1. Capital Punishment
... were women. In this same year nearly two thirds of the convicts on death row were convicted of prior felonies. About one in twelve had prior homicide convictions. The average person on death row was twenty-eight years old. Two percent of the inmates were at the age of seventeen or younger, but by years end the youngest inmate was eighteen and the oldest was eighty-five years old. (Capital Punishment ... and that we as a society are in to much of a rush to convict and punish. Other argue that inmates on death row are costing the country billions of dollars and should be put to death imme...
- Word Count: 1176
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School