... 39). Those who oppose capital punishment contend that supporters of the death penalty fail to consider the complexities of our criminal justice system. They insist most Americans believe the criminal justice system favors the rich over the poor. They argue that the death penalty underestimates the worth of life and ... that the discrepancy is equal to legislative hypocrisy and that if the sanction is not going to be applied, it should ... to which reflective moral response is possible. A moral response to the certainty of death at sunrise is possible. But waiting to be executed is not th...

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... rethinking this difficult issue and committing ourselves to pursuing justice without vengeance. With our Holy Father, we seek to build a society so committed to human life that it will not sanction the killing of any human person." From http://www.cacp.org/pages/585867/index.htm 5) LET`S END THE CYCLE OF DEATH, by Robert M. Vallee (The Rev. Robert M. Vallee is chair ... local communities. They divert public funds from law enforcement and other more pressing needs, and create anxiety, anguish and uncertainty for the loved ones of both the victim and the criminal. * The death penalty is a...

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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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... United States, pending the outcome of several court challenges. Since our nation's founding, the government, colonial, federal and state, has punished murder and, until recent years, Rape with the ultimate sanction: death. On Thur April 8th 2004 I got a change to witness a play called "The Exonerated" at the State Theater down town Minneapolis. The Play is about 6 monologues from different actors that ... should be placed on a matter that involves taking someone's life. In my mind and the mind of many others the death penalty will always remain defined as "disciplinary" execution. Our c...

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