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Classical/Choice Theory and the Death Penalty

this implies that if an individual has been convicted of murdering another human being, then the death of that person is justified...

Is the Death Penalty for Juveniles Constitutional?

Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...

Argument: The Status Quo Favoring the Death Penalty is Unjust

all those "red blooded Americans" who have the "love it or leave it" mindset, it might be useful to point out that this list conta...

The Death Penalty: Obsolete and Useless

A 12 page paper which discusses how and why the death penalty is obsolete and useless. Bibliography lists 10 sources....

Social Engineering and Predatory Crime

social engineering. Judging from the rampant crime rate that afflicts our nation today, however, additional criminal law is very ...

Lethal Injection

used (The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, 2007). In relationship to Oklahoma there was a bill which was passed, "writte...

Death Penalty; Research Results

penalty. It may be argued this is a nature or a nurture difference or may be explained by another factor however whatever the rea...

The Death Penalty, Pro and Con

death penalty has a deterrent effect ("Does the Death Penalty Deter?"). Several studies argued in favor of the deterrent because ...

The Death Penalty, Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System

there will not be the endless appeals that follow the death sentence (Neumann, 2009). In addition, Wanzenreid notes that capital...

The Death Penalty

and Pojman quotes Kant at length in stating: "There is no similarity between life, however wretched it may be, and death, hence ...

The Death Penalty is a Good Deterrent

researching this subject it seems that studies are scant at best. Also, there is a practical problem in researching the topic as m...

Capital Punishment History

In five pages this report examines the history of the death penalty in the U.S. in a presentation of background material to be use...

Proposing Texas Abolishment of the Death Penalty

In this paper consisting of five pages the accomplishments of abolishing the Texas death penalty and necessary actions to do so ar...

The Evolution of Punishment in Criminal Justice

The evolution of punishment strategy has gone hand in hand with the evolution of society as a whole. Harris (1996), for example, ...

Ethics, Justice, Love, Virtue and the Death Penalty

(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...

Why Capital Punishment is Necessary

is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...

Opposing Capital Punishment

In six pages this report presents a moral argument in opposition of the death penalty and also considers how a greater crime deter...

Should Federal Courts Review State Death Penalty Cases?

was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly establish [sic] federal law as determined by the Supreme Cour...

Death Penalty Issue

In a paper consisting of five pages the history of the death penalty in the United States is briefly considered along with an exam...

Concept of Extradition

In eleven pages extradition is examined in history and in concept with such issues as the death penalty, drug trafficking and the ...

Dealth Penalty Discussion

upon those unlucky enough to experience it. There were a number of crimes that warranted capital punishment, although there...

Capital Punishment Defense

do not become innocent or less deserving of punishment because others escaped it" (van den Haag 51-68). Being a supporter o...

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

Determinate Proposal on Death Penalty Propensity and a Juror's Gender

juror was a woman. Although only one woman serving on the panel of one jury in only one of the many criminal cases tried daily th...

Gender and the Death Penalty

In a paper that contains seven pages the capital punishment issue are examined in terms of gender differences with a consideration...

Change of Heart by John Slattery

In seven pages this paper examines the issue of capital punishment and presents an argument strongly opposing it with mention of w...

Arguing Against Capital Punishment

also recognized that the "overburdened public defense attorneys" who often represent the poor may be a part of the problem that ha...

Capital Punishment Does Not Effectively Deter Crime

This paper consists of five pages and argues that the death penalty does not effectively deter criminal acts. Eight sources are c...

Arguing Against the Death Penalty

An outline and proposal of one page is included in this opposition to the death penalty consisting of twelve pages total. Twelve ...

U.S. and Capital Punishment

of a stratified society and so are economically disadvantaged. Statistics bear out that there are proportionately more minorities ...