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…do not commit crimes alone. It is the irresponsibility and ignorance of gun owners that cause it. Guns do not have a mind of their own, and if there are owners, who fail to act responsibly, do not punish those who are responsible when owning guns…

…appreciate its importance, but to lower the youth crime rates so that society can be a safer place to live. My own perspective is to create a justice system that has a chart like system. Every offence should be listed on one side and every punishment should…

…be punished, but to send him to prison for the rest of his life for this offense is absurd. This penalty is excessive and disproportionate to the crime Eric committed. The three strikes law is a violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the VIII…

…Billy’s crime go unpunished. Billy does not mean to kill Claggart and is not wrong for striking him, but cannot change this afterwards. Knowing that Vere will let no crime go unpunished makes it obvious that he will punish Billy as soon as he sees what…

…to be followed and in a time of war officers needed to maintain control. Captain Vere had to consider his crew when he made the decision to convict Billy Budd. If Billy Budd was not punished according to the crime, mutiny could have started. Vere explains…

…the body by trying to talk her out of it. Antigone calls her sister a traitor to the family and realizes that she is alone in her thoughts of breaking the law and burying her brother. However, Antigone does not view this "law-breaking" as a crime…

…on that day I was out numbered two to three, I was and today still am against the death penalty as a deterrent to crime. The death penalty is not an effective way to punish a criminal. Even states that use the death penalty seem to have a higher number…

…, and the scarlet letter. In The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans forced Hester to wear a scarlet letter “A” across for her chest, for the crime of adultery. The punishment continued as Hester was treated as outcast and mocked by the town. “Tomorrow would bring its…

…Arnaud du Tilh, a rogue and an impostor, deserved punishment for his crimes, and that is what he received. Arnaud, a man once thought by people to be unmistakably Martin Guerre, was sentenced to death. Perhaps in this day an age, a punishment…

…effect on our crime rates. However inconsistently it is used, the evidence shows that whenever capital punishment is used it produces a decline in the number of murders. Capital punishment can deter crime if we allow it too, but our legal system is to slow…