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This 5 page paper presents a pro/con argument regarding the issue of capital punishment (the death penalty). This paper considers the reasons why this issue has divided the American society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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it an appropriate deterrent to criminal behavior and further support the idea that capital punishment reduces prison overpopulation. Opponents of capital punishment suggest that it is not an effective
response to criminality, and further argue that mistakes have occurred, in which innocent people have been murdered under state-sanctioned capital punishment. In both cases, the arguments presented represent the
struggles of a society to address the punishment of the nations worst criminals, and emotional, social and political reasoning come into play. Background
The main definition of capital punishment, according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Although capital punishment has been
seen as modern social issue, death penalty laws reach as far back as 18th century B.C.E. (Introduction to the Death Penalty, 2002). At that time, there existed rules for dealing
with 25 different crimes through the death penalty in the Code of King Mammaurabi of Babylon (Introduction to the Death Penalty, 2002). In addition, the death penalty was an important
part of the Hittite code during the 14th century B.C.E.; in addition, the 7th century B.C.E. Draconian Code of Athens made death punishable for all crimes (Introduction to the Death
Penalty, 2002). Society has changed considerably since the 14th century BCE, and it is evident that the way in which our society views
capital punishment differs significantly from the seemingly autonomous views of the Hittite culture. In fact, debates about the use of capital punishment have been a part of the political
process for over a century, and the 20th century was marked by a variety of changes in capital punishment law in the United States. During the 1950s and
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