Canada does not extradite criminals to the US or any other countries where the death penalty is in practice, unless with assurances that the death penalty will not be used because the people of Canada think the death penalty should be abolished. The death penalty! ... The US, like Canada, should abolish the death penalty. ... The death penalty is not justice. ... If death penalty advocates favour executions because they believe justice is being served, would they still be for the death penalty if one of their family members or friends were on death row? ...

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The death penalty has been in man's society dating back to ancient times. ... The death penalty serves as a penalty imposed to protect rather than avenge for the society. ... The death penalty and capital punishment is unnecessary and cruel. There has been no proof that the death penalty has deterred others from committing murder. ... In conclusion, the death penalty should not be practiced no matter what account. ...

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In the question of the death penalty, we must ask ourselves which action will serve the true humanitarian purpose of criminal law. We should weigh the death of the convicted murders against the loss of life of his victims and the possibility of potential victims to murder " ("46 Pro Death Penalty Quotes by Attorney Generals from the U.S.A. "). ... The first aspect that comes to mind when talking about the death penalty is the deterrent rate. If it weren't for the death penalty still in place, would violent crimes rates really increase within the country? ... Each execution results, on av...

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The death penalty is a controversial issue for most people. ... Another form of the death penalty is lethal injection. ... The death penalty is irrevocable. ... In one swoop, every death penalty was rejected as unconstitutional. ... They were both spared the death penalty and sentenced to life imprisonment. ...

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The death penalty is a controversial issue for most people. ... Another form of the death penalty is lethal injection. ... The death penalty is irrevocable. ... In one swoop, every death penalty was rejected as unconstitutional. ... The death penalty has been a gross failure. ...

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Capital Punishment is the infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. ... The death penalty is the most severe practice in the modern world. ... It has served as a compelling justification for the death penalty since ancient times(96). ... Capital Punishment is the infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. ... The death penalty is the most severe practice in the modern world. ...

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The death penalty has been used through out history. ... In doing so Texas policymakers hoped to get some public pressure of its back about its death penalty policy. ... Texas in particular has been under intense scrutiny for its death penalty policy. ... "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. ... One of the main weapons challenging the death penalty is the use of, DNA testing or evidence. ...

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I strongly believe that the death penalty doesn't dissuade potential criminals and that it should be abolished. ... The death penalty doesn't support justice, it degrades and brutalises it. ... What about the people who have just heard about such crimes and say, "killing is wrong, they should get the death penalty"? ... The sanctity of life was created after the death penalty, to allow people to have rights and make their own choices. ... The death penalty is the easy way out for criminals because they aren't really learning their lesson, how can they when they are dead? ...

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Are these forms of the death penalty humane? Is the death penalty itself humane? ... Seen to be the most controversial method of the death penalty is electrocution. ... The reason for these efforts is to deem the practice of carrying out the death penalty unconstitutional even if the death penalty itself is theoretically just. ... The death penalty is one of the most debated over issues in America today. ...

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Are these forms of the death penalty humane? Is the death penalty itself humane? ... Seen to be the most controversial method of the death penalty is electrocution. ... The reason for these efforts is to deem the practice of carrying out the death penalty unconstitutional even if the death penalty itself is theoretically just. ... The death penalty is one of the most debated over issues in America today. ...

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Georgia that the death penalty was unconstitutional because it was a form of cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. ... The latest method of executing inmates on death roll has been lethal injection. ... "The cost of the apparatus and maintenance of the procedures attending the death penalty, including death row and the endless appeals and legal machinery, far outweighs the expense of maintaining in prison the tiny fraction of criminals who would otherwise be slain" (Draper). ... Lets say for a moment that there is no Death Penalty. ... The arguments against it are much stro...

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On May 31st, 1962, Adolf Eichmann received the death penalty and was hanged. ... On page 47 it says "To claim the death of five million Jews, the approximate total of losses suffered from the combined efforts of all the Nazi offices and authorities, was preposterous, as he knew very well, but he had kept repeating the damning sentence ad nauseam to everyone who would listen, because it gave him "an extraordinary sense of elation to think that [he] was exiting from the stage in this way. ... However, with Eichmann boasting does make him evil because he was bragging about the deaths and ghetto&#...

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