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    Capital Punishment “To Use it or not to Use it” Have you ever viewed the death penalty to be unconstitutional? The death penalty has been a matter that has divided the United States for many years now. As there are countless supporters of this sentence, there are also many Americans who oppose of it. Currently, there are thirty-three states in which the death penalty is legal, leaving seventeen states that have abolished it. I personally believe that the death penalty should be legal throughout our nation as a whole. There are many reasons as to why I stand behind my decision strongly and undoubtedly. The death penalty should be legalized in all states because it stands as a national deterrent, allows opportunity for retribution, addresses potential loopholes in the prison system, guarantees public protection, and stands on my basis of morality. After doing some research, the sense of passion towards the subject has…

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    heavily divide on its views between the death penalty and life imprisonment. While there are many American believe the death penalty is the symbol of justice and a good retaliation for homicide crime, the amount of opposition is not small and want abolish this capital punishment. According to Amnesty International USA, 35 states in the USA still use the death penalty as a weapon to deter criminals, nevertheless there are 140 countries in the world without the death penalty. The death penalty has…

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    Within the United States of America, the death penalty is a continued controversy practice. The United States practices capital punishment on a state level; there are thirty-two states with the death penalty. Therefore, despite the ongoing battle to abolish the death penalty, majority of states comprehend the sentence as a necessary punishment to certain crimes committed within each state. In Texas a person can be sentenced to death row even if the criminal is not responsible for the actual…

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    conversations of those who may not have a true role in the process but who, in the eyes of the American democracy, have a voice on the matter. As an observer of the current and past status of the death penalty, one can form the opinion and understanding the necessity of capital punishment in the form of the death penalty. The death penalty has been apart of the court rulings since its reinstatement in 1988. Although those who are against the death penalty would argue that each one of these…

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    George Kendall was executed in Jamestown. He was executed since he was actually a spy for Spain. Since then states have gone back and forth between having it legal and abolishing it. As of April of 2016 thirty-one states have made capital punishment legal. (Death Penalty Information Center) In my opinion, the death penalty should not be abolished; but used only for the worst of crimes. Since 1964 there have been one thousand four hundred and forty-two executions. The majority being in 1999…

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    Frank Darabont’s film, The Green Mile, shows great examples of compassion and empathy, being corrupted by power, and how the death penalty can have many negative affects on the people performing it and those related to the sentenced individual. This movie’s topics are very relatable to every person’s opinions, and are still very relevant to this day and age. This is why the movie is still very popular amongst people, because there are still to this day arguments whether or not the death penalty…

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    Death Row. Thanks To Modern Politics 23 Innocent People Have Been Removed From the Living” The discussion of the death row penalty comes under heavy fire by the ACLU calling it “unjust and unfair”. ACLU feels that the death row penalty is becoming increasingly difficult even for people standing with capital punishment to get behind. They bring in evidence from past citizens put on the death row who were unjustly put into the situation without proper evidence. ACLU asks that the idea of death row…

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    Controversial topics have been in our nations politics since the beginning of our government’s creation. One of these that still comes up today is that regarding the death penalty and if it should be legal or not, even more so if it is humane or inhumane. Almost all death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied to a variety of crimes, the list just goes on for other crimes. Ultimately we should be asking ourselves the moral question…

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    with capital punishment, I would consider myself a retentionist. I am all for punishing the guilty and giving murders the punishment they deserve. Not only in my eyes, but the eyes of all retentionists, we believe that the main reason we should punish the offender is because they morally deserve it. I truly believe that the death penalty is morally permissible. I believe that the two biggest arguments that abolitionists have going for them is the idea that the death penalty is cruel and unusual…

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    As we go into the future of the criminal justice system, the question of if the death penalty should stay around is always asked. Currently there is disputing research stating that the death penalty is good and others saying it is a bad thing. Although, whether a person is in favor of the death penalty or not, what implications does it have on our Country? One of the most important factors for looking at if the death penalty should stay around in the future is what the cost is. Capital cases…

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