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- at least sometimes - just as culpable as adults" (Taylor, 2005, p. PG). Capital punishment was not only utilized as a...

when the death penalty is suitable and when it is not. For example, in California, the death penalty must only be administered in ...

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...

applied, was arbitrary and capricious" (67). While it seemed as if the death penalty was beginning to become less popular, this ca...

In twelve pages this research paper discusses crime sentencing, politics, and the controversy surrounding legislative guidelines r...

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

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...

penalty was much more likely to be imposed. While Texas and California do not share the same frequency in use of capital pu...

In seven pages this paper considers capital punishment and three arguments such as retribution, intolerable capital offenses, and ...

death (2004). While evidentiary rules are not pertinent here in terms of the guilt of the defendant, evidence is pertinent in resp...

believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...

In ten pages this paper examines the sentence of Timothy McVeigh within the context of various death penalty issues. Twenty sourc...

This 5 page paper examines those elements in current literature that suggest truth in sentencing may deter crime. The writer provi...

the credit crunch in the money markets have left it vulnerable (BBC, 2007). The issue has been resolved with an emergency loan fro...

justice seems to supercede mercy (Budziszewski 39). This author, who is a Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University...

This 3 page paper gives a detailed analysis of Justice Thurgood Marshall's philosophical rejection of capital punishment,w hich he...

example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...

of "real-world effects" anyway . In other words, the penalty will not act as a deterrent if in fact murderers are oblivious to the...

perpetrator to go free without any legal recourse speaks to the need for another option whereby the alleged criminal serves time, ...

the legislation enacted with regard to punishment is concerned with the method used, not with the fact that an individual is being...

Another advantage of plea bargaining is that it allows prosecutors to dispatch cases quickly, freeing time and resources to fully ...

toward determinate sentencing models that go along with a tough on crime stance. Of course, juvenile justice has to some extent b...

Ford took a first mover advantage with the investment in a production line based on Taylors ideas of scientific management, are no...

of the cycle is arbitrary and is defined according to the assessment needs of the organization. It can be assessed in terms of a ...

at the wrong time"), it would be counterproductive both to my brother and to the community to remove him completely from any oppor...