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A 10 page paper which discusses the death penalty and reasons that
it should be used in our nation. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
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fence we have those who argue that punishment of crimes should not include killing the criminal. And, on the other side we see those who argue that the only way
to deter criminals of hideous crimes is to put the death penalty into affect so that they understand what can happen if they break serious laws. Many argue that
the death penalty is wrong and we cannot punish murderers with murder. Others argue that some crimes are so heinous that there is no other option but the death penalty
in order for justice to be served and people protected. Understandably, some people in history have been executed and found later to have been innocent, but that does not mean
that the death penalty should be abolished. In many cases the death penalty is the best and only option for providing justice and protection. This does not mean that the
law involving the death penalty is infallible, just that it is necessary in many cases. The following paper discusses some of the history of the death penalty, provides a brief
look at such capital punishment in other areas, and then discusses the pros and cons, arguing that the death penalty should not be abolished, but implemented across the nation.
History "Nearly four centuries have passed since the first documented execution on American soil took place in 1608 (Schneider & Smykla, 1991). Early colonial laws concerning capital punishment were borrowed
from British law" (Costanzo; White 1). At the time the English law possessed more than 50 crimes which were deemed capital offenses. Some of these included "vagrancy, heresy, witchcraft, rape,
murder, and treason...Eventually, the American colonies developed their own lists of capital crimes" (Costanzo; White 1). "In modern America the death penalty is used rarely and for only the most
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