The Officer begins to provide an overview of the background of the colony, a description of the apparatus used to execute prisoners, and the judicial process. ... The Officer ends his explanation of the sentencing process with "it's that simple,"" (p. 4) as if he sees nothing wrong in condemning a man to such a gruesome death without giving him a chance to defend or redeem himself. Raskolnikov finds nothing remotely simple about killing the pawnbroker, rather, he struggles to maintain control of his mind during and after the murder. ... On the other, he seems take steps toward atoning f...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

We control the lives of these criminals and we should not waste them. ... The process of training, organizing and disaplining these people will help the state government to clean up roadways, dig sewer trenches, and make parks. ... People who believe in capital punishment say that this dehumanizing process deters crime. ...

• Word Count: 2255
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• Grade Level: High School

As long as capital punishment exists in our society it will continue to spark the injustice which it has failed to control. ... There has to be a set of moral and ethical standards that even our all knowing government can not supercede, otherwise how can any nation or let alone any state expect its citizens not to follow in its foot steps. ... In respect to racial discrimination in the sentencing process, it has been found that "racial bias focuses primarily on the race of the victim, not on that of the defendant" (Berger 355). ...

• Word Count: 2282
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate