He's been watching the way your family lives, and today is the day he's planning to attack. ... Abolitionists claim that it's more expensive, but, the annual cost of incarceration is $47,421 a year for each prisoner or more (http://www.cbsnews.com), and life without parole prisoners spend on average 30 or 40 years in prison (www.aclunc.org). ... TIME Magazine found that, nationwide, the average cell cost is $24,000 a year, and the maximum security cell costs $75,000 a year (as of 1995). ... Charles Manson, leader of "the Manson Family", plotted with one of his follower...

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Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). ... After trials and appeals, which take a long time and are pre-requisites to an execution, in 1988 the average cost of an electrocution was $3.2 million, and the average cost of life imprisonment was around 600,000 dollars (Radelet & Borg, 2010). ... The main goal as far as actual trials is to see that true justice is done in the form of pursuing murde...

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Layson at the University of North Carolina that showed that every execution of a murderer deters, on average, 18 murders. ... Why shouldn't the victim(s), or the victim's family get the benefit of the doubt? After all, the victim and his/her family members are the individuals who have been jeopardized. ... In fact, according to "The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints," the "average time served on life sentence is six years." ... A Time Magazine research team found that, nationwide, the average cell cost is $24,000 per year, while the maximum security cell cost is around $75,000 each ...

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Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). ... After trials and appeals, which take a long time and are pre-requisites to an execution, in 1988 the average cost of an electrocution was $3.2 million, and the average cost of life imprisonment was around 600,000 dollars (Radelet & Borg, 2010). ... The main goal as far as actual trials is to see that true justice is done in the form of pursuing murde...

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Prison officials had been contemplating a closed circuit broadcast within the prison for approximately 250 family members of McVeigh's victims who all wished to watch the proceedings. ... If someone spends years locked away from their family and friends before being exonerated there is no way to ever replace that time they have lost, and the effect of one person being removed from a family has far reaching consequences for various members of society. It is not only the direct family who is effected, but also all of society, we are paying for that man or woman to be incarcerated, and possi...

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However, the victim's family could be willing to pay endless amounts of dollars just to see that offender's life taken. ... That is not really fair to the victim and the victim's family, nor does it set an example for those who will commit murder. ... Our laws can and must take every responsible step to prevent others from enduring the heartache by families of the victim. ... If somebody killed a woman who was a mother, daughter, sister, etc., the family can legally kill the offender or one of their family members. ... (William-Harold) A death penalty case costs taxpayers a...

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Statistics have shown that the average price in trying, convicting, and sentencing a killer with the added expense of death row for years, equals to around $3 million. ... In California the average cost for the death penalty is $3.2 million and $2.3 million in Texas. ... An alternative to the death penalty should be that the offender is required to compensate the victim's family with the offenders" own income from employment or community service while in jail. ... By working, the criminal inadvertently "pays back" society and also their victim's family. ...

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In turn, my family suffers, and the cycle continues"(Mother Jones). ... Layson at the University of North Carolina that showed that every execution of a murderer deters, on average, 18 murders. ... When in all actuality, the average cost of executing a prisoner is 2-3.5 million dollars. ...

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He waited for the family living there to leave for the weekend. ... Then finally the average taxpayer could enjoy a little more of their hard earned money and save us the trouble of giving it away. ... It is also justification for the families of the victims. ... The families of the victims need something to fill the void caused by the murder. ... These families need to see that the criminal gets what he deserves. ...

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He had spent most of the day with his minister and family, praying and talking of what was to come. ... Also, states with no death penalty had a lower average murder rate than those with a death penalty being 4.75 per 100,000 as compared to 6.8 per 100,000 (US Department of Justice, 1999, September 29). ...

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"More often than not, families of murder victims do not experience the relief they expected to feel at the execution, says Lula Redmond, a Florida therapist." ( Brownlee 28). ... A lifetime of service to the victim and his family may be viewed as equal justice. ... In fact, during the 1980s, states practicing the death penalty averaged an annual rate of 7.5 criminal homicides per 100,000, while abolition states averaged a rate of 7.4 per 100,000. ...

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In 1959, the average prisoner waiting on death row waited approximately 2 years for their execution to take place. ... In 2012, statistics showed that on average, a prisoner destined for death waits approximately 16 years before actually receiving their execution date. ... The colony even later realized the mistake they had made and tried to compensate the families who had lost innocent loved ones. ...

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Nothing any average person can not do. ... Assuming that they are approved financial support, the family can get money out of the Crime Victims Fund. ... With the unfortunate circumstance that a homicide occurs the victim's surviving family may get the assistance. 4. ...

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The punishment sentenced to the people who committed the crime is merely a reason to express the revenge of the affected family. ... On average, it costs six times as much to kill one person as it costs to incarcerate that person to life (3.2 million versus $600,000 in Florida). ... This question still rings in the thoughts of the families of the victims. ... Our currently retributive justice system only heightens the pain and deepens the wounds of the families of victims of murder, the families of perpetrators, and the perpetrators themselves. ...

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Studies found that the average prison time for a juvenile sentenced in adult facilities is 3.5 years, which is only about 27% of the imposed sentence. ... These problems occur in their mind, family, and social life. ... We are shaped by our surroundings: demographic location, family, and friends. The most influential factor that I listed is family. ... If a child is raised in an abusive environment there is a large chance that they will continue the violence with their own families in the future. ...

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Each execution results, on average, in eighteen fewer murders... " ("Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime? ... Finally, one must examine if capital punishment is giving the family closure or if it is being inflicted as a form of revenge. Many supports state that the death penalty is implemented as a form of justice as well as aids in giving the families closure for the convicted felon taking one of their loved one's life. ...

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Instead of a large institution, each "cottage" housed 40 boys in a "family.... Participating JDAI sites have reduced their average daily population in detention by 44 percent (Juvenile Detention Initiative 2013). ... He was then matched with a court-ordered family therapist from the Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force . She worked with the Family Support Services to place Neely in an intensive home-based intervention designed as an alternative to out-of-home placement or detention. ...

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Family and friends of the victims often say that the criminal deserves the death penalty. ... If death penalty advocates favour executions because they believe justice is being served, would they still be for the death penalty if one of their family members or friends were on death row? ... In fact, studies have shown that the average cost of life imprisonment is a third of the cost of capital punishment. ...

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Community corrections allow offenders to make reparation to the community and recompense to the victim, to maintain relationships with their families, and to sustain a job with the hope of helping them to grow out of crime into responsible citizens (Vass 1990, p.39; Tomasic and Dobinson 1979 p.61). ... Cohen, (1985, p.46) concedes in his research that states that score high on use of community programs also have an above average use of institutions. ...

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David R. had fallen through the cracks while surrounded by friends and family who couldn't see him falling. ... We all knew he came from a screwed up family, but nothing on the surface ever said just how bad it was. His mother abandoned the family. ... According to Dallas Morning News 1992, "Each death penalty case costs Texas an average of 2.3 million dollars. ...

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The American Bar Association Project on Standards for Probation recommends that there should be a sufficiently low average caseload to provide adequate supervision and to develop variable caseloads for different types of offenders and assignment techniques which will maximize supervision (Albanese et al. 64). ... Interviews defendants, their families and friends and conducts background investigations to determine the types of sentences and to create corrective action plans. 4. ...

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The financial burden falls on the prisoner's family or their employer. ... This duration is also consistent with a description on the letter found in the decoration ornaments that states "People who work here, suffer punishment 1-3 years averagely, but without Court Sentence (unlaw punishment). ...

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The Death Penalty Capital punishment has been a prominent subject in society ever since the first civilizations and it continues to be used today as a form of punishment. It has been used in various crimes ranging from rape to the more recent crimes of terrorism and mass murders. However, the fact ...

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To sell the Probation service to a very punitive minded member of the public, it is necessary to explain how probation has developed over time from a social work attitude, to the modern day National Probation Service with a law enforcement remit, and its aims and objectives as such. The possible reasons and effects of punitive mindedness need be discussed and the effects of a custodial sentence, in comparison to community sentence upon offenders and the public will be investigated. These arguments will prove that the Probation Service is not a soft option' for offenders, but rather an ...

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