'In Cold Blood'

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This paper takes a look at capital punishment and issues surrounding the death penalty. The paper then relates these issue to the novel, 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. The paper concludes with the argument that in the upcoming years, courts will be challenged to restrict this form of capital punishment since it is racist, barbaric and inhumane.

From the Paper:

"Research studies have examined why murderers commit killings, which are due to "passion, malevolence, and/or because they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs" (Bedau 170). In other words, the offender doesn't realize or don't plan out any killings due to mental instabilities. For example, a man is convicted of murdering another man because the other man was sleeping with the man's wife. The man did not think of the consequences before committing the act because he was in a rage to hurt the man who was violating his household and may not think that he could get caught. What ethics could be considered in this case--a crime of passion--should the death penalty be imposed? "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alcorn, Randy. Capital Punishment: Right or Wrong? Eternal Perspective Ministries, 2006: Gresham, OH.
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Death Penalty. (22 December 1996). <www.aclu.org>
• Bedau, Hugo. Death is Different. Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 1987.
• Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. Vintage, 1994
• Miranda v. Arizona. 384 U.S. 436 (1966) 759.

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