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    A serial killer carries out a series of murders of at least three or more people. Each serial killer has their own way of doing things. Serial killers differ from one killer to the next because they are different in the way that they kill. There are several differences between the Beauty Killer and the After School Strangler. Many things are different from the two, but the fact that they are both psychopaths remains the same. First, Gretchen Lowell is the Beauty Killer. The name Beauty…

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    The Purpose Of Punishment

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    point of argument could be making a prisoner sane before execution is rational or a good reasoning before killing. In this scenario, Charles Laverne Singleton is a prisoner on death row, and he is awaiting execution for the crime of felony capital murder. Singleton became insane while in prison, it can be inferred that his insanity is related to the approaching date of execution. The eighth circuit court of appeal has ruled that the State…

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    Imposing The Death Penalty

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    The death penalty and its use as punishment often has a whole lot of controversy whether it should be allowed or not. The reason is, the death penalty is not a minor issue like the use of school uniforms, lowering the drinking age, or legalizing gay marriage. This controversial issue is substantial because it’s about giving someone who commits capital crime the punishment of execution. Many often argue that it simply does not serve justice. In contrast, many people believe that it should be a…

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    Juvenile Death Penalty There is a lot of controversy as to where there should be a death penalty in the justice system or if they should get rid of it. There have been several inmates on death row that end up being innocent. There must be more stipulations in place in order to sentence a criminal with the death sentence. There is also controversy over whether juvenile death sentence is unconstitutional. There are several scientific studies where it shows that juveniles have less cognitive…

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    You outranged all men! Bending your bow to the breaking-point.” (line 1319-1323). In this quote the chorus characterizes Oedipus as a man of misery who will bring suffering and pain wherever he goes. Having gone so far in his investigation of the murder Oedipus refuses to accept his limits and continues the search for answers even as Jocasta pleads with him saying, “Stop - in the name of god, if you love your own life, call off this search! my suffering is enough.” (line 1163-1165) Oedipus,…

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    Some people say that crime keeps going up. Others say that it is going down as time goes on. Either way, some people feel that capital punishment is a deterrent of crime. Others feel that the death penalty is inhumane and a cruel and unusual punishment that will never be appropriate, no matter what the crime was. People who are pro-capital punishment theorize that a person is less likely to commit a crime because they do not want to die at the hands of the government. People saying the…

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    Therefore, some of the philosophers based their thought on the degree of evil most particularly murder, and classified murder in two distinctive groups, namely first and the second degree murder. And, the second degree murder was related to manslaughter, which mean killing without the intention. From, their high level of reasoning this philosopher declared that the murderers involved in the first degree murder were to be automatically categorized to death penalty as their form of punishment.…

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    burglary tools, in which he got connected to more than just robbery. In 1975 he was arrested for kidnapping a young lady and just two years after that he was charged with the murder of another woman which in the attempt he jumped out a window but was caught only eight days later. In the 1970 's Ted Bundy was connected to 36 murders in several states. In December 1977 Ted Bundy escaped from just by digging a hole in the ceiling of his cell and losing weight just so he could fit through it. A…

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    pleading guilty and being sentenced to death for the murder of three women. Gibson’s victims included Karen Hodella age 44 of port orange, Florida in 2002, Stephanie kirk age 35 of Charlestown, Indiana in March 2012, and Christine Whitis, age 75 of Clarksville, Indiana in April 2012. Gibson was classified as a sadist and rapist. His preferred method being strangulation, stabbing with a knife and mutilation. Gibson was arrested April 2012 after the murder of Christine Whitis, Gibson’s sisters…

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    Many argue that terrorisms and murders commit massive killing should be executed as soon as possible because they cause great pain and sorrow to others. In my perspective, life sentence can definitely provide the same retribution, since we could also sentence the criminal life imprisonment…

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