Of these, 137 were sentenced to death, twenty-five were actually executed, sixty-one served more than ten years in jail, and seven died while in prison (Rein et al. 77). ... Spaziano was charged with the brutal murder of a young woman and also the unrelated rape and mutilation of another. ... Spaziano was convicted by a jury which recommended a life prison sentence. ... At age thirty-seven, Di Lisio came forward and under oath disavowed his testimonies in both the murder and rape cases, stating that he was brainwashed by the police at the time. ... Due to the false testimony of a young wit...

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That resulted in the narrowing down of the list of one hundred crimes to twelve, punishable by the death penalty in 1833, and in 1869 it was cut down yet again to just three: treason, rape, and murder because of violent nature of these crimes. ... Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief; however, "all the evidence taken together makes it hard to be confident that capital punishment deters more than long prison terms do."...

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The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape [or] treason. ( Zimring, 1994, P.1 )But who is really being unjust in this situation? ... That is three times more than a price for keeping a person in a prison for the rest of his life. ... Is it described in (the) Holy Bible that a death penalty is required for a wide variety of crimes, such as murder and rape. ...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically...

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Proponents of the death penalty claim ownership of the moral high ground in their arguments regarding murder, rape and other crimes. ... Ryan was 'hanged by the neck until he was dead' at Pentridge Prison, Victoria in 1967. ...

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