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Capital Punishment - School Essays

Capital Punishment

The Debate over the merits of has endured for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue. Adversaries of point to the Marshalls and the Millgards, while proponents point to the Dahmers and Gacys. Society must be kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away their lives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, we must insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Millgard are never convicted or sentenced to death for a crime that they did not commit.
Many contend that the use of as a form of deterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per- capita basis in countries or ...

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consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc. An individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a child, will probably never understand any limit as to what they can do, until they have learned it themselves. Therefore, will never truly work as a deterrent, because of human nature to ignore practised advice and to self learn.
There are those who claim that is in itself a form of vengeance on the killer. But isn't locking up a human being behind steel bars for many years, vengeance itself? And is it "humane" that an individual who took the life of another, should receive heating, clothing, indoor plumbing, 3 meals a day, while a homeless person who has harmed no one receives nothing? Adversaries of claim ...

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Added: 10/25/2008 05:20:36 AM
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