Death Penalty

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This paper offers a short review of the death penalty in the United States. While offering statistics and a background of the use of the death penalty, the writer leans towards the belief that the death penalty is wrong and should be stopped. The writer believes that moral and religious people must ultimately consider whether the death penalty is just or not and conclude that the death penalty is not always applied in a just way.

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"The death penalty has been debated in the United States for some years. The United States had more than 3600 prisoners on Death Row in 2001 Floyd, 2001), and since the death penalty can never be the automatic sentence for a crime in the United States, over 3600 juries had to individually determine that death was the appropriate sentence for every one of those prisoners. Nevertheless, those who study the issue cannot help but notice that very few countries still use the death penalty, and only three countries in addition to the United States executed any prisoners: China, Iran, and the Congo."

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