Preview: My reasons are as follows: the death penalty can serve as a crime deterrent, the cost of the death penalty is efficient, and capital punishment is a form of justice. ... According to Wesley Lowe, between 1829 and 1848, the British government was able to suppress the Thuggees by means of mass arrests and fast executions (5). 4. ... DOJ, the average prison sentence served for the charge of murder is only 5 years and eleven months (Lowe 9). 1. ... His execution date was set for and served on Janurary 31, 2002. ... Finally, justice can only be served when the criminal receives...

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It is plain to see and understand that children and adults are not equal; they have different standards set forth by law. ... So why can he serve an adult punishment? ... This can set back their rehabilitation, and possibly make them more dangerous to society. ... Thoreau also states, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison." ...

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His life was cut short by a government system that applies a needle into the arm and wonders what it feels like to die under lethal injection. ... The government's use of lethal injection provides no role model for its citizens. ... It takes years for a Capital Punishment trial to be finished, wouldn't immediate action to protect the people be better than one murder set as an example of how states abuse their power? ... When there is even a small shred of a doubt there is no reasoning that should give the government the power to execute innocent or guilty people. ... It has bee...

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However, this decision benefits the mentally challenged people, they could be set up easily and not even be aware of it but if they were charged this act will save an innocent helpless persons life. ... Individuals on death row typically serve a 13 year average before their exoneration. ... Even the U.S. government and U.S. military also practice the death penalty. ... I believe it's a way for the victims or victims family to feel better that the person who committed harm or death upon the victim would be executed and justice would be served....

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