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…        After centuries of nearly universal implementation, the death penalty remains a deeply debated political issue. While one execution takes place, other murders occur, and the question still stands: Will the death penalty safeguard society…

…are firmly entrenched, remains committed to this brutal and dehumanizing form of punishment. The goal of the death penalty is revenge. It is not a deterrence of crime, as the death penalty has been proven not to deter crime. Capital punishment is nothing more than…

…think I have to stick with my original belief and oppose the death penalty. Before I can agree if the moral issue addressed here is intolerable or not, I would have to explore other elements to the punishment such as: is it administered fairly, does…

…To talk about this issue we must first look at the facts that for every execution of convicted muderer result in about eighteen fewer murders. The cost of teh death penalty doubles teh cost of keeping an inmate in jail for life. Beside the facts we must…

…Capital Punishment Should be Re-introduced to Australia Capital punishment is defined as the legal infliction of the death penalty. Today, the death penalty is corporal punishment in its most severe form. It ends the existence of those punished…

…Moratorium on executions is necessary for justice USA TODAY is to be commended for its fine editorial calling for a moratorium on executions. It has become clearer than ever that a moratorium is a necessity (''Case against death penalty grows…

…"Capital Punishment is the legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law". Almost every culture through out history has relied on the death penalty and justified it as necessary tool to maintain order. The United States is the only…

…Capital Punishment Capital punishment is one of the most controversial issues in our country today. There are many arguments that defend each side of this issue, but those arguments that support the death penalty are the most legitimate. Capital…

…penalty in most countries around the world. Only eighty-three countries still retain the death penalty. The death penalty is still in use in some states in America but was abolished in Australia in 1985 after many years of use. The last official use…

…the death penalty completely, 85 still have the death penalty and 25 have the death penalty but have not used it for several years.1 The current situation can be viewed clearly on a map (See Figure 1). The arguments driving the debate at the international level…