Capital Punishment is in essence taking a human life in exchange for some wrong doing committed by a person that has been deemed to be so offensive to society it warrants the ending of the accuser's life. ... In colonial times executions were performed in public, and were considered to be an acceptable form of entertainment. ... In most fields a margin of error is acceptable and expected. When dealing with human lives errors are not acceptable. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The death penalty gives society the unmistakable message that human life no longer deserves respect when it is useful to take it and that homicide is legitimate when deemed justified by the concerns of society. ... But in 1938 in an effort to make the death penalty more acceptable to the public some states began passing laws against mandatory death sentencing instead enacting discretionary death penalty statutes. ...

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A child that has grown up with an abusive father or mother may deem the parents" behavior to be acceptable, when, in all actuality, that same behavior, if implemented by that child later in life, could cause the person some serious problems. ...

• Word Count: 1815
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• Grade Level: High School