Capital punishment in the United Kingdom

It is not difficult to tell that Montresor is insane. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne (p. 212)" is most likely an extreme exaggeration. These 'thousand injuries' were probably a figment of Montresor's imagination. Thus, Montresor actually had no viable motive for Fortunato's murder. Plus, the murder itself was inhumane. Montresor "fettered him to the granite (p. 216)," or chained his victim in a niche in the catacombs. After chaining his victim, Montresor "began vigorously to…

Me, Myself, and I. Judge, Jury, Executioner. How far would you go to receive the justice you thought you deserved? Would you simply just go to the police or would you take matters into your own hands? Would you commit a crime in order to bring someone to justice? Most citizens would just go the police and let the law provide the justice, however there are many instances in which citizens, being dissatisfied with how the law serves its justice, take matters into their own hands. These citizens…

When most people think about the French Revolution, they think about the guillotine and the thousands killed by it. Invented by Dr. Guillotine, the guillotine was supposed to slice the head of the person being executed and result in a quick and painless (relatively speaking) death. As far as those who kept their heads can tell, it worked. However, despite the brisk death, those that were killed suffered. Many of them suffered despite being innocent. During the French Revolution, many people…

The Mexican culture which is both collectivistic and masculinity has a higher peak of aggression. These two values may suggest that “Mexican young adults indicate that individuals from Mexico—presumably a relatively collectivist culture—may engage in somewhat more violent acts” (). This study suggests that Mexican adult has more tendency to violence since in collectivist cultures its seems more acceptable of violence. Mexican men are more violent than women since collectivistic “particularly…

Utilitarianism is the philosophy that one’s morality is based on the result of the action. Regardless if the action is morally good or wrong, what matters is if the result was in favored of a good deed. Utilitarianism focus on the well-being of the people. If the result contributes to the betterment of one’s life, then there are no wrongdoings. For example, the death penalty is a justifiable act by the government because criminals have badly injured or killed a member of the community. Another…

victim” (Evans). Not only does is affect the criminal's family, but capital punishment also affects the victim's family. The death penalty puts the media spotlight on murderers and makes fame out of a killer. Execution turns offenders into victims and they gain celebrity in their death. For example, everyone knows the name “Jeffrey Dahmer” but next to nobody knows the name of his 17 victims. Opponents argue that capital punishment affirms the sanctity of life. Death sentences are subject to…

This movie portrays the law system as being unjust, and the fact that justice is served by the work of the Haller, the main character not the law system. This film also stresses the flaws of the law system, and all the flaws of the law system are due to current rules and laws. The flaws of the law system include allowing the judge to give a directed verdict, the death penalty, and plea deals. For some these may not seem like flaws but in the movie they are presented as flaws of the legal system,…

American who was sentenced to six strokes of the cane in Singapore for theft and vandalism. I believe that his punishment was justifiable. After all he was in a foreign country, so shouldn’t he have to face the consequences of that country? If you go into a country that is not your home, and commit a crime, then you should have to face the consequences of the country that you are in. Was the punishment for Fay’s crime a bit harsh? Yes it was, but did he deserve it? Yes because if he was not…

mentally retarded be held fully responsible for his or her actions? In June 2002, the supreme court ruled in the Atkins V. Virginia case that the execution of the mentally retarded was a violation to the eighth amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment. in 1984, Earl Washington, a man with an lQ of a 10 year old child because of his mental disabilities,…

Sometimes killing like in cases of self-defense is justified or if that person has killed someone is justified. But when it becomes murder they should be punished. In cases of self-defense they should not be punished because it was either they killed the other person or they would be killed. George should not be punished because, Lennie had killed Curley’s wife. Also he was never going to get better and would always make the same mistakes to every single place they go. “Go on, George.…