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…imperfect characters who have sinned, some who are punished for their actions and others who are not. The main characters of these two novels are the sinners who receive the harshest penalties of the Puritan system because they are both proud of what…

…that apply within the state. An Australian who commits a crime in another country go by the laws of that country and not Australia's laws. If a person was caught smuggling drugs into Indonesia, they would most likely face the death-penalty. In Australia, since…

…sentences all over the country were set aside. Since then capital punishment has become an increasingly controversial issue. In arguments against the death penalty in the United States, several themes have remained constant. Abolitionists have always claimed…

…on her forehead, and one even says that Hester should get the death penalty. Later in the book, she has the audacity to question the entire Puritan belief system. Hester committed a mortal sin through adultery and she also questioned her belief…

…than the criminal.” I was impressed by this moral stance, but I was surprised to read that he failed to apply this logic consistently. For example, the he went on to argue that life imprisonment would be a more appropriate penalty for murder than death…

…guaranteed a death penalty. He was obnoxious, offensive, arrogant, self-righteous. He was himself. Vintage Buckley.” Also in the novel, Grisham uses figures of speech, some familiar and some not so common, to tighten his hold on the reader. Examples…

…. In the controversy's latest turn, 30,000 of the banned Metallica fans swore under penalty of perjury yesterday that they were identified in error. Now Metallica has 10 days to decide whether to take action against the users. If they don't, Napster can reinstate the users…

…called for legislation that would ban weapons on school grounds and for the death penalty for cop killers. The Governor voiced his support for exiting standards, plans to share fiscal responsibility of maintaining schools with school districts, an increase…

…if they want to, not because the gun told them to. c. Capital punishment (death penalty or worse) would discourage a whole lot of people from commiting crimes. d. Take away guns… – people will use knives or hammers e. Give every one a gun… – I’m scared, aren’t…

…at camp, for when someone died no one cared. Family betraying family took place during marches to new camps. A boy and his father had to run as fast as they could for as long as possible until the S.S. soldiers said they could stop. The penalty would be death…