In America's minefield of urban life, Lafayette and Pharaoh are surrounded by violence and poverty through their lives. ... The young lives have virtually no possibility for getting out of the ghetto or even just to grow up. ... They knew that it was an every day part of their life. ... At least prison would keep him off the street and hopefully save his life. ... While reading about the lives of these two boys, your heart breaks. ...

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In America's minefield of urban life, Lafayette and Pharaoh are surrounded by violence and poverty through their lives. ... The young lives have virtually no possibility for getting out of the ghetto or even just to grow up. ... They knew that it was an every day part of their life. ... At least prison would keep him off the street and hopefully save his life. ... While reading about the lives of these two boys, your heart breaks. ...

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American Court System Life with No Possibility of Parole Imagine receiving a 25-year prison sentence with no possible chance of parole. ... Now imagine it is the first offence, and yet there is still a 25-year to life sentence imposed. ... This law state that any individual caught in possession with intent to sell 650 grams of cocaine or heroin must receive a life sentence without a possibility of parole. ... This is a large majority of offenders, with no prior criminal record, who will be spending the rest of their lives in jail. ... These sentences, in Federal cases, can range anywher...

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Thus, to conclude this vital point of consideration, while the death penalty will kill some, it certainly will save an unknown number of lives. ... When someone fails to follow the laws of the country, that individual is jeopardizing his/her life values in society. ... A valid conclusion is that life imprisonment, contrary to popular thought, is easily swayed to parole. ... Their arguments are severely weak, as they are attempting to put a price on human lives. ... After all, far more innocent lives have been taken by convicted murderers than the su...

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Debating whether they receive execution or spend the rest of their ruined lives rotting in a jail cell seems pointless. The government throws away these human's lives. We control the lives of these criminals and we should not waste them. ... This information means that the general public will resolve to end the lives of these killers. ... Death row murderers owe the United States citzens whose lives they have altered so permanently. ...

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According to Mark Costanzo, capital punishment is more expensive then life in jail. ... Which could cause an innocent person to lose his or her life and you can not give someone back their life. ... Therefore, if capital punishment was established, a lot of innocent people are going to lose their lives. ... Innocent lives will be saved. ... We pay more for one man or one woman to be killed than to imprison them for the rest of their lives. ...

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This is where Dick's life began to fall apart. ... They will most likely stay in that class for the rest of their lives. ... Like people have all my life. ... His intent was not to end the lives of the Clutter family but more to rid himself of this metaphorical figure who had tormented him all his life. ... Instead their lives were ended and they had no chance to receive help or express remorse for their crime. ...

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A judge could sentence a man to life in prison. ... How has life in jail become known as ten to fifteen years? ... No human being has the privileged power of deciding who lives and who dies. ... As society's tool of death, capital punishment continues to take the lives of many criminals and even those who were falsely accused. ... Along with the destruction of many lives comes the waste of millions of dollars each year because of capital punishment. ...

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Ending someone's life! ... Many people have been wrongfully accused and have paid with their lives for someone else's mistake. ... Doctors, the people that are supposed to save life are destroying life. ... Capital punishment has claimed the lives of many innocent people. ... It is better for them to rot in a jail cell for the rest of their lives, knowing what they did. ...

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Most people know the threat of crime to their lives, but the question lies in the methods and action in which it should be dealt with. ... Given that the death penalty will probably have absolutely no influence on my life (in the law enforcement sense, not the debate sense). ... The death penalty saves lives. It saves lives because it stops those who murder from ever murdering again. ... Certainly human lives are more important, for it may easily be yours. ...

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There are around 3000 people on death row across the country right now and if these politicians get their way, then 3000 lives will be spared.... All human life does have the right to be respected but there is a point when that right can be lost, if someone takes the life of another human being then they have given up that right. ... Terrorists threaten and endanger the lives of many people so if they are caught, they should immediately be put to death. ... It is cheaper to execute the ones who have life sentences. ... The thousands of criminals who take a person's life should be...

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Criminals have become part of our daily lives. ... "The worst criminal act is the willful and malicious taking of another's life." ... I believe in a life for a life. ... Most criminals would think twice about their actions if they knew that their own lives were at stake. ... A life for a life is a valuable and important argument for the death penalty. ...

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An innocent man lost his life because of a piece of evidence that wasn't even proven to be correct. ... As surprising as it may sound, it costs 3 times more to carry out an execution than to sentence some to life in prison without parole. ... There is no way of knowing how many other innocent lives have been lost due to capital punishment. ... There is no way to possibly calculate the number of innocent lives that have been sacrificed at the hands of unfair judgment. Even for those who have been proven guilty, life in prison without parole is a very substantial replacement for capital...

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Being a part of a gang for some becomes a mechanism for surviving deprivation and trauma within their lives. ... " Gangs appeal to those who suffer from deprivation and trauma within their lives. ... All a person would be thinking about is how their life is going to be. They are going to question everything in their life, especially the current situation that they are in. ... A person's mind can only handle so much, especially dealing with adversity, deprivation, and trauma within their lives. ...

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So you get to make the cost-benefit analysis - which will, of course, come to the conclusion that someone's life is not worth the expense? ... It is one of the saddest things I have ever seen in my life. ... But it does mean that they are not the dispassionate people on whom you should base a logical, legal decision to take a life. ... "So you get to make the cost-benefit analysis - which will, of course, come to the conclusion that someone's life is not worth the expense?" ...

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Is the cost of capital punishment more expensive than life in prison? ... There are plenty of cases where an innocent person was sentenced to life in prison and pulled many years before being exonerated, but we are not trying to abolish life in prison. ... " Is the risk of not using the death penalty because there is no concrete evidence proving its deterrence ability worth the lives of innocent victims? ... There is also no substantial proof that a life in prison sentence deters criminals, but again no one is trying to abolish life in prison sentences. ... It is reported they cost more ...

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Although their homes had loving mothers their gangs had friends, bravado, acceptance, and a way of life. Studies prove that youth join gangs because of "low self-esteem and a stressful home life. ... When he tired of life on the run he returned home and Kary still expected he abide by the rules. ... She tried reasoning with him telling him "...fast life goes fast."... She did everything she could but still she could not save her son's life. ...

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Life expectancy for people diagnosed with this illness reaches a maximum of 54 years old. ... Bertrand wants euthanasia, but he can't because "little Joe farmer" that lives at the other end of the country does not believe in such practice. ... Nadeau dies by the medical practice of assisted suicide or lives through a lot of pain and body deterioration knowing that there is no cure to eventually pass away on his hospital bed? ... I cannot believe that the Canadian population has any sort of power to decide whether someone lives through years of pain knowing there is no exit or if...

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With a good lawyer anyone who is sentenced to life or death can depend more on their lawyer than on a crime. ... If they are strong enough to take away innocent people's lives they should be ready to pay the consequences. ... I think in those cases, they should be given two life sentences, so that they rot in jail feeling pain. ... Christians say that all lives are holy and that we cannot put ourselves in that position. ... When one is unworthy to life, does not value life and want to take the life of others they should be put to death. ...

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With a good lawyer anyone who is sentenced to life or death can depend more on their lawyer than on a crime. ... If they are strong enough to take away innocent people's lives they should be ready to pay the consequences. ... I think in those cases, they should be given two life sentences, so that they rot in jail feeling pain. ... Christians say that all lives are holy and that we cannot put ourselves in that position. ... When one is unworthy to life, does not value life and want to take the life of others they should be put to death. ...

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The death penalty is not as cost effective as life imprisonment. ... Those who take a life should forfeit their own. ... By reinstating the death penalty, America has sent a clear message to criminals that the lives of our children are worth more than just a 15-year prison term. ... Executing each of these inmates following their initial murder conviction would have 821 innocent lives. ... It increases the value of life. ...

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Using math Charlie makes a geographic profiling map to track down where the rapist lives (Devlin and Lorden 1-5). ... To put it another way, geographic profiling aims to use the criminals spots of crime to find where the criminal lives. ... "[A] computer program Russo wrote, called Rigel" is used to find where a criminal lives (6). ... This real life example shows how well math can take the most random variables and use them to predict human behavior. ... In conclusion, math can predict human behavior and thereby improve our life and society. ...

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For example, in California an offender must commit first-degree murder with special circumstances such as sabotage, treason or fatal assault by a prisoner serving a life sentence. ... Justice can still be served even if the criminal gets to live out his life because he is going to be locked in prison for the rest his life and is that not enough? ... The Fourteenth Amendment prevents any state to "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" (U.S. ... In California fifty percent of wrongfully convicted of rape and murder faced death or a life behind b...

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Capital punishment - Life or Death - If you had a choice what would you choose? ... If somebody kills another person they deserve to lose their own lives? ... We simply can't live together if our property, our well being, and even our lives are at the mercy of evil doers. ... Research has shown that life imprisonment is cheaper than capital punishment. ... Wouldn't life in prison without bail be more of a punishment? ...

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What gives the right to take one another's life? ... No statistics have actually shown how many lives capital punishment has saved because some people where on the fence about murdering someone but simply chose not to because of the law on capital punishment. ... What lesson would be taught from capital punishment if you just waste the human life that committed the crime? ... Whether if they spend the rest of their life in jail or get capital punishment, there is no lesson to learn but simply death. ... It's amazing to think that the death of someone could actually teach you so many ...

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