Immanual Kant, a philosopher on the matter of ethics, founded the Categorical Imperative, which is a rule known all around the world, that states that society and its individuals "must act in such a way that you can will that your actions become a universal law for all to follow" (Palmer 265). ... According to Amnesty International, the "death penalty is a lethal lottery: just one out of every one hundred people arrested for murder is actually executed" (Death Penalty Focus). ... A number of states sought to resolve the discriminatory and arbitrary nature of the death penalty by simply sentenc...

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