Support for the Death Penalty
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Support for the Death Penalty
The implementation of capital punishment in the United States today has become a seldom-used means to deter crime. The death penalty was established in order to punish those who are guilty and to discourage those who contemplate committing heinous crimes from doing so. Society has backed down from its very supportive stance on the death penalty since being barraged with propaganda that says capital punishment is cruel and unusual. Most
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CapitolHill/Lobby/5258/deathsch2.htm> Accessed 1999 September 21. Guernsey, JoAnn Brenn. Should We Have Capital Punishment?. Minnesota: Lerner Publications Company, 1993. Lowe, Wesley. n.d. Wesley Lowe's Pro Death Penalty Webpage. <http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/2698/cp.html#deter> Accessed 1999 September 21. O'Brien, David M. Constitutional Law and Politics, Second Edition. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. 1994. Toufexis, Anastasia. "Seeking the Roots of Violence." Time. April 19, 1993. Wekesser, Carol. The Death Penalty (Opposing Viewpoints). California: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1991.