The Death Penalty

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This paper explains that, throughout American history, the death penalty has been voted in and out of favor depending on politics, societal attitudes and what horrific crimes recently made the news. The author points out that opponents of the death penalty cite that it is used after the crime has been committed, thus it can not act as a deterrent; however, this same argument can be applied to all types of criminals and sentences. The paper concludes that the death penalty is a fair and just punishment for the worst crime against society because (1) public majority, the Bible and the law all allow for the death penalty and (2) the death penalty works as a deterrent as indicated in the drop to an all-time low number of premeditated murders since its reinstatement more than two decades ago.

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"There are several things that the convicted criminal has that the victim was not given. One of those things is the judicial process. The criminal who has been convicted of a crime horrific enough to receive the death penalty gets many chances at appealing the sentence before it is actually carried out. The appeals process can take years to complete which gives many opportunities to prove any wrongful conviction. In the years that it takes to file the appeals and go through that process the criminal has time to build sympathy and get groups working to stop the execution."

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