Those who commit vicious crimes destroy the basis on which a moral community rests, their rights to citizenship, and even to life itself. ... Some Pros might state that capital punishment is justified because it prevents the criminal from repeating his crime; or deters crime by discouraging would be offenders. ... Leopold and Loeb were nineteen years old when they committed "The Crime of the Century." ... They feel that certain crimes are so outrageous that executing the criminal is the only reasonable response. ... Yet the family is usually innocent of any crime. ...

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One reason that some people for capital punishment take their position is because they feel that capital punishment deters crime. ... In my opinion, capital punishment does not deter crime. ... The murders that are not planned go into the crimes of passion group. ... Capital punishment seems as though it should realistically deter crime, but the problem is that most murders are unplanned and are not a result of judgment or common sense. ... The group of people that is in favor of capital punishment might say that it is the only reasonable sentence for someone who commits a serious crime is ex...

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The fundamental principal of justice is that the punishment should fit the crime. ... Capital punishment provides a strong deterrence against future crimes. ... Capital punishment, is the execution of a criminal by the state in which the crime or crimes were committed." ... Perhaps the biggest reason to keep capital punishment in effect, is to prevent a crime or multiple crimes from happening. ... The justice system basically attempts to mete out a punishment which fits the crime. ...

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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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The usage, and threat of capital punishment is the most powerful deterrent of crime ever devised by any form of government. ... Ergo the later states have lower crime rates due in part to the deterrent power of the threat capitol punishment imposes on potential criminals. Those opposed to capital punishment usually believe that the threat of punishment is not a valid deterrent for crime regardless of the offense. ... Federal, state, and local governments together spend more than $150 billion on fighting and preventing crime. ... Capital punishment is not a baleful archa...

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It bothers me when people actually use the argument of deterrence of crime to defend capital punishment. ... Secondly, there are many industrialized societies with much lower crime rates who do not use capital punishment. ... Imagine a psychological test for high school students where it is shown that those who fail are as likely to commit a future crime as are those arrested for having committed that crime in the past. The ability to prevent a future crime would be the same in both cases. ... In other words, if preventing a future crime does not justify killing these students, it does n...

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You commit a crime; you deserve punishment (Fieser sec 2). It is also believed that the punishment should fit the crime. ... I is very likely that any criminal guilty of a crime will repeat the crime. ... Three life sentences is not punishment to fit his crime. Ten life sentences would not be punishment to fit his crime. ...

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Each person can form their own opinion on the death penalty, but ultimately the government sees the death penalty as a just form of punishment for those who commit such horrible crimes as murder. Capital punishment, to many people, seem cruel and unusual, but its purpose is to punish those who committed such horrendous crimes as murder and to make people who would otherwise commit these violent acts think twice before they go out and commit crimes such as murder. Although in the past, the number of crimes that were subjected to capital punishment, defined simply as the death penalty f...

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Punishment depends upon the level of crime: for petty crimes, criminals get short and soft punishments, whereas for heinous crimes they may get long time imprisonment or death. ... However, can we make ensure that nothing will happen wrong and criminal get punishment on the grounds of crime not on the basis of race? Most of the people think that capital punishment is the only way to deters the crime. ... Same as with death penalty that people thinks that it is scary and heavy punishment and, it can reduce the crime. ... Capital punishment is also the most expensive method of punishment. ...

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In essence, capital punishment is the lawful taking of a person's life after conviction for a crime. ... Among these are that capital punishment is "cruel and usual", "epitomizes the tragic inefficacy and brutality of violence", "denies due process of law", "violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection", "is not a viable form of crime control", "wastes resources" and "is a violent spectacle of official homicide" (Bedau). Abolitionists label capital punishment as cruel and unusual. ... Quite to the contrary, capital punishment does not reduce crime. ... Whatever the ratio...

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From the reinstatement of capital punishment until present day we have had protests and arguments for and against the institution of capital punishment. ... Advocates of capital punishment argue that it serves as a deterrent and a punishment, as well as incapacitating the accused from committing future crimes. ... The ACLU opposes capital punishment under all circumstances because it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, is administered arbitrarily and unfairly, and fails to deter crime or improve public safety." ... DNA testing has advanced to a point wh...

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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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The death penalty or capital punishment has many different views surrounding it. ... This would reduce crime rates in the future if the law passed for no habeas corpus, because people would no they would have no way to appeal in court and be able to skip out on Capital Punishment. ... How do we know if it's right to put somebody through capital punishment? ... Many people think that Capital Punishment is immoral and wrong in itself. ... With the law taken away that let's people appeal their criminal act crime rates would drop because there would be less people who commit crime tha...

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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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Capital punishment has been used by almost every culture in the world. ... In 1923, the state of Texas got rid of hanging as a form of capital punishment and instituted the electric chair as a new form of capital punishment. ... Supreme Court declared that capital punishment was "cruel and unusual punishment". ... Capital Punishment is the lasting legacy of slavery. ... "The last chance Texas capital crime convicts have to avoid execution is to throw themselves on the mercy of the pardons board. ...

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There are three main points concerning capital punishment. Capital punishment save money. ... This shows that capital punishment is accepted and is used wold wide. ... (5/100,000 vs 78.5/100,000) is not proof, that the death penalty deters murder in Delaware or that the absence of the death penalty escalates murders and violent crime in Washington, D.C., which has the highest violent crime and murder rates in the U.S. ." (Sharp) Murderers are the least likely of all criminals ...

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Capital Punishment: A System of Error Since 1976, when capital punishment was reinstated, eighty-seven men and women have been taken off death row and freed because they were proven innocent. ... Since murder can be considered the most heinous of crimes, there is extreme political and public pressure on police and prosecution to solve murder crimes and close cases. ... Others have been granted immunity or less severe punishments for their own crimes in exchange for their testimonies. ... Thirty-six of the thirty-eight states with capital punishment statutes provide automatic review of a...

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Laws, crime, and punishment have always been and always will be integral parts of our society. ... The government determines what the laws are, what is considered a crime and most importantly what punishment a person should endure when a crime is committed. The death penalty is implemented when it is decided to be fitting to the crime committed, however the capital punishment is not an effective way to reduce cost or crime and should be abolished as a means of punishment in America. ... Many people believe wholeheartedly that the death penalty is proper punishment for certain crimes. ... The g...

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(Randa, 1997) Cesare Beccaria's 1767 essay, On Crimes and Punishment, had an especially strong impact throughout the world. ... In 1846 Michigan was the first state to abolish capital punishment for all crimes except treason. ... With the exclusion of a modest number of rarely committed crimes in a few jurisdictions, all required capital punishment laws had been abolished by 1963. ... The sentences might be anywhere from ten to twenty years in prison, but some crimes force the defendant to die for their crime or crimes. Capital punishment is just, and it should stay in effect as long a...

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The real question is, who in their right mind could murder, sexually assault, or any other crime, including capital punishment to another human being. ... If every crime's punishment was " a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye" what would happen to society? ... Revenge is inconsistent with society's demands that justice be served because the punishment has to fit the crime. ... Deterrence is basically defined as "the punishment should fit the crime." ... Also, in a nationwide survey of police chiefs and sheriffs, capital punishment was ranked last as a way of reducing violent cr...

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However, people who are of the opinion that capital punishment should be abolished in the countries that still exists, claim that there are other solutions, which can "answer" to serious crimes, that could be used instead of death penalty. ... The power of the fear of death is able to reduce the number of crimes as criminals are afraid of being caught and killed. ... The crime took place in Virginia and it was a complete shock for the citizens. ... Supporting capital punishment often flows from people's need to live in a safe country where the word "crime" doesn't exist. ... ...

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" The death penalty is commonly defined as a punishment inflicted upon a criminal for a crime that they have committed." ... o committed crimes. ... Even though almost everything and everybody speaks against capital punishment, people still believe, those who commit violent crimes should be punished to the fullest extend of law, which capital punishment basically is. ... Before one considers the death penalty as punishment for a grave crime, one must reflect upon the purpose of any form of punishment."... Not the capital punishment....

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According to Black's Law Dictionary, Capital punishment is "punishment by death for capital crimes" and they describe the death penalty as "Supreme penalty exacted as punishment for murder and other capital crimes. ... Well, basically, the law has consistently upheld the view that the death penalty or capital punishment is a punishment enacted for murder and other capital crimes and does not violate the 8th or 14th amendments and is not thereby considered cruel and unusual punishment. ... Another argument in favor of capital punishment is that society must express moral outrage at - and...

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If it weren't for the death penalty still in place, would violent crimes rates really increase within the country? ... "[There is] strong evidence for the deterrent effect of capital punishment... Each execution results, on average, in eighteen fewer murders... " ("Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime? ... The existence and the threat that arises from capital punishment  has the power to deter crime and as a result, should be a continued practice. ... According to Immanuel Kant, an eighteenth century philosopher, "There is no likeness or proportion between life, however painful, and death;...

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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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