Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? Yes it should! If we sentence murderers to death‚ what makes us different from them? Yes‚ we are not killing an innocent person‚ but ending someone life should not be up to us. I also believe that if someone is vicious enough to kill someone that they should spend the rest of their life locked up thinking about what they have done. The death penalty is giving some people the easy way out. In the end sentencing an individual to death is just not morally
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Death Penalty: Why it should be abolished The death penalty serves no purpose in society today. Statistics show that the death penalty has no deterrent effect on crime. Allowing the government to enforce the death penalty gives them power to take human life‚ and creates a margin for social injustice. The death penalty should be abolished due to legal‚ social‚ and morality concerns. Among other legal concerns‚ the death penalty is unconstitutional. The eighth amendment states “Excessive bail
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Capital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished. Capital punishment is one of the most controversial topics for debate. I believe in capital punishment/death penalty and here is why. In the US we make valid arguments that center around the justifications of fairness‚ retribution‚ deterrence‚ economy‚ and popularity. The death penalty isn ’t discriminatory and doesn’t violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments as proven in In McCleskey v. Kemp (1987). Executions deter would‐be criminals from committing
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Wrong. The way the electors are distributed is not perfect‚ and three times in American history‚ the person who won the popular vote did not win the electoral vote. That happened in 1888‚ 2000‚ and 2016. Because of this‚ electoral college should be abolished because it is outdated‚ it does not always reflect the popular vote‚ and it causes candidates to only campaign in certain states. The electoral college does not always reflect the popular vote. The popular vote is
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minimum wage is illegal. Minimum wage may‚ however‚ exist without a law. Extra-legal and custom pressures from labor unions and governments may set a minimum wage‚ though not legally binding (Wilson‚ 2012). This is done through collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is the negotiations between employees and their employers seeking to establish agreements that govern working conditions. A minimum wage plays a crucial role in today business operations as it affects the ability of businesses to hire
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Every 4 years‚ our country makes an incredibly important decision. We vote for the person who will represent the US in all domestic and international affairs; The President. Currently‚ we have many troops in Iraq fighting to help them establish a democracy. We are giving the citizens a right to vote‚ a privilege that many people claim we are lucky to have. In actuality‚ how democratic is our system overall? What many people don’t realize or care to face‚ is we don’t directly vote for our president
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also discriminates workers belonging to ethnic minorities. The unemployment rate for Hispanic and Black teens belonging in the 16-17 age groups were 25% and 40.9‚ respectively. This high percentage can be brought down if only the minimum wage is abolished so the society can maximize the number of young people who are willing to work‚ even if it’s for small wages. Having a paying job for the young workers teaches values such as discipline‚ hard work and responsibility. Most of the minimum wage jobs
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the United States cast their vote to decide the next president‚ but most do not realize just how little their vote means. In fact‚ the president is not elected by the people‚ but instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country. The electoral college is a complicated
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Whether there should be enforcement limits placed on the bonuses that can be earned by employees of financial institutions Introduction With the gradual recovery of economy‚ people began to realized that the improper system of bonuses payment for the financial institutions employees may be one of the main reasons that caused this global financial crisis. So whether the bonuses should be capped have became a very controversial question. Bonuses limit can help The culture of high bonuses has some
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Should Public Examinations in Malaysia be Abolished The Malaysia government has started discussing about whether public examination in primary schools and secondary schools should be abolished. This issue has become hot topic among citizens in Malaysia. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the necessity of public examination. Examination can be defined as “a formal test of a person’s knowledge or proficiency in a subject or skill” (Oxford Dictionary of English 2nd Edition‚ 2005). Many countries
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