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…legislatures to parenteen groups. Our solution to the rising juvenile crime problem- to get tougher. According to a recent USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll, 60 percent of Americans believe that a teenager convicted of murder should get the death penalty (ollson48…

…as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. It is one of the only fair punishments allowed by the judicial system. Another issue is that it saves money compared to the alternative of life in prison. The death penalty deters murder…

…viewpoint on the topic of capital punishment. It states that at least two thirds of Americans favor a suspension of the death penalty for reasons of fairness and money. Along with those two thirds of Americans, I too favor the suspension of the death penalty. I…

…Book Report: The Chamber by Mr. Anderson The Chamber, by John Grisham, was basically an attack on capital punishment. Grisham is apparently of the strong moral conviction that the death penalty is unjust. However…

…Unlike popular belief, the death penalty does not act as a deterrent to criminals. As stated by Alfred Blumstein, "Expert after expert and study after study has shown the lack of correlation between the treat of the death penalty and the occurrence…

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…that he did kill the teenagers and that he was truly sorry. From there, he was able to at least die with dignity and also he asked the parents of the teenagers for their forgiveness for him. This movie also showed how the death penalty is biased on those who…

…the death penalty is biased on those who are poor. Matthew's partner in the crime received life in prison because he had a better lawyer while Matthew received the death penalty. As stated in appeals session in the movie, Matthew would not have been…

…punishment, defined simply as the death penalty for a crime, were outrageous. Amendments were made to reflect the changes in the society's views on the morality of capital punishment. That resulted in the narrowing down of the list of one hundred crimes…

…Capital punishment has a long history. In the 18th century, people were executed for stealing a bolt of cloth (Crime and punishment, 1994). Today, 112 counties in the world have abolished capital punishment in law or practice (Use of the death penalty…