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    Psychology is the study of the mind within humans and the functions that are with it. A psychopath is defined as someone who is mentally ill and emotionally unstable with violent or aggressive behavior (OED). Throughout American and world history, many cases of psychopaths have been found. One psychopath in particular was a serial killer by the name of Albert Fish. Psychopath’s are not freaks of nature; they usually experience a tragic incident or face a hardship over a long period of time.…

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    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The issue we will be identifying today is the death penalty. We describe this as an execution, which is punishment by death. We will be addressing the cruelty and human rights. These colours represent places which have removed the death penalty or haven’t. The blue represents they have removed the death penalty for all crimes, the light yellow represents the death penalty being abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances for example war,…

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    in an unfortunate crime that has led himself in a sentencing to death. The hog, notebook and chair are the few symbols that represented most of the events in Jefferson’s reckoning days. The story revolves around his trial and final days, which is when the symbolic figures are introduced. Jefferson is compared to a hog by the people in the story. Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this (Gaines 8). As the attorney degrades Jefferson in front of the city, his speech still…

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    The death penalty is a hard subject to talk about, it is used in some of the federal prisons in the United States. The death penalty, also called “Capital Punishment”, is a sentence no one wants to hear, not even the bravest of criminals. I personally agree with the death penalty just because I believe in the famous quote written in the bible “an eye for an eye.” I believe that the death penalty is a good way to get rid of criminals who do heinous and brutal crimes. In addition, the death…

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    Ted Bundy is one of those criminals that will never be forgotten with the stuff that he pulled off and the stuff he got away with. Ted changed his named and was previously known as Theodore Robert Cowell rather than Ted Bundy. Ted was born in Starke, Florida, located in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Ted grew up having a very confusing life, he was adopted by his grandparents and was always told his own mother was actually his sister. Although he was very smart he did a lot of damage in a few…

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    From 1907-1917, six states took capital punishment away and three states limited it to treason and first degree murder cases. The electric chair was invented in New York in 1888, and first used in 1890. Other states started ordering the electric chair as well to use it in their facilities and at the time it was the primary method for executions. Cyanide gas, a deadly chemical that comes in various forms, was thought of in 1924 and used on an…

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    states of America follow the trend by punishing criminals . Were you disagree or agree this method goes on. Death Sentence over the course of time, there have been five different methods: hanging, lethal injection, lethal gas, fire squad and electric chair. All form of punishment are constitutional and does not defy the eight amendment of “cruel and unusual” . Two forms of execution still being carry out today by each state is the lethal injection and lethal gas. Both methods are different in…

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    In 1989, the infamous Theodore Bundy took his last breath as he paid for every murder and rape he had ever committed. After years of terrorizing the nation, Bundy had finally been seized and sentenced to death by electric chair. The Los Angeles Times described the people standing outside the prison, where Bundy was executed, as joyous while “a few were shocked at the celebration that filled the chilly morning air” (latimes.com). This was only one execution that has sent the nation into a frenzy…

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    his disabled arm which obviously couldn’t have been done, however whenever Robinson was asked is Mayella purposely threw herself at him he never agreed with it. Robinson was later found guilty and was sentenced to death. Before he left the electric chair get the best of him Robinson tried to escape out of the jail yard one day by climbing the fence. Maybe if he wouldn’t have had a disabled arm maybe the outcome would have been different but since that slowed him down he was shot seventeen times…

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    Punishment? Capital punishment is the act of legally executing someone for a crime they have committed after a fair legal trial. It is in also called the death penalty. It is carried out by the state in various methods including lethal injection, electric chair, gas chamber and hanging. In most countries where it is still carried out, it is mostly carried out the punishment for murder. In other countries, however, it extends to culprits found guilty of treason, rape, fraud and adultery.…

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