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    Capital Punishment Ever since medieval times, capital punishment has played a key role in killing prisoners. Back then, the death penalty was used all the time, and sometimes for the wrong reasons and innocent people got killed for no reason. Nowadays, things are a lot different, and every victim has the right to a fair trial before proven guilty. Now, topics on the controversial death penalty is up for question whether the death penalty should be legal or not. America needs this use of…

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    Final Paper: Capital Punishment & Abortion This semester we have discussed many topics and the different views on them. One particularly interesting topic for me was capital punishment. In the argument of capital punishment we saw the deontological and utilitarian view. Referring to deontological ethics, we looked at Kant’s theory, which says that is only ok to intentionally hurt someone if acting on a maxim. On the other hand, a utilitarian believes that if punishing someone would produce a…

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    Pro Capital Punishment

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    to treat those who have committed heinous crimes with the same amount of disregard that they have displayed. In the United States and many other countries, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a method of punishing these convicts. As a current controversial ‘hot topic’, there are many people who are strongly against capital punishment. Despite this, it can be heavily supported that the death penalty is justified when it is put into consideration with the crimes committed.…

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    (https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17216). In 2014 more specifically the murder rate significantly increased and brought about many ideas as to what could be done to cope with the growing concerns. As a result, the old age measure of Capital Punishment being implemented resurfaced with individuals believing that the death penalty would provide…

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    Capital punishment has been going on for centuries and in today 's society, people will question if it is unjust or morally wrong. To classify it as cruel and unusual punishment, would it be against our own constitution to continue these atrocities. The government should not have power over who gets to live and who gets to die. All humans are equal and have the right to live; it is immoral for someone to choose to end someone 's life, thus, I argue that the capital punishment is unjust and…

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    Capital Punishment Cons

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    Justice System or the Capital Punishment (the death penalty). Capital punishment its use today and back in ancient times to punish certain crimes. Also the bible prescribes that death for murdered other crimes like kidnapping and witchcraft. The alternative to execution is to have a life in prison with no parole. Still most of the nation has the death penalty this law is governor state by state. This debate over capital punishment includes justice, religion and morality. Capital punishment was…

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    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 abolishment of capital punishment, the reintroduction is encouraged by the majority of the society. Capital punishment is a conflicting concept where the society is easily influenced to accept death penalties as a method of punishing an offender. The intervention…

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    Capital punishment, the United States law that is enforced on society’s most dangerous criminals such as rapist and murderers to “ensure” the safety of citizen and deter crimes as promised. As of right now, there are thirty eight states in the United States that have a death penalty and the cost of the death penalty for each state is different but one thing in similar is it’s not worth spending so much money on killing somebody that could face a better way of punishment. Many believe that the…

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    Capital Punishment Speech

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    tragedy. There is much debate and conversation, whether the people who commit these crimes and are caught should not be allowed a future. Is Capital Punishment morally right or wrong? Is it our decision and our right to take away someone else’s life for committing a crime? Capital Punishment is the legal authorization to kill someone as punishment for a crime. Capital Punishment is currently legal in thirty-two states, including California and illegal in 18 of our smaller states. Some of the…

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    Repeal Capital Punishment

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    should repeal capital punishment. This is a risk we shouldn’t take, by having the death…

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