1. Death Penalty
Currently, 38 states enact capital punishment in response to the most "heinous of crimes". ... In the early 1970's, the chief argument in favor of the death penalty was its assumed deterrence of crime. ... Today, there are widespread agreements among both criminologists and law enforcement officials that capital punishment has little curbing effect on crime rates. ... In this instance, one argues that those who commit the "most heinous of crimes" should be executed simply on the grounds that it is the appropriate punishment (U.S. ... it for the most heinous crimes, are also the most pr...
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