Motive The primary reason for these crimes based on the evidence suggest possibly both opportunistic as well as power assertive reasons. ... The perpetrator was likely a student based on additional facts found about the crime that some skeletal remains were found in the biology lab which typically students or staff have access to. ... Two of these crime scenes directly quotes the lyrics of two of the songs which is left in writing at the crime scene. ... Based on this information it is safe to conclude that the offender in the four crime scenes lives within the geographical range of the colleg...

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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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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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Crime definitely can not go unpunished, but killing a prisoner is just going to far. ... Back when blacks were considered property, the capital punishment was based on race. Now, it's based on how much money people have. ... Therefore, capital punishment just makes things worse by causing more crime. ... Crime definitely can not go unpunished, but killing a prisoner is just going to far. ...

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"...the death sentence is abominable, as abominable as the crime itself. Our state must be based on love, not hatred and victimization. Our penal code must be based on rehabilitation rather than annihilation."... Violent crime arrest rates peak at age 18 and then gradually decline to almost zero at age 60 and over (Effects). ... Williams, Chief Police in Los Angeles stated, "I am not convinced that capital punishment, in and of itself, is a deterrent to crime because most people do not think about the death penalty before they commit a violent or capital crime." ...

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The fear of death deters people from committing crimes. ... They base most of their argument against deterrence on statistics. ... But they defend the death penalty base on other arguments, relying primarily on the need to protect society from killers who are considered high risks for killing again. ... Not all crimes deserve the death penalty. Let the punishment fit the crime. ...

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The U.S. court systems enact punishments based on the circumstances involving the case. ... Supporters also argue that the law is a deterrent to crime and violent crimes, such as murder. ... The crime rate has decreased in California. ... The "three strikes" law does not deter crime. ... Supporters state it deters crime, but the crime rate has been increasing nationwide. ...

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Most of us would agree that a terrible crime deserves a terrible punishment; the punishment needs to fit the crime. ... We have to agree that headlines in all newspapers on atrocious crimes encourage criminals to commit to crimes as other people are still doing them. ... Yet capital punishment is too important to base on economics. ... The great controversy about capital punishment is where the line for capital crimes and non-capital crimes is. There is no representation of what crimes capital punishment would include. ...

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Eliminating crime is a part of our duty as humans. ... Not everyone who commits a crime should be sentenced to death. ... (Eddlem 5) The death penalty serves as a deterrent to help reduce crime. ... The death penalty is not applied based on race. ... "Men should be punished for their own crimes and not merely to deter others. ...

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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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Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment. ... The fear of death deters people from committing crimes. ... They base most of their argument against deterrence on statistics. ... But they defend the death penalty base on other arguments, relying primarily on the need to protect society from killers who are considered high risks for killing again. ... "Let the punishment fit the crime" is its secondary counterpart (Cox). ...

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The thesis in this case is based on definition, data, and example. ... Those who support Capital punishment as payment for murder, the deliberate taking of a human life by another, argue that the death penalty is just and moral, provides retribution or vengeance as a sense of closure to the victim's loved ones and to society, acts as a deterrent to the crime of murder, and is an economical alternative to lifelong or long-term imprisonment. Those who oppose capital punishment argue that the death penalty is unjust, immoral, and indefensible state sanctioned murder of a human being who is ...

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The punishment should fit the crime. ... The death penalty has an indirect effect on crime. ... Our government should execute for the most heinous crimes. ... Not really because all the governments is doing is punishing the offender based on the severity of the crime. ... A punishment should be proportionate to the crime regardless of the price. ...

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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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Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a weapon of crime control deceive the public and mask their own failure to support anti-crime measures that will really work because over 94% of criminal justice dollars are spent after the crime has already been committed. ... It warranted the death penalty for twenty five different crimes. ... The number of capital crimes continued to rise through the next two centuries and by the 1700's there were 222 crimes punishable by death including stealing, cutting down a tree, and robbing a rabbit warren. ... The bill proposed that capi...

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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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People's demand to abolish death penalty is thought to be based on some pretty "strong" outlooks and beliefs. ... 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. ... Therefore, there is a number of crimes that require capital punishment due to the cruelty and the cynicism with which they were c...

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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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How can this innocent man be put to death in a system based on fairness, and a theory of innocent until proven guilty. ... Is capital punishment fair, and based on equality? ... And does the presence of the death penalty deter crime? ... In most states where the death penalty is instated, it is done so to deter crime. ... Now that is not to say it is impossible that, in some few cases, the death penalty did deter a capital crime. ...

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In this case several robbers targeted two brothers for their crime which resulted in gunfire and the death of one of the two brothers. ... With these loose standards in place there is no bottom line to the felony murder doctrine and therefore most cases involving this statute are decided by the judge it goes before based on his own personal opinions and views on justice. ... Dekens is a viable case that attacks the felony murder doctrine on the basis of intent and concludes that individuals can not be charged for the crimes committed by another cofelon independently. ... A key point to n...

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And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmixed with baser matter. (I.5.99-104) Hamlet seems to decide with determination that he will "wipe away" all of his memories of "youth", and all "past pressures" so that the ghost's "commandment" to seek revenge would be his only focus, without the distraction of "baser matter". ... Society's view of murdering a king as the most sacrilegious crime of all is illustrated by Claudius when he reflects on his own actions in killing his brother, King Hamlet. ... Claudius highlights the 'unholine...

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Some insist that the death penalty acts to prevent a capital crime, while others feel that it has no effect whether a capital crime is still committed. Is it right or is it wrong to take the life of someone who has committed a capital crime? ... The death penalty is a topic that lies between the lines of opinions and feelings based on each person's culture. ... Among other serious capital crimes in colonial times were murder, rape, heresy - and witchcraft," (DeathPenalty.Procon). ... Killing someone intentionally, disregarding self-defense, deserves the death penalty, along with other cap...

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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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