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…punishment has been used since ancient times to punish a variety of offenses. From the beginnings of the United States, it was the mandatory punishment for a number of crimes. However, as time went on the death penalty faced a number challenges. A small minority…

…In the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richler punishes Duddy for his wrongs against others in several ways. Each punishment fits the crime, and there is an irony about each one. The three punishments inflicted on Duddy…

…that women's crimes should be taken as seriously as men's crimes. Defenses given for male and female crime should be equal, if possible and that females should be held responsible for their crimes and punished appropriately. Feminist critiques note that women…

…involved in crimes of various natures may not only bring the child to be involved in more serious crimes, but may also bring the child to be incarcerated to the maximum penalty for hi or her crimes (Rubin 46.) B. Courts and Judges Decide Punishments…

…Introduction. As crime rises, government officials and citizens find ways to fight crime, such as passing laws to punish the offenders. The laws that are proposed and voted upon by citizens may bring a sense of peace knowing the offenders of the law…

…. Follow along, and rediscover capital punishment from a black writer's point of view. Blacks are more likely to face the death penalty than whites in the commission of identical crimes. Governmental murders are alive and well in the good ole USA. The history…

…How to Raise Healthy Children Many of today's parents today still believe that it is necessary to discipline and punish children in order to raise them into healthy, good people. However, leading researchers are warning society that traditional…

…punishment on that basis would require us to eliminate all prisons as well because they do not seem to be any more effective in the deterrence of crime. Others say that states which have the death penalty have higher crime rates than those that do…

…of violent crimes." (Blumstein 68) Isaac Ehrlich's study on the limiting effects of capital punishment in America reveals this to the public. The study spans twenty-five years, from 1957 till 1982, and shows that in the first year the study was conducted…

…in conflict with the eighth amendment. This is essentially a paradox, in which the less the death penalty is used, the less society can legally use it. The end result is a punishment that ceases to deter any crime at all. The key part of the death penalty…