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    Death Penalty for Rapists

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    Even Death penalty for Rape is not good enough! Social issues by Editor ‘Rape’ the word itself sends across chills down the spine! Only a woman who has undergone such brutality understands the pain‚ dismay and disgrace that it beholds. Rape or forcible sexual contact is indeed the most shameful facet of humanity. It causes ultimate social and psychological dissuasion of a woman. Indian society still lacks the compassion and humanity to treat raped women with grace and sympathy. Even though women

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    Reintroduce death penalty

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    Capital punishment Death penalty is a legal process through which‚ as a punishment a person is sentenced to death for a criminal offense by the state. Criminal offenses punishable through death penalty are referred to as capital offenses or capital crimes. The death penalty proponents‚ pro-capital punishment argues that it is an important aspect for deterring crimes‚ preserving law and order‚ and is less expensive compared to life imprisonment. They also claim that it is in the honor of the victim

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    In Support of the Death Penalty Introduction From the ethical perspective of philosopher John Rawls who said that justice should be described as“ a fair system of arrangements; one that the parties can agree to without knowing how it will benefit them personally” ‚ the death penalty must be considered just and right as it creates a fair balance between the act that has been committed and the punishment that has been dealt (Williams 78). Rawls supports the

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    Death Penalty In Canada

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    Should Canada reinstate the death penalty for murder? Reinstituting the death penalty is not optional. If Canada wishes to prosper and flourish under God’s blessing‚ we must reintroduce the death penalty. The foremost reason for the death penalty is God’s mandate. Other reasons include the practical deterrent that the death penalty constitutes and‚ as a comparatively minor reason‚ the economic sensibility. I would also argue that the death penalty still applies to crimes other than murder and that

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    The Death Penalty in Thailand Throughout the history of man‚ the penalty of death was given to criminals who broke the law. Capital Punishment is the extreme penalty for crime and is still in use today in many countries even in Thailand. According to the history‚ the death penalty in Thailand obviously appeared in Ayutthaya Empire and it has been used in the country until these days. There have been many debates on abolishing the death penalty for a long time in the country. The supporters of capital

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    Religion Death Penalty

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    Buddhism: The death penalty is a clear form of revenge. It is a severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is robbed of the opportunity to change‚ or restore the harm done. Before supporting execution we should consider whether criminals are naturally negative and harmful people and whether they will always remain in the same state of mind in which they committed their crime or not. The answer‚ is definitely not. However horrible the act they

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    Is the Death Penalty Effective? The death penalty‚ or capital punishment‚ is the legal process by which a convicted offender is put to death by the state (Matt & Law‚ 2006). Frank (2003) gives the various methods of execution that have been practiced worldwide such as‚ lethal injection‚ electric chair‚ hanging‚ among others. Since the formation of the State‚ the death penalty has been the most severe means of social society and an effective deterrent of grave crimes. However‚ since famous

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    Pro Death Penalty - Essay

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    Getting rid of the death penalty will cause great turmoil to all and to the legal system. But first let’s go back just forty years ago to the Charlie Manson cases. This was a time known for protest‚ war‚ Murder and drugs. During this time a few major arguments came up that are still debated today including the abortion case of Roe vs. Wade‚ the gay rights movement and the idea of abolishing capitol punishment. Now in the case of Charles Manson‚ a failing cult leader trying to start a “race war”‚

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    punishment should be eliminated for many reasons. It is hypocritical‚ it puts innocent lives at risk and millions of U.S. dollars are being spent to end people’s lives. Hypocritical is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the death penalty. The most popular crime punishable by execution is first degree murder. First-degree is murder is “an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated‚ meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim.” (First

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    Culture of Life vs. Death

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    The Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death During the 20th and 21st centuries mankind has encountered a major conflict that is a civil war of ideas – namely the Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death. The Culture of Death has been rampant. Consider the first and second world wars plus the many other bitter conflicts‚ genocides‚ massacres and the killing fields sacrificing the lives of millions of innocent human beings. Consider the savagery of the holocaust. Consider the damage

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