Professor Laing English 096/097 March 20, 2003 Capital Punishment The Death Penalty is a form of punishment used to execute a criminal for committing certain crimes. ... Therefore, execution although considered to be "cruel and unusual punishment" maximizes public safety. ... Last but not least, the fear of death may deter people from committing deadly crimes. ... "Capital Punishment may be imposed only for a crime for which the death penalty is prescribed by law at the time of its commission. 2. ... Another reason why execution should be carried out as a form of punishment ...

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Capital punishment should only be used on an individual who took another life away. ... Capital punishment should also only be used if the accused can be proven to be one hundred percent guilty of his crimes. Nonetheless, since one out of ten people who receive capital punishment are usually innocent, capital punishment should not be placed upon all the time. ... Capital punishment is not at all necessary for criminals who commit such less offensive crimes as stealing, battery, rape, etc Even though these crimes are just as bad, the criminal didn't kill anyone so he shouldn't d...

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Capital Punishment is a very controversial issue. ... There are many different methods of capital punishment. ... Capital punishment is a means of punishing people for their crimes. If the crime is serious enough, the person is sent to spend time on death row in a maximum-security prison. Capital punishment cases are long and expensive. ...

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Capital Punishment All over the world people are committing crimes. ... Capital punishment is unconstitutional and should not be restored to stop crime. ... "The death penalty is the harshest punishment. ... All over the world punishments for crimes differ from border to border. ... So vote NO to capital punishment! ...

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Capital Punishment Capital Punishment Doesn't sound too nice does it? It is the major punishment for wrongdoers. ... It is only the worst crimes. ... Death Penalty can probably make criminals think about whether or not they should do more heinous crimes. ... I don't think that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment because there really is not a "regular" way to kill someone. ...

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Capital Punishment - Death Penalty The death penalty is the ultimate punishment for people who commit crimes against mankind. There are people that say the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment, but I believe a person has to take the crime itself into consideration. ... The death penalty should be administered for particularly heinous crimes. I do not think that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment when the crime committed is unimaginable. ... Capital punishment is a fact of life in the United States and should be administered for particularly heinous crimes....

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Capital Punishment - Death Penalty The death penalty is the ultimate punishment for people who commit crimes against mankind. There are people that say the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment, but I believe a person has to take the crime itself into consideration. ... The death penalty should be administered for particularly heinous crimes. I do not think that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment when the crime committed is unimaginable. ... Capital punishment is a fact of life in the United States and should be administered for particularly heinous crimes....

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Capital Punishment - Death Penalty The death penalty is the ultimate punishment for people who commit crimes against mankind. There are people that say the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment, but I believe a person has to take the crime itself into consideration. ... The death penalty should be administered for particularly heinous crimes. I do not think that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment when the crime committed is unimaginable. ... Capital punishment is a fact of life in the United States and should be administered for particularly heinous crimes....

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In turn, this lack of fear will result in an abundance of horrific crimes. ... For example, all of the original thirteen colonies used the death penalty for punishment of crimes, not limited to murder, during the colonial era and even after the Constitution was written (Elliot). ... At the time the death penalty was extremely widespread and went unquestioned on the morals and ethics of the punishment. ... People who commit awful crimes deserve to die, and their execution can be used as a deterrent to other criminals to show them their future fate if they commit such a horrid crime. ... Capital...

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Capital punishment has created a controversial topic for thousands of years. ... Capital punishment questions the morality of humans. ... "Capital punishment is murder in its worst form"(Tucker). ... "When innocent people are imprisoned for crimes they did not commit, at least the state can offer some form of restitution. ... It does not discourage crime as proved by statistics. ...

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Is Capital Punishment Just? In American society today, there is great controversy regarding capital punishment. ... This allows society to show that murder is an intolerable crime that will be swiftly punished. Any lesser punishment would undermine the value society places on protecting lives. ... It has not been proven to prevent violent crime, does not provide justice to society, and ultimately leads to the execution of innocent people. ...

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Ask yourself, then, what is capital punishment? ... Capital punishment is the most ­irreparable crime governments perpetrate without consequence, and it must be abolished. ... It is proven that our nation does not need this extreme threat of punishment to prevent crime. ... It is this contradiction in policy that confuses criminals and undermines any crime deterrence capital punishment was intended to have. ... Capital punishment is immoral and a violation of natural rights. ...

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First of all, the punishment of the death penalty is needed to deter crime. 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). ... After conducted research, "all categories of murder are deterred by the death penalty, even so-called crimes of passion. ... Not only is the death penalty a punishment for the crime committed, but a "peace of mind" for the victims' famil...

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Not only is capital punishment a deterrence to a crime, it is our responsibility to assure that murderers will not murder again. ... Deterrence is based on the fact that the threat of punishment will discourage people from committing a crime. In order for capital punishment to work as a deterrent, the criminal must be aware that execution is the punishment for the crime that they are about to commit, and that this punishment has been carried out on others like them. To say that capital punishment would not be a deterrent to crime is like saying that people are not afraid of death. ... The...

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Not only is capital punishment a deterrence to a crime, it is our responsibility to assure that murderers will not murder again. ... Deterrence is based on the fact that the threat of punishment will discourage people from committing a crime. In order for capital punishment to work as a deterrent, the criminal must be aware that execution is the punishment for the crime that they are about to commit, and that this punishment has been carried out on others like them. To say that capital punishment would not be a deterrent to crime is like saying that people are not afraid of death. ... The...

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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the most severe and absolute form of punishment handed down to an individual who has been convicted of a crime. ... Next, with more strict and harsh punishments it is likely that some of these crimes may be prevented if the potential criminal is aware of the consequences. For example, if a criminal was contemplating on whether to commit a certain crime, and thought about the punishments if he were to get caught, it is much more likely that if the punishment was death the criminal would highly 2 reconsider committing the crime....

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THE INJUSTICE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT When someone commits a crime as horrendous as murder, it has often been debated what to do with such a person. ... One of the main purposes of the death penalty is to deter crime. However capital punishment fails miserably, in this one of their main goals. ... The death penalty is suppose to make a person think about the harsh consequences of killing someone before they commit the crime, yet most murders that take place are those of crimes of passion. ... The death penalty is a useless crime and does not benefit society in any substantial way. ...

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The only way to make sure these murderers don't commit more crimes is by capital punishment. ... The ultimate penalty ,death, is necessary for the punishment of terrible crimes because it provides the most complete retribution and condemnation. ... Because of the use of the death penalty and capital punishments there was a decrease in crime and murder rates. ... Using capital punishment prevents many unnecessary deaths and crimes. ... If they were successful they would have the opportunity to commit more serious crimes, to prevent all of this from happening, we must enforce the usag...

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I believe that Capital Punishment should be banned completely. ... I do not believe in capital punishment because, in the U.S the states that are allowed to put prisoners to death uses Lethal Injections. ... I also do not believe in capital punishment because sometimes in cases they find the person to be guilty on behalf of the evidence that they find from the prisoners previous years and they believe that if someone does it once then they are liable to do it again. ... If we sit back and think about the situation, if we kill one innocent person because we got our facts and evidence it not lik...

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Capital Punishment is also a violation of the 8th Amendment, "...nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." ... Feeling the guilt would become worse a punishment than death. ... Most of all the death penalty doesn't deter crime! ... Believing your loved one could commit such a crime is unbearable. ... Why have a punishment that makes no influence on your culture? ...

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Capital Punishment The crime rate in the United States seems to be a big problem. ... These hit-and-run jobs give a successful felon more and more confidence as the severity of his crimes rise. ... Humanists argue that capital punishment is not a just way to deal with the crimes of killers. ... If you were to ask any death row inmate about his crime, you would find that they more than likely didn't think about what they were doing until the crime was committed. ... This way is capital punishment. ...

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This mentality still exists, even today, but in a lesser form because the law has now outlined a person's rights and developed punishments that conform to those rights, yet we allow for retribution for their crime. ... Deterrence is defined, as "the punishment should fit the crime". Under this concept, the individual committing the crime and society are prevented from committing this action again. ... Capital punishment is a mistake. ... Must we commit a crime to justify another? ...

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At one time, laws deemed capital punishment too severe for non-violent crimes therefore the law was amended. Reforming capital punishment to exclude burglary and impose it on violent crimes is one example of an ethical issue of alternative penalties for lesser crimes. ... Prisoners are committing crimes at alarmingly higher rates and not only are rewarded in the prison system through "punishments," but now can sue because of overcrowding and deficiencies in prison health care. ... The ethical issues are cruel and unusual punishment. ... Let the crime fit the punishment every time, no...

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When it came to the eighteenth century, it was a fascinating period in the history of capital punishment for crime [ CITATION Jac11 l 1033 ]. ... Lashing happened when the crime would be resulted by adultery or fornication. ... Although punishments were cruel and unusual there were alternatives to some crimes. ... There were punishments that were being abolished or reduced to a lesser punishment due to the nature of cruelty upon the offender's. ... Some states have abolish it, it continues to be a solution for certain crimes. ...

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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is justified for society's hardest criminals. ... Opponents of the death penalty argue that it is not a deterrent, due to the fact that in some states where capital punishment is the law, crime rates continue to go up. ... We know that crime rates have been increasing for some time. ... There is evidence that capital punishment does play a role in reducing crime. ... Capital punishment will not deter all crime. ...

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