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…? A popular bumper sticker says, "We kill people to show people that killing people is wrong." The slogan is short, simple, and to the point. But is there really such irony in capital punishment as the slogan…

…consisted of physical torture referred to as corporal or capital punishment² (Browne 2). Doesn¹t sound too bad to me. I believe that the punishment should fit the crime. If a man beats his wife to death, he in turn should be beaten to death. My solution…

…with new exonerations, '' Our View, Capital punishment debate, Friday). However, the accompanying Opposing View supporting the death penalty suggests Illinois is the only state that has failed to follow the rules in capital sentencing (''Faulty convictions…

…. Capital punishment should also be banned because the prisoner is not suffering, nor is he or she learning a lesson from all of this just because their life is being ended. Once life ends, he is free from all the worries and stress, although his or her family…

…a deterrent. Capital punishment should also be banned because the prisoner is not suffering, nor is he or she learning a lesson from all of this just because their life is being ended. Once life ends, he is free from all the worries and stress, although his or her…

…this merciful gesture. As Christians, we believe that God is the giver of life and only God can take it away." (Africa News Service). Furthermore, prosecutor, Ronnie Earle (capital punishment supporter), is trying to act as God in deciding whether an offender…

…Throughout time organized societies have assumed the job of deciding what actions of citizens should be deemed illegal and what punishments should be affixed to these actions. Many differences arise when comparing different societies’ policies…

…of Andrea Yates; a woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub and who also suffered serious mental illness and had previously attempted suicide. Her sentence was a highly debated issue; the article states that, “Critics of capital punishment…regard…

…for retribution for the victims, deterrence as seen in the main purpose of capital punishment and reformation for the criminal. Any crime whether as mild as shoplifting or as severe as murder when convicted is definitely punishable by law. From what has been said…

…Justice can not be served until the debate on capital punishment is resolved and all states have come to agree that the death penalty is the best way to stop crime completely. "The bottom line is, one method of execution is just as brutal…