Papers 291-300 of total 27730 found.
Category: /Literature/English
…to the punishment of criminal offenders, the public is becoming less tolerant. As always, the more serious the crime the more dire the punishment. On the same note, it seems like the judicial system has begun to impose stricter legislature against youths. Every new case…
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Category: /Literature/English
…for and against the death penalty are under the proposed belief that capital punishment is a deterrent for crime. No study can offer a clear explanation of this theory. Almost a dozen states don't offer a death penalty, and a dozen…
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…is the execution of criminals by the state for committing heinous crimes such as rape and murder. It is proven that Capital punishment lowers the murder rate and just its use as a retribution alone is good enough reason for handing out death sentences. The debates over…
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…Juvenile crime is crime committed by children under the age of 18. It is usually committed by teenagers and is a term that refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. A serious juvenile offender is often defined as one whose offense history…
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…to the early colonies, like the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the sixteen century if treason and murder was committed, then capital punishment was the result of the crime. Dating back to the early 1700, in the southern part of the United States, many people were…
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…Western industrialized nation where executions still take place. The USA is one of the 90 countries with the death penalty. The death penalty is imposed in 38 states and for certain federal crimes. There is a big controversy over capital punishment whether…
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Category: /History
…the death penalty as a scare tactic to appear "tough on crime." Maybe those who support capital punishment simply believe in the "eye for an eye" system of justice. This system dictates that if someone takes the life of another, then the only fair thing to do…
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crime? These are questions that need to be answered to determine whether capital punishment should be abolished or maintained in our society. To start, capital punishment is a racist and unfair solution for the criminals in our system. It discriminates toward…
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…the history, the death penalty is usually a result of crimes of either rape or murder. Although we carry out the punishment in a better manner than other countries, its safe to say that the American public's opinion toward the issue is divided. Some people…
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…others from committing the same crime. Obtaining recent Canadian capital punishment statistics are near impossible because Canada had abolished the death penalty some decades ago. According to Amnesty International, currently only 47% of countries…
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