First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. ... Part two starts with Meursault being interrogated by a police official. ... First, he asks about his mother's death. ... Meursault describes the interrogation as "a game."" ... As the trial begins however, Meursault describes the room as "stiflingly hot."" ...
As the media reaches into many homes and workplaces the public has a clear view of any trial involving the death penalty. ... In total, going through the appeals, the trials and finally the execution itself, it can cost up to 18 million for a state to finalize a death of a convicted killer (Bronner). ... In the summer of 1996 Damon Thibodeaux cracked at the end of a nine-hour interrogation and confessed to the brutal rape and murder of his 14-year-old step-cousin, Crystal Champagne. ... There is no telling the reasoning behind a crime and when we began to implement the same justice that destro...
Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). ... In 1794, Pennsylvania adopted a law to distinguish the degrees of murder and only used the death penalty for premeditated first-degree murder. ... This high cost includes $265,640 for the trial; $294,240 for the state appeals; $113,608 for federal appeals (over six years); and $135,875 for death row housing. ... First, females are rarely sentenced to death and executed, even ...
You have been the first victims of the Reign of Terror. ... On the other hand, some people were detained the first night, placed in alternate apartments, and were left there until they were released. ... Even though the first victims of the Reign of Terror were of noble status, by no means were those the only people who were affected by the Terror. ... Every sound in the darkness of the night was the soldiers coming to take you to be interrogated or tried for something that you never did. ... In all there were twenty-five people arrested and put on trial for these crimes. ...
