CST 100 Sample Speech 4 Outline Fact/Value Persuasion Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that Death Penalty should be legal Introduction I. [Opening Device] There has been a murderer. II. [Credibility] According to Wikipedia thee are 170‚000 inmates incarcerated for murder in the United States. (Wikipedia.org) [Bridge/Link] Let me ask you this: what would you do if you just heard this verdict? Think about it. What if your loved one had been murdered and all they received
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Hoti‚ Genti Koqinaj October 24‚ 2011 Comparing Death Penalty States to Non-Death Penalty States The death penalty is one of the most controversial topics of the 21th century. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1977 until today‚ 1‚234 detainees have been convicted with the death penalty (“World Coalition against the Death Penalty‚” 2). On the 5th November 2005‚ around 500 protesters demonstrated against the death penalty (Rubac par.1). Those protests are quite often‚ since
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2012 The Death Penalty needs to be Stopped “To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge‚ not justice.” This quote from Desmund Tutu is a perfect example as to why the death penalty is inhumane. Death penalty is one of the most controversial topics in politics‚ and is almost always brought up in debates. As of 2011 only 61 percent of the population is in favor of the death penalty (Jonsson). The death penalty is unjust and immoral and should be stopped. The death penalty allows for
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Controversial Issue of the Death Penalty Capital punishment has always been a huge controversial issue in the United States. Some states have legalized this punishment while others do not agree and sentence defendants to life in prison instead. Capital punishment‚ or the death penalty is a legal sentence to die for criminal behavior. It varies from state to state how the execution of the convicted criminal is carried out. Just like every controversial issue there is always two viewpoints. The
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Maria Vieira ESL 162 04/18/2011 Death Penalty: An Annotated Bibliography Thesis: Death Penalty Should be Abolished from our Judicial System Fagan‚ Jeffrey A. Capital Punishment: Deterrent Effects & Capital Costs. www.law.columbia.edu/law-school/communications/reports. Summer 2006. Web. 06 April 2011. The article shows that the states are broken‚ and the money that we are spending on trials to punish criminals to death penalty should be used in prevention. If you compare the costs of
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Death penalty‚ also called capital punishment‚ is when a government or state executes (kills) someone‚ usually because he or she has done a serious crime‚ such as murder. The death penalty is a disputed and controversial topic. Supporters of the death penalty: Some people think it is right for governments to kill criminals. They say that this punishes the criminal for their crime‚ or that it will stop other people from committing serious crimes. People who are against the death penalty: Other
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The death penalty puts innocent people’s lives at risk and no matter how developed a justice system is‚ it will inevitably remain susceptible to human failure. Many people are under the assumption that by abolishing the death penalty America would save money; however‚ this is untrue. America is actually losing millions with the death penalty. It costs about $1.26 million for cases where the death penalty is sought. It costs $740‚000 for cases without the death penalty. Maintaining each death row
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P.J. Harmon Professor Branch Ethics 7 November 2011 Pro-Death Penalty The death penalty. Have we given much thought about it lately? I can honestly say that it was not at the top of my conversation list of things to think about today. I’m going to school to become a registered nurse‚ and people want to know how I can be Pro-Death if I’m part of saving lives. So‚ I tell them I am Pro-Death Penalty‚ due to the fact that there are millions of people out there every day taking away
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and Moral Responsibility Does it make sense to impose the death penalty? Reinstatement of the death penalty is a famous topic that has been argued across nations for many years. There is no right or wrong decision of whether or not to reinstate the death penalty because there are strong beliefs and opinions supporting either side. Even though there are strong beliefs and opinions supporting both sides‚ I still believe that death penalty should be imposed. The reason is that I believe everybody
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Pro Death penalty Men losing their lives‚ women losing their innocence and children living their lives without their parents or living their lives without a family to care for them and love them as they grow up. Over 131.4 million people are born each year and over 55.3 million people die or are killed each year‚ when the death penalty was enforced only half of that amount of people had been killed by murders. So the death penalty should be enforced in more locations. The death penalty has been
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