... begins to provide an overview of the background of the colony, a description of the apparatus used to execute prisoners, and the judicial process. Upon learning that the prisoners were condemned with no opportunity to defend themselves, the Traveler became visibly distort. Recognizing the Traveler's uneasiness, ... 2003, p. 4). The Officer's basic principle, seems to be his justification for executing these prisoners without remorse. The Officer ends his explanation of the sentencing process with "it's that simple,"" (p. 4) as if he sees nothing wrong in condemning a man to such a grueso...

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... 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. We should use the thousands of them to better our society. Rather than capital ... minimum of 20 years of service and extensive rehabilitation depending on the severity of their crimes. Allowing parole will encourage hard work and commitment. The process of training, organizing and disaplining these people will help the state government to clean up roadways, dig sewer trenche...

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... of executing innocent people. As long as capital punishment exists in our society it will continue to spark the injustice which it has failed to control. 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 ... all knowing government can not supercede, otherwise how can any nation or let alone any state expect its citizens not to follow in its foot steps. Those who support the death penalty believe, or claim to believe, that capital punishment is morally and ethically acceptable. The majority of their .....

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