It can then be said that the death penalty is the most overlooked form of government hypocrisy; we would murder people who in return murder people, to show that murder is wrong. ... Losing a loved one, no matter how that person is lost, is unbearable, irrevocable, and shattering. ... "As humans, we are an inevitable force of error. ... However, can we continue to call our government fair if we do not hold it to the same rules we do its people? ... Some people are so bad that they commit crimes of such a calibre that causes people to think that they no longer deserve to live. ...

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It can be said that the death penalty is the most overlooked form of government hypocrisy; we would murder people who murder people to show that murder is wrong. ... Losing a loved one, no matter how that person is lost, is unbearable, irrevocable, and shattering. ... "As humans, we are an inevitable force of error. ... However, can we continue to call our government fair if we do not hold it to the same rules we do its people? ... Some people are so bad that they commit crimes of such a calibre that causes some people to think that they no longer deserve to live. ...

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How do capital punishment supporters respond to these arguments? Phelps notes, "People these days want revenge..." ... He also responds to Radelet, "All human activities...cause innocent people to suffer wrongful death, but we don't give them up". ... How can murder not be immoral? ... So how can the constitution be brought into this argument, since the articles make no mention of capital punishment? ...

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Those who oppose capital punishment ask how far the argument of economy can be carried. ... You may choose to pardon crimes committed against yourself, but you can never pardon crimes committed against someone else. ... But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. ... I am sure you can think of many other mass killings of people. ... They argue that we cannot treat people as mere instruments to our survival. ...

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Putting people to death who have committed certain heinous acts of crime is a practice of ancient standing, but, in the United States, in the latter half of the Twentieth Century and into the Twenty-first Century, it has become a very controversial issue. ... Indeed, restoring capital punishment is the will of the people, as, according to Ernest Van Den Haag in "The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints," over 70 percent of the American populous support the death penalty in one form or another. ... Whatever the arguments of those opposed to capital punishment may be, value can never be put on a f...

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Moreover, each method can and has gone askew. ... State officials claimed that the botched execution was caused by, "inadvertent human error," the inappropriate substitution of a synthetic sponge for a natural sponge that had been used in previous executions (Barnett). ... It is not necessary for nitrogen to displace all 21% of oxygen normally found in the air in order to cause harm to people. ... This is caused not by the depletion of oxygen in his body, but by the buildup of carbon dioxide in his bloodstream. ... Most debates boil down to the humanity of the procedure and how morally wro...

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Moreover, each method can and has gone askew. ... State officials claimed that the botched execution was caused by, "inadvertent human error," the inappropriate substitution of a synthetic sponge for a natural sponge that had been used in previous executions (Barnett). ... It is not necessary for nitrogen to displace all 21% of oxygen normally found in the air in order to cause harm to people. ... This is caused not by the depletion of oxygen in his body, but by the buildup of carbon dioxide in his bloodstream. ... Most debates boil down to the humanity of the procedure and how morally wro...

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The country reacted with so much horror to the murder that 5,000 people attended Whelan's execution. ... The right to punish someone who has committed a crime cannot be denied but the main question is how far does the right extend and is capital punishment deterrent. ... As long as a prisoner remains alive he or she can hope for rehabilitation. ... Government officials often defend this punishment as not being cruel and unusual, but how can they defend this opinion in the case of John Evans who was executed by electrocution in 1983? ... Unlike imprisonment, the death penalty entails th...

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People were stoned to death for a variety of reasons, anything from infidelity to heresy to treason. ... The risks do not stop people from proceeding with their actions. ... Because of Muhammad's twisted nature and lack of respect for human life, he guided Malvo's anger and taught him how to kill. Juveniles are more susceptible to outside influences and this can work in a good or bad way. ... Essayist Hanna Chiou derives that since the damage caused by a juvenile is the same as the damage caused by an adult they should face the same consequences. ...

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