Capital punishment is an unnecessary punishment because criminals are already managed at prisons. 69 The death penalty can lead to the death of innocent people. ... For example, " Defendants in about one-third of the Texas cases were represented at trial by an attorney who had been or later was suspended or otherwise sanctioned-(Leibman). ... The death penalty gives no equal justice in matters of race and wealth. 175 The death penalty is an unreliable measure of solving the problem of the USA's criminals. ... "A detrimental society executes criminals while a beneficial society ref...

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While this might sound expensive it is pennies when compared to the expense of killing a criminal. ... In the last hundred years there have been more than 75 documented cases of wrongful conviction of criminal homicide. ... By working, the criminal inadvertently "pays back" society and also their victim's family. There is no reason for the criminal to receive compensation for his work. ... One of the most well known examples of the criminal contributing to the betterment of society is the case of Leopold and Loeb. ...

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But given the resources available to the US government for restraining criminals, the carrying out of the death penalty is practically nonjustified and unnecessary. ... The government has the resources necessary to restrain criminals without resorting to the death penalty. ... With our Holy Father, we seek to build a society so committed to human life that it will not sanction the killing of any human person." ... I am against state-sanctioned killing not because of a partisan political position or religious scruple, but because it is illogical and it does not work. ...

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The only criminals who are subjected to the death penalty are capital offenders. Capital offenders are the criminals who commit murder. These criminals go to court. ... It set limits to criminals who murder in an aggravating way. ... It also does not deter criminals as suggested studies show. ...

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Second, even if this is a true description of the cost of capital punishment in the United States and other developed countries, it is not representative of the cost of criminal executions worldwide. ... Finally, even if executing criminals is more costly than life imprisonment, it is not immediately obvious that the extra expense either contributes to a greater balance of social unhappiness or even tips the balance towards unhappiness. ... These are terrible crimes, committed in the states with the largest death row and the largest score of government sanctioned killings. ... The danger that...

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Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. ... When arguing for the death penalty examples are incapacitation of the criminal. ... It is obvious that dead criminals can not commit any further crimes, either within prison or after being released from it. ... These expenses are as a result of the lengthy appeal processes that are given to criminals, and also towards any court appointed attorneys. ... Further on, upon prosecution and execution of the criminal, the case remains closed, meanwhile the real criminal is ...

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More than one shock was usually required to kill the criminal, so it drained a massive amount of electricity from the power company. ... The cost of the apparatus and maintenance of the procedures of the death penalty, including death row and the endless appeals far outweigh the expense of maintaining in prison the tiny fraction of criminals who would otherwise be slain (Anderson, 46). ... While this might sound expensive it is pennies when compared to the expense of killing a criminal. ... In the last hundred years there have been more than 75 documented cases of wrongful conviction of crimin...

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Second, even if this is a true description of the cost of capital punishment in the United States and other developed countries, it is not representative of the cost of criminal executions worldwide. ... Finally, even if executing criminals is more costly than life imprisonment, it is not immediately obvious that the extra expense either contributes to a greater balance of social unhappiness or even tips the balance towards unhappiness. ... These are terrible crimes, committed in the states with the largest death row and the largest score of government sanctioned killings (Liebman 7). ... The ...

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Those who oppose capital punishment contend that supporters of the death penalty fail to consider the complexities of our criminal justice system. They insist most Americans believe the criminal justice system favors the rich over the poor. They argue that the death penalty underestimates the worth of life and that the discrepancy is equal to legislative hypocrisy and that if the sanction is not going to be applied, it should be abolished. ...

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Every Western Industrial nation has stopped executing criminals, except the United States. Most Western nations have executed criminals in this century, and many were executed after World War II. ... It prevents criminals from returning to society, and is less expensive than capital punishment (Vila & Morris, 1997, p.255). ... Criminals shouldn't be the objects of anger; they should be objects of pity. ... State sanctioned executions expose more of the violence and injustice that are in everyone. ...

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