Flaws of the Death Penalty
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Capital Punishment has been part of the criminal justice
system since the earliest of times. The Babylonian Hammurabi Code(ca.
1700 B.C.) decreed death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of
beer(Flanders 3). Egyptians could be put to death for disclosing the
location of sacred burial sites(Flanders 3). However, in recent times
opponents have shown the death penalty to be racist, barbaric, and in
violation with the United States Constitution as "...cruel and
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capital trial now costs millions of dollars. The enormous volume of continuing appeals strain both federal and state court systems. Unless workable solutions are found to the practical difficulties involved in the administration of the death penalty. American society eventually may decide to significantly restrict or even abandon capital punishment. --- Works Cited Flanders, Stephen A. Capital Punishment. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1991. Long, Robert Emmet. Criminal Sentencing. New York, NY: H.W. Company, 1995.
capital trial now costs millions of dollars. The enormous volume of continuing appeals strain both federal and state court systems. Unless workable solutions are found to the practical difficulties involved in the administration of the death penalty. American society eventually may decide to significantly restrict or even abandon capital punishment. --- Works Cited Flanders, Stephen A. Capital Punishment. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1991. Long, Robert Emmet. Criminal Sentencing. New York, NY: H.W. Company, 1995.