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

In a paper consisting of seven pages the social standards that define capital punishment in America are considered in terms of whi...

In five pages capital punishment is examined in terms of pro and con arguments with no conclusions drawn. Seven sources are cited...

In five pages this paper examines the deterrence effectiveness of capital punishment and also considers any minority population im...

favors cessation of capital punishment worldwide, but the United States has objections to this. They cite numerous reasons for th...

In seven pages an argument that supports the death penalty as justified punishment in terms of retribution, deterrence, and infall...

topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...

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

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

a moral or an ethic is right for it is a very personal reality. As such one can only persuade another to their side with the under...

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

living world. Through the centuries, this perpetual quest for upholding said rights has been met with great resistance from those...

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

innocent person to be found guilty. On the other hand proponents of the death penalty look on DNA technology as a powerful safegua...

used often and for less severe crimes, such as stealing and forgery" (Anonymous Beheading, burning, and hanging 2D). The list ...

illustrates that incapacitation without the death penalty is possible through incarceration (Bedau, 2004). Even when these two rat...

of the most common reasons given to support capital punishment is the notion that executing a criminal is somehow a necessary act ...

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

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on the impacts of the death penalty. This paper reflects an argument against the dea...

on the bandwagon for the death penalty but rather in him looking more closely at the issues surrounding that penalty. He contends...

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

penalty is used rarely and for only the most severe crimes. But in 18th- and 19th-century England and America, the death penalty w...

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

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

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

In ten pages this paper examines capital punishment in an overview that includes its history, public opinion, and the ongoing cont...

This paper discusses the death penalty or capital punishment in ten pages and considers the issue within historical and contempora...

In eleven pages 3 differing liberal and Green Party perspectives on capital punishment are presented in an argument that the death...

In five pages Massachusetts' legislation regarding the death penalty is examined in terms of inability for the approval of capital...

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