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    POLS 2202 - PAPER #1 Share information with your classmates by topic if you wish. Post your Topic Sentence/abbreviated Thesis for peer review. Identify the main issues and answer the question posed. Analyze the issues (for instance‚ the Constitution‚ which sections/Amendments apply... how does the SCOTUS interpret such). Make a conclusion and a recommendation to solve the issues you identified. FACTS SHOULD ONLY BE A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS - FOCUS ON THE ISSUES AND be specific in your

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    Date 10/25/2012 Position Paper The Death Penalty I believe the United States should continue to use the death penalty. I realize the death penalty is a hot topic in the United States today. There are many arguments for and against it. Those people that are for it say‚ Eye for an eye. Those people that are against it say its cruel and unusual punishment‚ hence its unconstitutional. I say its a necessary evil in todays society. Throughout this position paper I will go over the pros of the death penalty

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    1.) Explanation of problem: Racial and gender disparities in death sentencing are not important enough to cast doubt on execution as a penalty for crime‚ however the numbers are astonishing. Death Sentencing: As you may know‚ the death penalty is often criticized for having a racial skew‚ and pages from the Death Penalty Information Center provide lots of data and reports on this front. One of many statistics on these pages I find notable is that out of roughly 1250 persons executed in the US in

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    The Death Penalty The mother of a teenager killed during a shooting rampage at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Aurora in 1993 is begging the governor to let convicted killer Nathan Dunlap die. "Sit back‚ make no decision‚ allow the one that 12 people made after listening to all the evidence 17 years ago stand‚" said Sandi Rogers in a statement sent to Gov. John Hickenlooper. Sandi ’s son‚ Ben Grant‚ was 17 years old when he was shot and killed with his co-workers. Dunlap had been fired from the

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    The Death Penalty We’re all in school one day going about our daily lives‚ and slowly we start hearing murmurs that something has happened a few towns over. Is it a shooting‚ just a suspicious person walking around‚ a robbery? We all begin to question and then we hear an announcement in the halls‚ a mass-murder has occurred in an elementary school not too far away where many of us know little kids who attended the school. Kids and teachers ask themselves how someone can do such a thing to innocent

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    The death penalty has been a controversial issue for many years. It was established centuries ago and has been accepted by society. It was put into place to punish those who had committed an offense against laws of the institution that was in place at the time. Within our society the death penalty has been associated with several symbols. ‘An eye for an eye‚’ is a symbol that has come to be the representation of the death penalty; which was one of the original ideas behind it. Times have changed

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    What is the death penalty? ‘Punishments are imposed on a person‚ not on racial or economic groups. Guilt is personal. The only relevant question is: does the person to be executed deserve the punishment?’ (Ernest van den Haag‚ 1986) According to Amnesty International‚ 139 countries have abolished the death penalty. In 2010‚ only one country‚ Gabon‚ abolished the death penalty for all crimes. During 2010‚ 23 countries executed 527 prisoners and at least 2‚024 people were sentenced to death in 67 countries

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    Preceding initial research of the death penalty‚ the umbrella of crimes of which it covered seemed larger than it realistically was. Between murder‚ adult rape‚ and child rape‚ the death penalty could be widely applicable if deemed constitutional. Prior to any study‚ the death penalty surely seemed to be acceptable from a constitutional aspect‚ as such morally heinous crimes deserved to be severely punished accordingly. Upon subsequent research‚ many intricacies of the law were noticed or understood

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    * Is the Death Penalty a Deterrent to Murder? * Capital Punishment * PRO * The process of lethal injection does not cause cruel or unusual punishment. The first injection renders the offender unconscious‚ the second paralyzes the offender‚ and the third injection stops the offenders heart. * OPPOSED * Death by the state is a violation of the 8th amendment‚ which states that no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. * Statistics * PRO * Data from 3‚000 counties

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    2011 Project Three Death Penalty Watch a man sit on a gurney and “humanely” die. The first chemical closes his eyes and puts him in a deep sleep‚ while the following injections stop him from breathing‚ and his heart from pumping. This is legal murder. Is the purpose of the death penalty to remove from society someone who would cause more harm? Is the purpose to remove from society someone who is incapable of rehabilitation? Is the purpose of the death penalty to discourage others from committing

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