In our civilized society, the death of another person cannot be considered good and right. ... Killing the Innocent a. The last and most important reason that I feel we should look to alternative punishments is that with the death penalty, there is always the possibility of the execution of an innocent person. ... If this does happen, not one more person, innocent or guilty, will be stripped of his or her right to live. ... Why do we permit the chance that an innocent person will be killed? ...

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When a person takes another person's life, justice is disturbed and unless the balance is restored, society turns to violence. ... Finally one of the biggest problems with the death penalty is the risk of executing an innocent person. It has not been proven that an innocent person has ever been executed in the United States. ... The people in the opposition to the death penalty state that it is an irrevocable sentence and once the penalty is carried out we cannot bring an innocent person back to life. ... Executing an innocent person could be stopped by using sentences of life in pris...

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The innocent person, who died at the hands of a murderer, even in death, deserves justice. I believe that the United States government should enforce the death penalty because if someone can take another person's life away, then they themselves do not deserve to live. ... This would not only bring justice to the person that died but the death penalty also seeks justice for the family members who now have to go on living with the pain of having lost a loved one. ... Although there have been times where innocent people have been sentenced with crimes they did not commit, it has been rare...

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Another way it is ineffective is when innocent people are put to death. ... There have been several cases where "guilty" people have later been found innocent and set free. ... So we need to keep these people alive to make sure we aren't killing an innocent person. ... You cannot bring the murdered person back by taking the prisoner's life. ... As far as costs, it is much cheaper to keep a person alive in prison for life. ...

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In some cases the criminal acts as if he/she does not know about the crime and try to become "innocent".... "[N]ew DNA techniques" are being used to prove the "innocent people" are, indeed innocent (Goldberg). ... Award-winning journalist, Jonah Goldberg discredits opponents' arguments, because they try to make every criminal seem innocent. ... The death penalty is not getting rid of anything, but the person who committed the crime. ... People have their opinion and opponents of the death penalty either think criminals deserve a second chance or that the cri...

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The death penalty is meant to redress wrongs, to correct the death of the innocent. ... It can not be relied on to weed out the innocent, nor restore a wrongful death. ... The relief a person feels after hearing that his loved one's slayer has been put to death is shallow. ... It can not be relied on to weed out the innocent, nor restore a wrongful death. ... The relief a person feels after hearing that his loved one's slayer has been put to death is shallow. ...

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Some may think that Torture is an acceptable tactic when millions of peoples lives, or just one person's life, are/is at stake. ... Torture also violates the constitution from the standpoint that if someone is tortured, there is the presumption that that person is guilty of something. ... Another possible scenario could be one of an innocent person being tortured. ... If we as a democracy accept Torture as justifiable, we are retrograding to archaic times because our laws were carefully crafted to safeguard against anyone not being presumed innocent until proven guilty. ...

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The role of crime control is to get the criminal off the street and to protect the innocent. The due process model of criminal justice is like an obstacle course, you have to keep going through legal obstacles to ensure in the end you convict the right person. ... If we did not have due process in the US, people in positions of power, could manipulate the system for their own personal or political gain and railroad the innocent off to prison. ... The common goal of both models of criminal justice is to convict the guilty and set the innocent free. ... Though some innocent people do go to jail ...

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The death penalty punishment is the act of deliberately taking the life of another person. ... In the case of the death penalty, however, error becomes a risk to innocent people. ... In terms of the death penalty, the person convicted is said to be unworthy. ... No act, no matter the case might be, makes a person less of a human being. When a person is put to death, some people think merely of a number. ...

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Do you think that killing a innocent person is murder? Well I do, and that is exactly what abortion is. It is the killing of a innocent baby who has done no harm. I think abortion should be illegal in the United States because of the following reasons: abortion puts the mother in danger of her life,...

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Wade said, women have the right to murder an innocent child only up to twenty-four weeks. ... The child is a person as soon as it is conceived. ... We justify killing the innocent children by saying the earth is overpopulated, but actually it is not. ... Why does this nation believe the killing of innocent, defenseless human babies is all right? ...

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The methods used to kill a sometimes innocent person is electrocution, hanging, shooting, lethal gas and an injection with a lethal drugs. So what happens after a person dies? ... Also, why is it that a serial killer can get life in prison but a person who kills one person gets the death penalty? ... Think about it a persons life is being taken away. Further more that life could be an innocent life. ...

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There are 170,000 rapes each year. And 170 to 340 assault rapes pregnancies a year in the entire United States (www.skyscraper.fortunecity.com). When these women become pregnant, the word abortion comes across their mind. These women have been subjected to an ugly trauma, and needs love, support...

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Though the jury members too easily confirmed the facts in 12 Angry Men to be wrong, this could actually happen to a poor person with a court-appointed lawyer that has a load of cases and cannot properly defend his client. This movie also shows how prejudice and ignorant people can over look and innocent person by only listening to what they are told and not putting any thought into their decision. These people are a prime example of how some innocent people are proven guilty in our judicial system. ...

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Webster defines religion as "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects... So they go around killing innocent people for their faith even their own people to make this statement of liberation! On the other hand the United States being historically Judeo Christians say that it is wrong to kill innocent people and even oppressing their own people. ...

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Our founders dedicated this country to the cause of human dignity, the rights of every person, and the possibilities of every life. ... Well, with the United States being the most powerful nation in the world, there is no way we could have just sat back and watch as millions of countless innocent people were murdered. ... Second, Saddam and his regime supported international terrorism which also takes the life's of countless innocent people. ...

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I can't say that I have a hero; I can't say that just one person has changed my life, or influenced me in any way. ... I also know an Apache pilot who, right now, is in Iraq, rescuing and protecting the innocent. ... Everyday, police protect the innocent, and on 9/11, many died trying to save others. ...

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Changing the meaning of a word does not change the effect it has on a person. ... Among many of those subjected to "not torture" are innocent people with little to no information who still get the same treatment as those with reliable intelligence (Weiner). It is possible that these innocent captives could be giving out false information to officials in order to end their "interrogations" and shorten their sentences. Thousands of innocent lives were lost as a result of the terrorist attack on 9/11. ...

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In many cases, guns are not used to protection, but they for revenge and may take the lives of an innocent human beings. ... I think when a person has a gun they think they have more power, leading them to make wrong decisions. ... But what if a gun is stolen and used to kill innocent people? ...

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A deeper objection to Euthanasia is the truth that we lack the moral right to take innocent human life-even our own. ... Yet conscience tells them that innocent life must not be destroyed. ... Marking the devaluation of human life would then lead to steps of ending the lives of mentally ill persons or non-terminally ill patients who are just in a state of depression. ...

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This doesn't seem to disturbing, what really shocked me was what story ran after that, it was a report on a murder that had happened recently, the anchor talked about what a horrible tragedy it was to have this innocent life taken from us, that in these modern times it amazed him a person could do that. ... Theirs things going on in the world that are a lot worse than a murder in Edmonton, and if you think that person is sick for killing one other human being, George Bush has probably killed hundreds, maybe even thousands, and I"m not talking about the Iraqi soldiers, I"m talking about th...

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In the use of the death penalty the concern of executing the innocent remains abroad. ... As a person against capital punishment, I feel more thought should be placed on a matter that involves taking someone's life. ... Execution of innocent persons is bound to occur. ...

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Our streets have become a battleground where teenage gangsters shoot it out for territorial turf to sell their drugs and innocent children are caught daily in the crossfire of drive by shootings. ... However, the effort by some misguided individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of guns does not address the real problems at hand and simply disarms the innocent law-abiding citizens who are most in need of a form of self-defense. ... Even though gun control laws might help some people to feel better and safe, it will not stop the person who intends to hurt someone. ... A person should n...

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With this historical example we can easily say that nobody has the exact right to give a death penalty order because it is applied unfairly, retribution of homicide is immoral, and there is a risk to execute innocent people. ... In a modern society, we must respond in a better manner and we should demonstrate a full respect for life even if the person is a murderer. ... These statistics represent that innocent people are executed and there is an absolute risk of executing more. ... Therefore, advancements in science and DNA testing has changed the destiny of the innocent suspects dramatically...

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Human life has intrinsic value, even if a person has murdered another individual. ... Conviction of the innocent is a massive issue because of many discoveries of people on death row. In January 2000, thirteen innocent people were discovered on death row. ... The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence and will inevitably claim innocent victims, even if it's not on purpose. Since human justice is fallible, the risk of executing the innocent will never be eliminated. ...

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