Capital requirement

Murderers Shaped by Society Carl Panzram is one of the most horrific killers in history. Driven by an extreme hatred for humanity, Panzram has admitted to murdering at least 22 people and raping 1000 men. In his last years of living, he had written a memoir to document his life. The Spirit of Hate and Vengeance, Panzram’s published autobiography, described his cruel childhood, his barbaric crimes, and life up until his sentence to the death penalty, which he gratefully accepted. When faced with…

The poem Jugged Hare was written by Jean Earle. It covers the events in which a woman makes her husband a meal called jugged hare. She has to skin and gut it despite not wanting to, however does it to please her husband. It is thought that the poem is based during the 1930s or 1940s; a time where there was great gender inequality. At this time, it was a woman’s role to do housework and please her husband, however challenging the task is. This poem could be about a woman who is starting to go…

The debate over the death penalty continues to escalate as more and more individuals gain awareness about the controversies encompassing the topic. This, in turn, calls into question the morality of enacting the process of sentencing someone to death, however, an individual who deliberately murders innocent civilians should not have protection, in regards of morality, from a society, when they pose a dire threat to everyone around them. Morals differentiate between individuals, but the laws put…

“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson, and he is also the main character of the book. Stevenson narrated the stories about law, justice, kindness, compassion, and love with his personal experience. Stevenson was born in a poor, racially segregated rural. He did not affected by the living environment, and he was positive and became a student at Harvard Law School. Stevenson was holding a determination to struggle for racial inequality and to be equitable and fair with one another. At the beginning of…

directly experiencing the harm (or unpleasant consequences of betrayal), Nagel alleges that the act of betrayal is nevertheless a harm for the individual. However, one might question the success of Nagel’s argument in undermining the existence requirement I have outlined above. Although Nagel successfully demonstrates the plausibility of there being non-experiential, relational harms, strictly speaking, the existence of such harms are still logically compatible with fundamental Epicureanism,…

There isn’t a "general" duty of care owed by one person to another (No "good Samaritan rule").A duty of care will arise from an act of a person where the requirements of foreseeability, proximity, fairness, justice and reasonableness establish such a duty (Donohue v Stevenson (1932) AC 582). b) A breach of that duty of care which; Vincent breached his duty of care by not accepting and even attempting a job…

At times, while it may not be clear, symbols may seemed like it’s the most insignificant thing in the story until the very end where in it is revealed to the readers. “The Lottery”, a story written by Shirley Jackson, is about a town that is practicing the act of sacrificing people for prosperity through the use of a lottery. The two main symbols that was used in this story is the rocks that the kids gather up, which represent a rite of passage, and the object used in the lottery itself the…

The defense team of Albert Fish tried to proclaim him insane and save him the capital punishment. In general, however, a successful insanity defense technique for a serial killer is not common, especially when it comes to such a big number of extremely heinous crimes committed against children. Fish was diagnosed with paranoid psychosis, yet found sane and responsible for his actions, thus sent to the electric chair (Hasselt & Hersen, 2013). The psychiatric testimony that was used in the…

The distinctions between serial, mass and sensational or murders who are on a killing spree are, serial killers murder three or more people or as we say victims, but on separate occasions they normally select their victims and have periods of time in between before the next killing, serial murders also like to plan out their murders carefully and will travel to find their victims others may stay in a general area. Serial killers also may have specifics, such as they may target a specific type of…

Rudolf Höss was a Nazi leader who had an important role in the Holocaust. Höss was responsible for the deaths of many Jews and other Europeans. He thought of new ways to kill Jews quicker and more efficiently, and also made other improvements to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was dedicated to his job and guaranteed the executions at Auschwitz would work with little error. Though Höss appeared to be a hard-working individual, some argue that he was a lapdog to other German leaders. Höss…