Presently, laws enforced upon society create controversy over if the rulings made are the morally correct decisions. ... While utilitarianism would view the consequence of killing the criminal as unjust because it makes the criminal suffer, I think a utilitarian would still think the death penalty is moral because the benefit it creates is greater than its consequences. ... In order to decide if the death penalty is just or unjust; utilitarianism has to question whether the death penalty is effective in preventing future crimes compared to life imprisonment. ...

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America's view on their justice system is very unclear, "we must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. ... The use of the death penalty dates all the way back 1700 B.C. when Iraq implemented The Code of Hammurabi, which was a legal document that contained the first known death penalty laws. ... The solution to avoid unjust death penalties is the jury. ...

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Opponents of capital punishment who argue that this crime is improper or constitutional because it is disproportionately used against people of color and the poor mistake an argument against unjust applications of capital punishment for an argument against its use altogether. ... Why does the government deem murder against the law when, as a solution, they are executing those who commit murder, themselves? ... Why does the government deem murder against the law when, as a solution, they are executing those who commit murder, themselves? ... Very few countries still use capital punishment as a ...

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