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    PERSUASIVE SPEECH NAME: Everton Anderson TOPIC: CHILD ABUSE Introduction:   Hello‚ today I am going to talk about something I feel is very important and serious. In Jamaica working all day and going home to work more can be very stressful and angering. Still‚ is that an excuse to go home and beat your child? No‚ I know it is not. Child abuse is an issue today and needs to be stopped.  There are persons in our society today who thinks that bad people out there who do this in the world

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    Through the time there has been much racial discrimination happening in our society either because of the way someone looks‚ the way someone talks and even the because of their skin color. In the years 1600’s many African-Americans were being used as slaves in Africa. Men worked as farm laborers they had to harvest the crops and plant them. The women worked in the houses of the slave owners they took care of the children‚ made food for the family and also worked on farming. However‚ none of these

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    cruel and unusual has been changing for centuries and even today‚ the Supreme Court has difficulty deciding whether the death penalty should be considered a cruel or unusual punishment. In the case of Furman vs. Georgia in 1972‚ the Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional in a 5-4 decision; however‚ four years later‚ the Supreme Court declared that the death penalty was constitutional under Gregg vs. Georgia and this decision has been upheld with some exceptions. Exceptions include

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    Death Penalty: The Night the Lights Went Out Name College Class Professor xxxxx August 00‚ 0000 Abstract The debate over the death penalty appears to have been one of the most argued actions that the justice system has had to decide upon. Which cases are those that will be the ones in which the ultimate penalty is pursued? Does the seeking of the death penalty depend upon the crime that has been committed‚ the social class of the person that was killed‚ or the race and monetary value

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    8‚ 2014 Persuasive Essay The Death Penalty According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)‚ there have been 1376 executions in the United States since 1976. These executions have been performed through electrocution‚ gas chamber‚ hanging‚ firing squad‚ and the most common lethal injection‚ which over 1000 people have been executed by this method. However‚ only eighteen out of the fifty states have abolished the death penalty. I believe the death penalty does not solve the crime‚ teach

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    April 2011 Research Paper on the Death Penalty The death penalty is a capital punishment that is put into effect for major crimes. The death penalty is a very controversial topic in the United States and throughout the world. There was a time period were the death penalty was banned for about four years in 1972-1976. Many feel that the death penalty is justice because it is retribution toward criminals who have committed heinous crimes. However the death penalty is inhumane and should be abolished

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    The death penalty has remained a point of contention throughout history. Views on the death penalty have ranged from supporting to non supporting for many years. The death penalty arrived in America with the colonists‚ “The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608” ( Part I: History of the Death Penalty). America then reached an all time high in death penalty executions in the 1930’s. Present day America has called

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    Since 1976 there has been 1‚ 416 people killed by the death penalty. The death penalty for many people is a good thing‚ but to others they oppose. I for example‚ oppose because of my Christian background. Since I am from Mississippi I will tell about the history of my state using the death penalty. Beginning in 1817 going all the way to 1940‚ every execution there was in the state of Mississippi were always taken care of by hanging. The first time that the electric chair was ever used for execution

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    Death Penalty Research Paper I. Introduction The death penalty in the United States is a constant source of controversy. Efforts to abolish capital punishment in America date back to over 100 years and continue to expand in present-day. In addition‚ all 50 states vary in their retention and application of the death penalty. Currently‚ the death penalty is legal in 32 states‚ the distribution of the actual executions however‚ is quite wide. The five states with the highest number of executions

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    The Death Penalty: The Headquarters of Controversy The death penalty is one of the most controversial topics of modern day. There are many people on both sides of the fence in this heated debate. I‚ personally‚ am pro death penalty for many reasons. The death penalty is a dire part of the U.S. criminal justice system that should not be extinguished. There is irrefutable proof on why we need the death penalty. The problem with the death penalty is it needs to be reformed. Death penalty reform

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