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    The Importance of the Death Penalty Lorena Pula PHI 107 Dr. Latasha Williams-Fleming September 12‚ 2009 The Importance of the Death Penalty The world can be a dark and cruel place to live in. Proof of this cruelty can be easily determined just by watching the news‚ or reading a newspaper of current events. It seems like every day a horrendous crime is committed: murder‚ kidnapping‚ and child molestation‚ just to name a few. These crimes are sufficient proof that there is enough evil in the

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    Donalisa Hall Persuasive Speech Section 44 Chad Woolard The death penalty is an issue that has the United States quite divided. While there are many supporters of it‚ there is also a large amount of opposition. There are five different forms of execution in the United States: hanging‚ electrocution‚ lethal injection‚ lethal gas‚ and firing squad. All of these should be illegal. Capital punishment is defined as killing of someone for a crime. But also‚ murder is defined as killing one human being

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    Eliminating the Death Penalty The Death Penalty has been debated for many years and even though the Eight Amendment of the Bill of Rights abolished any cruel and unusual punishment in 1789‚ it continues to be viewed as an acceptable form of punishment. California is the state that has the most people under death row‚ but California also performs very few executions‚ from 1978 to 2009 only 13 were preformed (Colon‚ 2009). California does not need the capital punishment‚ and has attempted eliminating

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    The death penalty has been a highly controversial issue since it was reinstated in 1976. According to Gallup‚ 63% of Americans favor the death penalty and presently the death penalty is legal in 31 states. Maryland’s decision to abolish the death penalty has left the inmates on death row in limbo because there are opposing sides as to whether or not the state has the right to execute the inmates after the bill abolishing the death penalty was passed. Both sides of the controversial issue have valid

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    Sytoria Wahid Outline Title: Death Penalty Topic : Death Row General Purpose: To persuade the audience that using the death penalty is wrong and should be illegal and every state that upholds that justice. Specific Purpose: How does the death penalty help the community? Introduction I. Methods of the death penalty II. To prove the understanding of death row III. The value/fundamental of death row IV. How can the death penalty changer america? V. Concepts‚Consequences

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    no to the Death Penalty Counting the seconds and minutes to your death. Inhaling your last breath. The next thing you know‚ the prison doctor has just injected a lethal drug into you. How do you not feel pain‚ empathy or sadness?  But‚ you know that the doctor brushes it off as if it nothing happened. All because of something we call ‘The Death Penalty.’’ The death penalty affects people who are wrongly convicted‚ the positive affect because there isn’t a death penalty in our society and human

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    Death Penalty Justified or Not? When people sit back and think about the death penalty‚ they begin to either get offended or deeply saddened as to their thoughts on the death penalty. One may feel as if the death penalty is cruel and just plain wrong‚ where as another person may feel as if the death penalty is a good punishment but is not being used as much as it should be. The arguments based upon the idea of the death penalty would be as such‚ the death penalty was put into place to execute a

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    February 1‚ 2013 PHIL 213/ Spring 2013 Michael Gill Death Penalty: Just or Unjust The death penalty has come to be a very huge deal in the 21st century. Back in the day‚ this was the only way people felt they can punish others for breaking the law. There are many people that are for the death penalty then individuals who are opposed to it. Though‚ a question to really ask ourselves is what truly qualifies a person to receive the death penalty. As children we were always taught the golden rule;

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    Juveniles and the Death Penalty A highly controversial topic‚ in current affairs and throughout history‚ is the death penalty being the punishment for certain crimes.  Even more passionate contention erupts from including juveniles amongst those being prosecuted.  The death penalty should not be ruled out for minors. The previous statement is what is intended to be proven by the closing of this paper.  Although intensely circumstantial‚ there are instances when it is agreed by numerous individuals

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    These obstacles make it almost impossible for the death penalty to ever be carried out. Typically‚ death row inmates end up dying due to other factors such as health complications rather than being put to death (Petersen & Lynch‚ 2012‚ p. 1270). Essentially sentencing someone to death‚ and placing them on death row is basically the same as a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The difference‚ however is that the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole

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