One of the greatest indicators that the death penalty is a deterrent can be seen in Houston Texas (Harris County, with the highest murder rate in Houston) in 1996. ... The states that are implementing the death penalty are witnessing the fruit of a punishment that is actually decreasing the occurrence rate. ... This power is given by God and is even spoken by Jesus in John 19:10-11 when Jesus addressed the governing authority stating, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." ...

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3 Another aspect of cost that bothers me can be summed up in a saying I heard a while ago. ... It bothers me when people actually use the argument of deterrence of crime to defend capital punishment. ... Secondly, there are many industrialized societies with much lower crime rates who do not use capital punishment. ... Wilson stated in his book, "I believe that the weight of the evidence "aggregate statistical analyses, evaluations of experiments and quasi-experiments, and studies of individual behavior "supports the view that the rate of crime is influenced by its costs. ... I...

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In point of fact, as the eloquent testimony of soaring crime rates in Florida and Texas shows, society does not get better when the state kills killers. ... During this break from public executions, the crime rate in the U.S. did not rise. ... Facts like this make me proud of my Catholicism. ...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. Punishments vary based on the seriousness of the offense; robbery can result to months in prison and murder can lead to the death of the convicted man. Many Americans share the same attitude that the convicted must pay for his misdeeds to society. However, should the convicted pay with his life? Should he give up his right to live because of his offense? ...

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By 1990 1.1 million American were behind bars, the highest confinement rate in the world , with 99 percent of those on death row, poor. ... What makes (me) think I wouldn't have been pregnant at seventeen? ...

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