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Capital Punishment
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Capital Punishment
An examination of capital punishment.
2,275 words (approx. 9.1 pages) |
18 sources |
MLA | 2008
Paper Summary:
The author of the paper examines capital punishment, which has been a part of human culture since the 18th century B.C. The writer looks at the development of capital punishment over the ages and at the gradual influence and success of reform groups in different countries that called for the abolition of the death penalty. The writer also discusses the varying schools of thought regarding the legitimacy and effectiveness of capital punishment.From the Paper:
"Critics of capital punishment conclude that if there is no good reason for executing a criminal he should be allowed to live. In the legal philosophy it can be said that defenses of capital punishment either have utilitarian or retributive nature. If seen from a utilitarian point of view capital punishment is acceptable if it averts the criminal from repeating his crime or if it discourages the other would-be criminals. While if seen from a retributive point of view criminals capital punishment is necessary to achieve justice and the criminal should be harmed the same way he damages someone else."Sample of Sources Used:
- Worsnop, Richard L. Death Penalty Debate Centers on Retribution. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc, 1990.
- Guernsey, JoAnn Bren. Should We Have Capital Punishment? Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co, 1993.
- Van den Haag, Ernest, and John Phillips Conrad. The Death Penalty A Debate. New York: Plenum Press, 1983.
- Maestro, Marcello T. A Pioneer for the Abolition of Capital Punishment Cesare Beccaria. [New York]: Journal of the History of Ideas, 1973.
- Williams, Mary E. Capital Punishment. Current controversies. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
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Capital Punishment (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Capital-Punishment/110794
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"Capital Punishment" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Capital-Punishment/110794>
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