The Death Penalty

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This paper is about the death penalty and how the death penalty should be abolished in the United States. The paper argues that the death penalty is unfair and handed down arbitrarily to lower economic non-white groups. The paper poses many philosophical questions about the justice system and attempts to answer some of them.

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"Outline The death penalty should be abolished in the United States as it is a barbaric practice that is dehumanizing, is not an effective deterrent to crime and is parceled out unequally and arbitrarily as according to race, geographic location and economic status. Summary One subject of many heated debates is the United States' practice of the death penalty. The United States is the only country of its kind that still utilizes capital punishment--the institutionalized killing of certain prisoners. The topic is multi-faceted, as it brings up many theoretical questions, such as: What is the purpose of jail and justice? How do we treat people? To what category do we place criminals? These types of questions should be a threat to the system itself. The death penalty is a practice which should not be utilized in the United States for several reasons. "

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