Having the ability to take courses and improve their lives when they thought it could never happen, makes people want to change their lives and become a part of society in a way they never thought possible. ... Many of the inmates are in prison for years at a time and all they know is the prison life style. ... They tend to resort back to a life of crime because they are having trouble adjusting to society. ... Society has to remember that inmates are human beings too, and sometimes they need an extra push to improve their lives. ... Education is always a great tool regardless of where someon...

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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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Socializaiton is a vital part of our daily lives. As our lives change from day to day, year to year our socializaiton skills also change. ... Meaning, one must change their life style, habit and attitudes. ... As with anyone's life there will be difficult life situations, mistkes will be made and one must reach our to after care.... Resocialization is something everyone does throughout their lives as their roles change from time to time. ...

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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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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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He's been watching the way your family lives, and today is the day he's planning to attack. ... You keep thinking about life in prison versus the death penalty. ... They say that between 3 and 18 lives would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer (procon.org). ... Life in prison doesn't ever seem to last either. ... He was found guilty and received life in prison without parole (deathpenaltyinfo.org). ...

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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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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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The death penalty is costly, unfair; inhumane so therefore should be abolished yet for the past twenty- five years life after life has been taken away in death chambers across America. ... (national) The death penalty seems to be racially discordant because it seems to count white lives as more valuable than black lives. ... Until race and other arbitrary factors, like economics and geography, can be eliminated as a determinant of who lives and who dies, the death penalty needs to be abolished. ... Life is the most precious gift we as humans are given and when someone takes a life, the b...

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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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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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Capital punishment is not only immoral and unethical but it doesn't matter who has done the killing because when life is taken by another human it is wrong. By killing a human being the government lessens the society's value of life and also contributes to the growing opinion today that certain individuals are worth more than others. When the value of life is lessened under certain circumstances such as the life of a murderer, what is stopping others from creating their own circumstances for the value of one's life such as race, class, religion, and economics? ... But what p...

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The American juvenile justice system does not offer fair judgment when sentencing juvenile offenders to life sentences without parole. When dealing with life sentencing, the justice system is not taking into account 1. every aspect of societal issues that arise, 2. the effects the sentence has on these young adults, and furthermore 3. the other ways to help these young teens change their lives positively rather than disregard them all together. ... When dealing with juveniles, we need to ask ourselves what are the benefits of abolishing life sentences without parole? ... The system fails to re...

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And some that die deserve life. ... " When someone commits a crime it affects the order of society; these crimes take away lives, peace, and liberties from society. ... " In a study conducted by Isaac Ehrlich in 1973, it was found that for each execution of a criminal seven potential victim's lives were saved (Death 1). ... However, when a life is at stake, there is no room for error. ... Capital punishment is defined as one person taking the life of another. ...

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And some that die deserve life. ... " When someone commits a crime it affects the order of society; these crimes take away lives, peace, and liberties from society. ... " In a study conducted by Isaac Ehrlich in 1973, it was found that for each execution of a criminal seven potential victim's lives were saved (Death 1). ... However, when a life is at stake, there is no room for error. ... Capital punishment is defined as one person taking the life of another. ...

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