On July 14 1976‚ capital punishment was abolished in Canada. The death penalty has always been and remains a controversial issue in countries all over the world; however because of justice‚ retribution and deterrence‚ it is evident that it should be brought back to Canada as a lawful consequence to committing first degree murder. The foremost important reason for the application of capital punishment is justice. In Canadian law‚ a first degree murder conviction will result in a sentence of life
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The Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished Criminal Justice ‚ 2009 David B. Muhlhausen‚ "The Death Penalty Deters Crime and Saves Lives‚" Heritage Foundation‚ August 28‚ 2007. www.heritage.org. Reproduced by permission of the author. "Capital punishment produces a strong deterrent effect that saves lives." In the following viewpoint‚ David B. Muhlhausen argues that capital punishment should not be abandoned because it deters crimes‚ saves lives‚ and the majority of American citizens support its use
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If you thought slavery was outlawed in America‚ you would be wrong. Slavery was abolished in 1865‚ but a loophole in the 13 Amendment has allowed it to continue as a punishment for crimes. Even though the USA make up 5 percent of the world’s population‚ they still house one fourth of all incarcerated people in the world. The statistics make this look really bad for the country‚ however‚ the privet prisons incarcerating prisoners for the government‚ are actually making money on every cell empty
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did it take for them to realize their accusation was incorrect? Why the death penalty should be abolished? The death penalty is important‚ because the death penalty affects everyone not just real human lives. Some people choose to show compassion and believe no one’s lives should be taken‚ whereas others believe they deserve revenge‚ even if the revenge is taking someone’s life. The death penalty should be abolished because of it is not cost efficient‚ innocent lives are taken‚ and it causes a loss
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except for one‚ and that is on the subject of welfare‚ should you be drug tested or what are you spending your check from the government on. I could rant and rave for hours on all the subtopics of welfare‚ but the most important subtopic that I would like to focus on is "Should the Welfare Be Drug Tested". In my opinion I say "yes"‚ here’s why. The term welfare is actually not just one program is a lot of programs under one word‚ which is welfare. Some of the programs are: Medicaid‚ The Women
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Should Welfare be Limited with Time Picture this‚ you’re in the grocery store and you have budgeted yourself down to the last dime. You then think how hard you have worked for two weeks and you’re already low on cash because you had to pay rent‚ utilities‚ and other necessary bills. In front of you is standing a woman with a grocery cart full of groceries. You wonder how she can afford all that with the way prices are up. Then she pulls out a card‚ which looks like a debit card and tells the clerk
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One-child Policy Should Not be Abolished In the 1970`s‚ Chinese government implemented one-child policy for Chinese families to control the rapidly growing population (Zhang and Goza 2006). This policy‚ although passed into law for almost 40 years‚ has come under much heated debate on whether China should maintain it or abolish it altogether. Along with Chinese population structure changing‚ two social issues‚ population aging and imbalance of sex ratio arise and gradually become manifest. One-child
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dollars. By finding and deporting all illegal aliens we could cut down on welfare receipts‚ decrease our unemployment numbers‚ and lower the amount of prison occupancy. A majority of our country’s welfare receipts are illegals. This is including but not limited to: WIC‚ food stamps‚ Medicaid‚ and educational funding. We as a country are giving our hard earned tax dollars to people who have entered America illegally. Instead we should be helping our elderly and our veterans instead of pushing them away
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"If you do something bad enough to a certain degree‚ then we will take your life without a care in the world." People fear enough today in our society with the problems of crime‚ poverty‚ war‚ economic downfall‚ human rights‚ etc; the death penalty should not be added to that list. I also believe that the death penalty sends out a message of punishing people the easy way. If they did a crime so inhumane to our society‚ and damaged the lives of so many then let them spend the rest of their lives in
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The reasons for the electoral college to be abolished and replaced by another system.The electoral college was made several years after the founding of the U.S. This system was made because the delegate didn’t believe that the people would have enough information to choose the right person for president. What are the reasons for the electoral college to be abolished?The electoral college should be abolished because it’s undemocratic‚ the small state over presents and hurts third parties. One
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