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…the hands of thieves seems to qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. While the practice of capital punishment has long been a part of our civilization, in the 1970's it came under close scrutiny by the Supreme Court of the United States and it has somewhat…

…of their crime, but not killed. Our society feels so strongly that murder is wrong and criminals should be killed, when in all actuality, we are committing the exact same horrendous deed. Is an eye for an eye really just? Capital punishment is extremely wrong…

…What is capital punishment? Capital punishment is the maximum penalty of a conviction. More than 4, 400 people have been executed since 1930. There is no way of knowing how many people have been executed in U.S. history because they used to be local…

…Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a death penalty for committing a crime. This is a very controversial topic. Some people find this law barbaric and unethical. Others agree with this law because they think it deters crime. Some people ask…

…Delegate Democracy The issue of capital punishment cannot simply be summed up in a few paragraphs, it is an topic of great debate, over both the issue of deterrence and of conscience. There are few matters which stir such heated debate…

…The idea of capital punishment has been debated as long as it has been around. Forms of capital punishment have been enforced since ancient times in most societies. Death has been used as punishment for crimes ranging in gravity from petty theft…

…Capital Punishment is morally wrong and sometimes dangerously mistaken. Imagine you are sitting in the front row of a small room, seated in a chair designed for comfort, looking through the small window and watching as they strap your brother…

…Death to Capital Punishment act: The death penalty has, in recent years, been dismissed by many developed nations as a form of punishment. In fact, the United States is the only one of all the western developed nations to still continue this practice…

…Why Capital Punishment Should be Abolished 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…

…Why Capital Punishment Should be Abolished Contrary to 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…