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The essay debates whether law systems are vulnerable and at risk of being corrupted as the society is complacently accepting what is being done is done under the authority of law. This questions a lawyer’s responsibility in reviewing the law but also deciding whether is is justifiable. The argument is explored in relation to capital punishment as it is a complex and multifaceted concept which obtains various perspectives on whether it is just and fair. Although, the law system implements an…

It’s hard to think that a little girl would be able to kill someone, let alone multiple people. And yet there are little girls who have done this. Meet, Mary Flora Bell, born in 1957 into a the slums of Scotswood. A young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with misery, pain and disappointment. Meet, Rhoda Penmark, born to Christine and Kenneth Penmark. Rhoda a young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with opportunities, love and glory. These two girls seem completely…

Life in prison without the chance of parole also known as, death by imprisonment, has many strengths and weaknesses. Possibly more strengths since many countries have replaced the death penalty with this sentence. Countries that have established this punishment find it to be an effective alternative compared to the death penalty. Life in prison promises us, as a country, peace, safety, and justice. Lifers prefer the death penalty than the life sentence simply because they will not have freedom,…

The piece written by George Ryan struck my interest. Considering, I plan to argue against the death penalty this speech presented me with ideas to aid my argument. However, before I talk about the Ryan speech, I will talk about how the discussion in class aided in my understanding of how to approach my argument. One argument Professor Dullea addressed was the murdering innocent people argument. It was discussed that we spend so much time and money, so there is the proper things occurring to…

The Detrimental Effects of the Death Penalty in America After several decades of debate, the death penalty continues to rise as a contentious issue in the United States of America. The morality and inefficient process of execution has come into question, with many opposing a punishment that half the world no longer uses. A slow and tedious process that welcomes botched executions, the legality of the death penalty has raised reasonable concern. Although the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty…

An essay written in 2011 by Zachary Shemtob and David Lat called “Executions Should Be Televised”. The essay originally appeared in New York Times by Zachary Shemtob who teaches criminal justice at Central Connecticut University and David Lat was a federal prosecutors. The purpose of this writing I believe is to say “Execution in the United States ought to be made public” (Shemtob, Lat 53). It talks about possible effects that it could have for it and the possible effects against the death…

In Amber Young’s article “Capital Punishment: Society’s Self-Defense” Young describes why capital punishment is needed and gives examples along with counter-arguments as to why. In the first section Young states that capital punishment was the only thing that kept Ted Bundy from killing young women. Before he died Bundy was kept in a jails in the northern part of the United States where he escaped from twice and went on a murdering rampage and escaped into Florida. When he reached Florida…

The two articles “Death Penalty: Right or Wrong?” and “The Cost of Capital Punishment” are titled by the authors for specific purposes. They talk about a thing called the death penalty. The death penalty is when someone does a crime and that they have to get the punishment of death. To begin with, in the article “Death Penalty: Right or Wrong?” the author titled it this way because the author is talking about the death penalty being either right or wrong. An example from the article says,…

Human rights abuses were very widespread in Chile during the 20th century. Much of the government and police force was said to be corrupt and did what it needed to do for money. In Pinochet in Power: Building a Regime of Repression it goes into much further detail about how these abuses took place. The United States CIA had a special briefing paper titled “Chilean Executions” that they passed along to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger when they found out that the events were happening.1 It was…

Have you ever wondered why holocaust war criminals were imprisoned? Many holocaust war criminals would will be remembered for the acts they committed, the reasons behind there crimes and the consequences they faced. Holocaust war criminals are people who escaped their prosecutions of the murder of six million Jews and have fled to different continents around the world(Pruitt).They have been on the run for years now and many were caught but there is still a few out there. Others killed…