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In 8 pages, the author gives an overview of capital punishment: definition, arguments supporting and opposing capital punishment, whether it is applied in a manner that is racially discriminatory, trends in public opinion toward capital punishment, attitude change is attributed to what factors, and after examination of the research, the foreseeable future of capital punishment. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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form of punishment in the criminal justice system. There are others such as life sentences. The death sentence is given to those that commit capital crimes such as
murder. Capital punishment is legal. There are many pros and cons associated with capital punishment. Some suggest that capital punishment is racist, and others feel this could
not be further from the truth. Many feel that capital punishment is wrong, while others see it as just deserts for those who commit heinous crimes.
In the 1990s capital punishment has generally been reserved for the crime of murder (PG). To kill those who have killed is a right of
society. This type of thinking goes back in time to the Code of Hammurabi, which was 1,700 years before Christ, and in the Old Testament Book of Exodus (PG).
They both state that "you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth" (DeWan, 1994, PG). That is the basis for todays capital punishment.
In 1998, American had the distinction of being the "only country among Western industrialized nations that employs capital punishment" (19). The United Nations
favors cessation of capital punishment worldwide, but the United States has objections to this. They cite numerous reasons for this. Americans assume that capital punishment is "meted out
to criminals who rationally and coldly plan the murders of others" (19). DArienzo (1998) asserts that it makes no sense for a judge and jury to do just what
the murderer, in fact, did. He says that thieves do not get ordered to become robbed, nor do rapists get ordered to become raped. Why is the murderer
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