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…damages. Punitive damages are not design to further compensate the victim but to further punish the offender. At the heart of a civil suit in relation to a rape or other cases of violent crime is the questions of liability and collectability. The two…

…The Death Penalty The death penalty is a punishment, given by a court, to be carried out for a serious crime that has been committed. Since it is the most serious kind of punishment, it is called capital punishment (Mappes and Zembaty, 108). I do…

…Fyodor Dostoevsky drew upon his many hardships and life experiences in order to instill a sense of realism and truth into the novel Crime and Punishment. He bases many of the characters in the novel on his own life. By incorporating his own life…

…murder rate of 5.5 (per 100,000 pop.), as opposed to states that do not use capital punishment, having an average rate of 3.6. This clearly shows that this form of punishment is in no way a deterrent to the crime. Though we cannot yet be sure of the effects…

…States are on death row for crimes committed as juveniles. Debate about the use of the death penalty for juveniles has grown more intense because of the demand for harsher punishment for serious and violent juvenile offenders and challenges to the death…

…Persuasive Essay: Capital Punishment When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, serial killers, and other such tragedies. It is a rare occasion to go…

…THE DEATH PENALTY: ARGUMENT AGAINST: We have alternatives to capital punishment, we absolutely do not HAVE to kill in order to punish. Killing killers only makes more killers and more victims. It continues the cycle of violence. Since when does two…

…not always able to adequately deal with computer related crimes. The law states that the offender, if convicted, could be punished with prison terms ranging from six months to five years, as well as a fine. Under this law it is a criminal offence to 'Hack…

…of the Fourteenth Century B.C.’s Hittite Code; in the Seventh Century B.C.’s Draconian Code of Athens, which made death the only punishment for all crimes; and in the Fifth Century B.C.’s Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets. Death sentences were carried out by such means…

…in an excessive amount of juveniles held in lock up facilities in contrast to the former "in custody" model of detainment and punishment (Kappeler et al., 2000, p.183). Myth #1: Juvenile Crime Wave Much of this panic is based on the simple indisputable fact…