As population rises, jails and prisons will become greatly overcrowded. Therefore, applying capital punishment to ease overcrowding would be an extreme measure to reduce the prison population. ... Also, in some cases, criminals feel that life in prison is not the worst case scenario. ... Murder is not the only crime that capital punishment should apply, but in some cases terrorism, rape, child abuse, and kidnapping should acquire the death penalty. ... In addition, if a grown man rapes a child, then holds the child for ransom, capitol punishment must be an option. ...

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Basically parole is a release from confinement after serving part of the sentence: conditional release from prison under supervision of a parole officer who has the authority to recommend a return to prison if the conditions of parole are violated. ... Between 1996 and 1999, prisons have seen a 41% increase in the population of violent crime offenders. ... When an inmate is released from prison, the vacant spot is filled immediately. ... Murder and rape cases are almost universally rejected as offenses for probation. ... If you get put on parole, you should be grateful to not be in priso...

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There may be some underlying reasons why these kids of thirteen, fourteen, fifteen year olds are committing "adult crimes" such as armed robbery, rape and murder, but there are no excuses for this behavior. ... degree murder should not be in the same prison with a forty four year old murderer, which is understandable because they probably would not survive in that environment. ... That is why it is so important for lawmakers to put some laws on the books allowing prosecutors to impose adult sentences on juveniles, so when they do turn eighteen they will not be walking free, instead they will b...

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In a "recent year they were 56% of arrests for murder, 42% of arrests for rape, 61% of arrests for larceny and 40% of arrests for motor-vehicle theft. Also 46%of state prison inmates-i.e those actually convicted of crimes-were black" (Jackson). ...

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