Crime and the Death Penalty
Date Submitted: 02/02/2002 16:15:36
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1380 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1380 words)
Crime and the Death Penalty
For most crimes committed in the United States a fine,
sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. However, the
death penalty is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally
right? Is it effective in deterring crime, primarily murders? Weather
or not you agree if it is moral or not, one issue remains. The death
penalty is not an effective way to deter crime.
The death penalty has …
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…from happening. Preventing
crimes from happening is the most effective way to deter crime.
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Bibliography
"Crimes, Politics and Race" Harvard Journal of law and Public Policy
Winter 1997: pg. 405
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Nardo, Don Death Penalty San Diego: Lucent Books Inc, 1992
Wekesser, Carol The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego:
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World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998 Mahwah, NJ: world Almanac and
Book of Facts, 1997
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