... to have some form of punishment for the offender. All three of these are convincing but none of them justifies the killing of the criminal. I strongly believe that the death penalty doesn't dissuade potential criminals and that it should be abolished. Some of you might have strong ... I hope to persuade you that capital punishment is an abuse to humanity that only brings the society down to the same level as the criminal and doesn't deter people, more expensive than life imprisonment, and has the risk of executing innocent people. What is capital punishment? The World ... you, what is t...

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... outrage at particularly offensive conduct. The [execution] may be unappealing to many, but it is essential in an ordered society . Indeed, the decision that capital punishment may be the appropriate sanction [penalty] in extreme cases is an expression of the community's belief that certain crimes are themselves so .. [terrible] that the only adequate response may be the penalty of death (Nardo ... (Nardo p.63)."" The American Civil Liberties Union states that, "Death is a punishment absolute. Final. There are no more appeals. No reversals. It is an irrevocable [permanent] punishment car...

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