Based upon the documentary film, Roger and Me, the downfall of Flint Michigan's social, political and economic conditions are apparent. ... The rise in unemployment also lead to a rise of Flint's crime rate. ... This led me to believe that the priorities of the people and the governing officials of Flint were completely out of order. ... It became clear to me at that point that Flint was hopeless. ...
States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws " (American Civil Liberties Union). ... Marty Price, whose father murdered his step-mother, step-sister and whose nephew was murdered in the line of duty stated "As strange as it sounds, his anger taught me perseverance, his lack of self-control taught me the value of self-discipline, his alcoholism taught me to take care of and respect my body, and his hatred taught me to love " (Marty Price). ... That is a demonstrated error rate of 1 innocent person for every 7 persons executed " ...
States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws " (American Civil Liberties Union). ... Marty Price, whose father murdered his step-mother, step-sister and whose nephew was murdered in the line of duty stated "As strange as it sounds, his anger taught me perseverance, his lack of self-control taught me the value of self-discipline, his alcoholism taught me to take care of and respect my body, and his hatred taught me to love " (Marty Price). ... That is a demonstrated error rate of 1 innocent person for every 7 persons executed " ...
The United States is the only Western nation that still allows the death penalty, and we also have one of the highest crime rates. During the 1980s, the death penalty states averaged an annual rate of 7.5 criminal homicides per 100,000, while abolition states averaged a rate of 7.4 per 100,000. ... My gut tells me it has a deterrent, let me put it that way. ... When asked if they believe or feel that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder or that it lowers the murder rate. Among the sixty-four that responded to the questions, fifty-six or 87.5 percent believe the death penalty does no...
Again, more studies show that juveniles tried in criminal court have greater recidivism rates after release than juveniles tried in criminal court. ... What these people don't realize is that, like the statistics show, juveniles who come out of adult facilities have a high recidivism rate. ... Whether the rate of juvenile crime has risen or lowered in recent years is not the most important factor when looking at this problem as a whole. ... Maybe for a particular year the rate of juveniles arrested for murder is down. ... That is why it is so sad for me to see these young juveniles co...
"This is simply the United States pushing California to be more precise on trying to find an answer to the escalating crime rates."... Now it seems to me that taxpayers shouldn't suffer and have to pay for all that. ... "At the end of a two hour argument session in which the court examined the mans case of 25 years to life for theft, a majority of the justices seemed inclined to uphold the California law"# To me this seems harsh and I don't understand their reasoning in these cases. ... Although this law was established years ago, to me it's still in its early stages of developm...
This, to me, is not a tough call." ... Many people ask, "If the death penalty is working, why isn't the murder rate falling?" ... Being disciplined people, heinous crimes will be reduced and it will surely lessen the crime rates. During the times when death penalty was not implemented, crime rates constantly increased showing that the discipline of Filipinos was being ignored. ...
Capital Punishment "Killing me is not going to bring back anybody, and I don't think it's gonna remove any of the hatred from those people's hearts.... ... Sellin compared homicide rates over a relatively long period of time for several contiguous groups of states. ... If capital punishment was a deterrent, the murder rate should be lower in death penalty states. ...
In fact, Chinese authorities, for example, hold strongly to the opinion that "the use of the death penalty, by "striking severely at the grave crimes" had increased public security and been at least in part, responsible for the decline in the rate of recorded crime from 8.9 per 10,000 of population in 1981 to 5 per 10,000 in 1987." Similarly, it has been held that "the imposition of Islamic law, including the death penalty, has been an essential factor in the transformation of Saudi Arabia into a society with a high degree of public order and law rate of crime." ...
This is in large part due to me being against the "eye for an eye" theory along with some other mitigating factors. ... Doesn't make much sense and seems quite unfair to me. ... However when you look at the research studies that have been done they prove that executions do not lower homicide rates and that it is not a more effective deterrent. ...
I chose to compare the scared straight programs to the Horry County Jail Diversion program because I actually participated in it when I was younger (and look at me now I am perfect.it truly works). ... Mark Lipsey, of the Vanderbilt Institute for public policy studies, concurred with past researchers that youth who participate in these programs have higher recidivism rates than youth in control groups (Wilson 2012). ...
" "I've always been considered a fairly harsh sentencer," acknowledges Federal District Court Judge Stanley Harris, "but it's killing me that I"m sending so many low-level offenders away for all this time" "(qut in Grayson 4). ... The greatest rate of incarceration in the world is a title held by the United States. ...
Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). ...
Department of Justice, in 1999, states that had the death penalty had murder rates on the average of 5.5 per 100,000, and the average was 3.6 per 100,000 in the states that did not have the death penalty (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). ...
In Canada the murder rate has actually gone down since the abolishment of capital punishment in 1976. ... We may consider capital punishment as an alternative punishment to life imprisonment, but God has said throughout the Bible, do not get revenge on the one who does wrong to you, leave it to me. ...
