggested that a portion of the prisoners' earnings, from in-prison jobs, should go to pay for their incarceration, and a portion should go into a fund for the victims of violent crime and their survivors. ...

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