Essays 31 - 60
In six pages the pros and cons of capital punishment are examined in the question the writer poses, 'Is it moral for a society to...
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...
In eleven pages the various factors relevant to the death penalty are considered in an argument against it along with some inclusi...
according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...
on executions so that the society can take time to figure out why the system is broken (2002). Then, possibly, it is alluded that ...
innocent person to be found guilty. On the other hand proponents of the death penalty look on DNA technology as a powerful safegua...
capital punishment can be applied to the three capital offences of first degree murder, felony murder, and capital drug trafficki...
about their feelings about the death penalty, 60 to 80 percent believe the death penalty should continue (Robinson). However, when...
The Death Penalty, 2002; p. 22). They offer up the following questions which plague the country in regards to capital punishment: ...
overpopulation. For a prisoner over the age of fifty-five years old, the upkeep can be as high as sixty thousand dollars per year...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
be involved with the law when a capital case comes forth. Citizens are faced with ethical dilemmas that they would not come close ...
the topic, some history is in order. How has the death penalty been treated in Christian religions, particularly among the Protest...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
than the death penalty, noting that life without parole is more effective than death (participial phrase), partly because the conv...
Penalty, 2002). Society has changed considerably since the 14th century BCE, and it is evident that the way in which our so...
but not all that many actual sentences carried out. Knowing the background of the death penalty in the nation, it comes as no sur...
During the 1970s, the case of Furman vs. Georgia pretty much wiped out the constitutionality of capital punishment when the Suprem...
example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...
be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...
for the criminal, and again, victimizes the families. Advocates of the Death penalty offer that it costs too much to keep s...
crime committed, there must be appropriate punishment possibilities in the system. For example, if the death penalty is available ...
murder. The families of murder victims often wait for a verdict of death and believe that should be the case. This is because they...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
actions if they involve pedophilia, rape or murder. The families of murder victims often wait for a verdict of death and believe t...
the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...
far less heinous than murder, so how is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishm...
be little doubt that the crime rate is higher now, simply by virtue of the fact that the population is larger. Locke would probabl...