Justice can still be served even if the criminal gets to live out his life because he is going to be locked in prison for the rest his life and is that not enough? ... In California fifty percent of wrongfully convicted of rape and murder faced death or a life behind bars. ... Since 1989 the CIP has shown, "through the wide use of DNA evidence over 2,000 innocent persons convicted of rape and murder were exonerated, clearing their names in the process" (Chinn, Death Penalty Infographic). ...

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With evidence like this, people must ask then, why continue with capital punishment when it does not scare criminals away from committing a rape or killing another human. ... One can't imagine how sickening it must feel to be locked up in a cell for years just knowing that once freed from...

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The same argument goes for arsonists - should they be burned and should rapists be raped? ... We also discussed that capital punishment can not be supported by deterrence as most murders are committed when someone is panicking or emotional, and also that re-offenders of murders can be locked away in prison, but murderers rarely re-offend. ...

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