Adriana Quintanilla Professor Woods English 1301 9 November 2012 Reward or Punishment? "The right to life and dignity are the most important of all human rights and this must be demonstrated by the state in everything that it does‚ including the way it punishes criminals.” - Justice Arthur Chaskalson. The death penalty is considered‚ “the legal” punishment for a criminal. Although the death penalty has been used for many years‚ the thought of it continues to bring shivers down the back
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Death Penalty ARET form Final work Pro 1. Removes possibility of future crimes Assertion: I believe we should have the death penalty. Reason: Because it removes the possibility of future crimes and killing of more innocent people. Evidence/Explanation: For the case of Pedro Lopez‚ he had was jailed‚ then came out and killed 100 girls. Then he was jailed again. If he had the death row‚ at least 200 girls would not be dead. Tie up/Conclusion: So we should have death penalty for these cruel
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Article Summarization on the News Article Regarding the Possible Violation of the Eighth Amendment Payton Iannarino The article I found was written on March 14‚ 2011 about the controversy of the constitutionality of the treatment of Private Manning. There have been many articles about this topic‚ but the one I looked at was an editorial in the pages of the New York Times. Private Manning was convicted of leaking restricted military files to WikiLeaks and was arrested on the twenty sixth of May
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The six forms of punishment are capital punishment‚ imprisonment‚ probation‚ restitution‚ fine‚ and community service. Capital punishment is when somebody commits a very serious crime like a first degree murder or something in that nature. The way capital punishment punishes is by lethal injection or electric chair. Imprisonment is for those who commits a crime that is not major or minor. For imprisonment they will be put in
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Drug dealer “Joe” has been leading the drug scene in his town for the past few years. Recently a new guy is in town and is taking his business and recruiting some of his guys. He can’t be having any of that so he plans to “off ” him. But he remembers that if he does that and gets caught‚ he could be tried for first degree murder and possibly get the death penalty. Therefore‚ he decides it’s a bad idea and decides if the two can work together instead. NOT! I’d venture to say that a person with
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The Death Penalty is a serious event that is looked down at by most of the United States. This country has been using the death penalty for several decades‚ many states in the U.S. have stopped using the death sentence but some states still have their own reasoning for keeping it. One thing that most people don’t understand is that the death sentence costs money. The money that is used for the penalty could be used for many other things throughout the states. Those funds could be beneficial to the
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The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has generated a considerable amount of debate and controversy surrounding the question: what is considered “cruel and unusual punishment.” The important issue that develops from this amendment is whether or not the death penalty is constitutional. Over the decades‚ the Supreme Court fails to completely confront the issue by refusing to address any issue that falls outside of the case in question. As a result‚ today’s court is left with many specific instances
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Belle was born on February 5‚1848 in Carthage‚ her birth name was Myra Maybelle Shirley (her parents called her Belle)‚ Belle was one of six children. Belle attended the Carthage Female Academy then Cravens a private school and she was very wistful for music. Belle’s life was an adventure of many marriages and affairs with felons‚ criminals and objectionable characters. She married outlaw Jim Reed and lived in the Oklahoma Indian Territory at the home of outlaw Tom Starr who was a Cherokee.Jim became
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What would you do if you were accused of something you did not actually do? How would you feel if you had to serve a life sentence in prison for a crime you didn’t commit? Adnan Syed is an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Facility‚ serving a life sentence for killing his former girlfriend‚ Hae Min Lee. While there is some evidence saying Adnan is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee‚ there is even more evidence saying he didn’t. Adnan Syed is innocent and had nothing to do with the murder of Hae
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Do Three Strikes Sentencing Laws/ “Get Tough” Approaches Work? It would be safe to assume that most individuals agree that those who commit crimes must deal with the consequences of their law breaking actions. Despite efforts to reduce crime by the traditional form of punishment through incarceration‚ some criminals continue to live felonious lives. This not only poses a problem on their behave but also that of the communities in which they live and are offending. The state of California was determined
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