... opponents of capital punishment objected to its brutality. Executions were in public spectacles involving cruel methods. In addition, capital punishment was not reserved solely for the most serious crimes. Death was the penalty for a variety of minor offenses. Capital punishment doesn't give anyone the solution. It doesn't give the life back of the innocent person and doesn't teach the criminal anything. It ... ...

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