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This solution is applied, expressly or tacitly all over the world. The usual alternative for extremely serious crimes remain life imprisonment. However, "although nearly all member states [of the EU] provide for this type of punishment in their respective penal codes either as a possibility or mandatory, it is understood rather as a principle than as common knowledge" (Use of the Death Penalty Worldwide)
What would it take to work?
There is a big a step ahead that needs to be taken in order to abolish the death penalty, and it involves the mentality of the people. Many Americans are avid for larger and more powerful guns. How would such people accept that the dead penalty is inhumane? Perhaps social campaigns could prove useful in such a case.
What is the history of the death penalty in the U.S.
The United States have a long history of applying the death sentence. Its violent past was perfect for the development of such practices. What is truly disturbing is that mentalities do not seem to change. Southern states still apply predominantly the death penalty, as numerous articles and statistics prove. "America's high ranking among the most frequent deployers of capital punishment is due in surprisingly large part to the predilection of one region -- and particularly one state, and even more particularly one county -- for the practice. ... Fifteen southern states have...
executions since 1977. Texas alone, with 289 executions, is responsible for 35% of the total during that time, and has often ranked among the top ten countries in the number of people it executes each year. And Harris County, which encompasses Houston, has executed more people than all states except Texas and Virginia over the past quarter century." (Moral Justice)
The evolution of death the death penalty in the U.S. (source: Moral Justice)
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2. Dority, Barbara "Not In My Name," Humanist, 00187399, Mar/Apr93, Vol. 53, Issue 2 ("Not in My Name")
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murderers receive death penalties? Should the Death Penalty Be Mandatory for People Who Kill Other People? Introduction Paragraph "Let the punishment fit the crime" states McCarthy who, like many other American citizens feel, that supports the death penalty. Gallup's annual October Gallup Poll in Princeton, NJ's Social Series indicated that in October 2007, approximately 69% of Americans support the death penalty While many Americans feel that offenders who are convicted and are awaiting sentencing
However, the reasons why people commit crime are as different as the individuals themselves. Intentional murder comes in two different flavors. The first is the carefully plotted, well thought out, planned act. In this scenario, motivational theory takes over. The person must feel that they will gain some type of value from the action. It may be that they gain something, such as money, or they may feel that
" This article puts forward the notion that when analyzing the "...relationships between minority groups and mainstream populations," the issue of whether the use of "formal control is applied fairly and consistently between these different groups" is a pivotal place to begin (Ruddell, et al., 2004). It is pivotal because "injustice" not only can have "a corrosive effect" on the perception of the fairness (or unfairness) of the criminal justice system;
All arguments against the death penalty appear doubly applicable to women so convicted; those already victimized by their circumstances and relationships are further victimized by a justice system that is supposed to help them, while the guilty are allowed to continue with their crimes, freed by the skill of high-priced lawyers. According to Dreyfuss (2003), women convicted of murder specifically face issues such as prosecutors who ignore mitigating circumstances, self-defence,
It would seem that many criminals would find this more amusing than frightening. They do not take their chances of being caught and subjected to capital punishment seriously enough to be frightened by the penalty like many assume they will be (van den Haag, 2001). According to some who believe in God and feel that capital punishment is acceptable under the scriptures, there is one main point, which is that
Death Penalty II The Death Penalty and the Bible The Bible is an important and valuable book providing a wealth of information, and it should be used as a determination as to whether the death penalty should be chosen for certain, specific crimes, despite the often-cited issue of separation between church and state. Biblical Crimes Rape Sodomy Bestiality Adultery Murder f. Other Crimes The Death Penalty Biblical Times Ransom From the Death Penalty The Separation of Church and State The death penalty has been