Pro Capital Punishment

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This paper provides an overview of some common arguments, moral and religious, against the practice of capital punishment, but presents an argument for the death penalty on crime prevention grounds. The writer looks at a history of the development of capital punishment and why this form of punishment is used frequently today.

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"After spending ten long years on death row, he is escorted today by the warden down the dimly lit white hallway to the room in which judgment day will finally arrive. As he moves closer, he begins to regret having led a violent life of crime and murder that had caused him to be sentenced to death so long ago. The door finally opens, and there he stands face to face with "old sparky," a.k.a. the electric chair. He is strapped in and a leather helmet containing a wet sponge is placed over his head along with a brass liner that functions as an entry electrode through which nearly 2500 volts of electricity will pass. The exit electrode- a band of brass also with a soaked sponge- is attached to the prisoner's shaved calf. As a final preparation, a leather hood is placed over his face."

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