The debate between just and unjust is forever arguable because our society is so diverse. ... Our laws can and must take every responsible step to prevent others from enduring the heartache by families of the victim. ... The Eighth Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" and the Fourteenth Amendment requires "the equal protection of the laws" for all inhabitants. The Fifth Amendment states that "no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without the due process of law." ... When the life of an individual is unjustly taken by another individual, the horror of the commu...

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But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ... But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ...

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This law was passed on March 7, 1994. ... Arguments opposing the law will be given first. ... A third strike is a third strike under the law. This is highly unjust. ... The "three strikes" law does not deter crime. ...

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The code, adopted in the late fifth and early sixth centuries, is a reflection of the Burgundians strict attachment to God, separation of social groups, and unjust treatment of women. ... Almost each set of laws differs for what social group or sex the Burgundian is. ... To illustrate the importance placed on women, of the nine law titles (i.e. ... The Burgundian laws in this excerpt do, however, touch on the values that are evident throughout history. ... Without a set of laws, society has trouble finding legitimacy. ...

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Capitol punishment Capital Punishment The Argument Against the Death Penalty The feeling of the condemned man was indescribable, as he was minutes away from being executed by an unjust decision. ... While there was physical evidence linking to the rape and murder of his sister-in-law, the case was built with weakness that caused many to question his guilt. ... His lawyer was only two years out of law school when his case was tried. ... The law leaves it up to the judges and juries to determine whether the defendants committing the crime should die or be imprisoned. ... It was claimed that ...

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Justice O"Connor proceeds to say that she was "reluctant to adopt this conclusion as a matter of constitutional law without better evidence than we now possess" (Ewing 153). ... When it came time for the sentencing, the judge "acknowledged that the boy's youth was a substantial mitigating factor but refused, as a matter of law, to consider Monty's disturbed family life and emotional problems as substantial evidence" (Ewing 152). ... Five out of the nine Supreme Court Justices concluded that the "sentencing authority may not "refuse to consider, as a matter of law, any relevant mitiga...

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According to Jewish law, a court punished both religious and non-religious crimes. ... He was unjustly convicted of murder. ... These three men would have been dead and buried years ago if capital punishment were still the law in this country. ... According to this point, we should execute all criminals or offenders of the law and have no prisons! ...

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But we can't resort to the revenge of "an eye for an eye", because that only would make the punishment as unjust, as immoral and as barbaric as the original crime itself. ... This quote is from Issues In Society: Law and Order. ...

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I believe there is too much room for error in this law and it is too serious. ... All of the topics and theories I have covered in this essay, (race, utilitarian theory, retributivism theory and error) portray the negative attributes that contribute to an unjust and unfair system. ...

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America's view on their justice system is very unclear, "we must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. ... The use of the death penalty dates all the way back 1700 B.C. when Iraq implemented The Code of Hammurabi, which was a legal document that contained the first known death penalty laws. ... The solution to avoid unjust death penalties is the jury. ...

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It is unjust that someone in one state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits an analogous crime in another state they are given a life sentence. ... (Bedau) So ever since the death penalty was re-instated the government has been spending millions upon millions of dollars on unnecessary murders when it could be spending the taxes on improving law enforcement and trying to lower the homicide rate. ... A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ... Our laws should show a complete respect for life no matter if...

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Opponents of capital punishment who argue that this crime is improper or constitutional because it is disproportionately used against people of color and the poor mistake an argument against unjust applications of capital punishment for an argument against its use altogether. ... Why does the government deem murder against the law when, as a solution, they are executing those who commit murder, themselves? ... Why does the government deem murder against the law when, as a solution, they are executing those who commit murder, themselves? ... Very few countries still use capital punishment as a ...

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In 2000, Claude Jones was executed in the state of Texas for the murder of a store owner. The only physical proof that the prosecution had was a hair found at the crime scene. Jones was convicted in 1989 before DNA tests were available, but when they were made available in 2000, the request for a ...

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When the case was won more than 600 death row inmates who were sentenced between 1967 and 1972 had their lives spared because the United States Supreme Court ruled that the capital punishment laws were "arbitrary and capricious." ... If the death of innocents because of judicial error is unjust, so is the death of innocents by murder....

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Supporters of capital punishment, for example, contend that this punishment deters people from killing law enforcement officers. ... Many Christians began to accept the death penalty as permissible for the sake of justice, and for the sake of law and order that might prevent violence. ...

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Juveniles are highly incapable of making reasoning and lifelong decisions. Teens are not allowed to drink, drive, nor can they sign their own parental consent; therefore, they are not capable of fully being responsible adults. Teens are not mature until they reach nearly the age 20. They lack reason...

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Richard Hickock and Perry Smith both suffered from mental illness caused by their pasts; although they were guilty of the crime, putting them to death was unjust because of their mental health and because they were deprived of the right to live. ...

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It goes against the Nation's policy to enact something as unjust as the death penalty into our justice system. ... "A 1982 study in New York found that under the state's death penalty law each prosecution would cost taxpayers over $1.8 million through the first level of appeal. ...

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