This type of death is clearly not cruel because the state is offering the civil form of the most severe penalty, death. ... This failure forces the issue of questioning why we use such a punishment that fails to discourage others from committing similar crimes. ... Life in prison is a very severe punishment, which forces the criminal to reflect on their actions. ...

• Word Count: 1591
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• Grade Level: High School

Clearly the goal is to discourage people from doing wrong to begin with. ... The United States must allow history to repeat itself and through more severe use of the death penalty, curtail violent crimes within society. ...

• Word Count: 1419
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• Grade Level: High School

They assume that we execute murderers primarily because we believe it will discourage others from becoming murderers. ... Matthew would have been given some other kind of less severe punishment instead of the death penalty. ...

• Word Count: 860
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• Grade Level: High School

To discourage would-be criminals, society has always used punishment. ... An Article in Mother Jones present 13 "criminals" with severe mental illness that were still sentenced to the death people. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School