The argument in favor is based on justice and the nature of a moral community, which requires that each person respect the life and liberty of others. ... 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." ... Laws of punishment should not be grounded in our extreme feelings, but should instead be based on our more tempered ones. ... Yet the family is usually innocent of any crime. ...

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Proponents see the use of the death penalty as a deterrent against similar crimes or the most appropriate method for punishing certain severe crimes. ... Kent held that juveniles were entitled to a hearing, representation by counsel, access to information upon which the waiver decision was based, and a statement of reasons justifying the waiver decision. ... Oklahoma (1982) was the first case the Supreme Court agreed to hear based on the defendant's age. ... - Seventy-three percent committed their crimes at age 17... - Eighteen were involved in intensive substance abuse before the...

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In some of the 57 countries, capital punishment is only banned for ordinary crimes and still effective for military crimes or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances such as wartime (Doan, 2). ... The New Testament is based on forgiveness. ... This is false because the death penalty has been proven NOT to deter crime. ... Besides, no criminal commits a crime if he believes he will be caught. ... If the death penalty is not an effective way to deter crime, then what is? ...

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Currently, 38 states enact capital punishment in response to the most "heinous of crimes". In previous years, the American public based their views strictly on the deterrent effects and cost effectiveness of the death penalty. ... In the early 1970's, the chief argument in favor of the death penalty was its assumed deterrence of crime. In theory, publicized executions should result in a lower number of homicides, therefore serving as a deterrent to crime. ... it for the most heinous crimes, are also the most prone to flawed verdicts." ...

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The only physical proof that the prosecution had was a hair found at the crime scene. ... Based on the given evidence, those in favor of the death penalty cannot deny the fact that capital punishment is unbeneficial to our country. ... Those in favor also believe that the establishment of capital punishment deters people from committing serious crimes. ... Not only based on race, but it is also based on the amount of money in your wallet. ... States with the death penalty instituted do not have a lower crime rate than states without it. ...

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That did not happen because many opponents of the death penalty feel that criminal justice policymakers, judges, and prosecutors do not have the right to decide the fate of another person's life regardless of the seriousness of the crime. ... "Texas doesn"t have a statewide public-defender system," says Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a Washington-based group that opposes the death penalty. ... "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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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. ... Severe crimes customarily result in imprisonment. ... Based on the principle punishment, the death penalty produces a benefit ...

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With the increase in vicious crimes today, the government must act just as harsh with our justice system to try and prevent these types of crimes. ... "It ordered death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer. ... The Bible also states that there should be retribution for a crime. ... 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. ... The prosecution based its cased on witnesses who said they saw Bloodsworth with the little girl earlier that day. ...

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It has failed to act as a deterrent from crime. ... It is the ultimate penalty for the most heinous crimes. ... They are forced to ponder on what could have happened if they did not commit the crime. ... Juries are purely convicting and sentencing criminals based on the nature of their crime. Statistics do not fully grasp the total aspects of the crimes committed. ...

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Although Canada officially abolished the death penalty in 1977, certain crimes can still result in a death sentence. ... According to Jewish law, a court punished both religious and non-religious crimes. ... Even if someone committed a crime it is much better for him or her not to be hung, poisoned or electrocuted. ... Would you be able to tell a person that we are executing him or her based on circumstantial evidence? ... If we are not saving money, crime statistics show that capital punishment does not have an impact on crime, and in our religion it was abolished two millennias ago, then why...

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Could it be that America is openly practicing executions based upon race, hate crimes if you will, and the public is unbeknownst to the fact? ... On the other side of town, the local car dealer commits the identical crime towards a black victim. ... Now I"m a man of justice; no one should be punished lightly for any crime. ... Granted, there may be undeniable evidence that a terrible crime has been committed. ... It does not help reduce crime (lecture notes), and procedures for its procurement are severely flawed. ...

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The fact is, the death penalty is not a deterrent of crime, as the death penalty has been proven not to deter crime. ... Most of all, it certainly should not contribute to an increase in crime.(Bedau 259) Does the death penalty really deter crime. ... Besides, no criminal commits a crime if he believes he will be caught. ... Also, Stanford Law Review published a study that found similar patterns of racial disparity, based on the race of the victim, in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia. ...

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Pataki, Governor of New York State in 1997, claim that it is the best method to punish criminals and prevents further crimes, because when one knows that capital punishment waits for him, he will not commit a crime. ... A criminologist's job responsibilities involve analyzing data to determine why the crime was committed and to find ways to predict, deter, and prevent further criminal behavior. ... Since 1973, 144 prisoners on death row have been found to be innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted.... Once Larry reached his break, he committed his crime, and was sentenced to ...

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Some were sentenced to death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer (Henderson 5-6). ... Is that because they commit more crimes? ... Does the fact that he had a messed up childhood make it ok that he commit a terrible crime? ... Supposedly having the death penalty and enforcing it will deter people from committing crimes. ... All of the opponents of capital punishment seem to have their argument somewhat based around the eight amendments. ...

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Capital punishment goes against the morals and standards that our country is based upon. ... These statistics clearly show that other forms of punishment are successful in the deterrence of crime and capital punishment is not needed. ... Common sense does demand retribution for crime, but justice doesn't demand killing those whom are already imprisoned (Death Penalty, 1987, p. 63). ... In fact in a USA today poll, 68% of respondents agreed that the death penalty deters crime (Honeyman & Ogloff, 1999, September 29). ... For these reasons there is no valid evidence that the death penalty ...

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And today, more than ever, we are inundated with crime and images of crime. ... In a review of 1,300 murder cases in California between 2003 and 2005, the authors found gender disproportions with respect to both defendants and victims in the primary crime. ... Simmons struck down the death penalty for juveniles. 22 defendants had been executed for crimes committed as juveniles since 1976. ... (Ted Gottfried 2002) Most Americans believe that innocent people have already been executed, that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime, and that a moratorium should be placed on all executions....

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The penalty of death for the commission of a crime is an issue that tends to defy the purpose of reason. ... Unfortunately, claims of deterrence are personal opinions based on intuition and common sense that are not supported by scientific evidence. ... The third argument advocated by those supporting capital punishment is based on the utilitarian view that it is cheaper to execute than to incarcerate. ... You may choose to pardon crimes committed against yourself, but you can never pardon crimes committed against someone else. ...

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