"Capital Punishment Cannot Prevent Murder" talks about the negative aspects of the death penalty.
Date Submitted: 03/09/2004 07:25:52
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 5 pages (1392 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 5 pages (1392 words)
Capital Punishment Cannot Prevent Murder
Capital punishment has always been a controversial topic. Applied already in the ancient times, executions have always been a part of our lives. Nevertheless, more and more countries abolished this kind of penalty because they started to doubt its fairness and reliability. Amnesty International states on its website that" an average of three countries per year have abolished the death penalty since 1976 (...)." The only Western industrialized country that retains capital …
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…there is no justification for capital punishment.
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<http://www.amnesty.org>.
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Bible. Matthew 5:37-44.
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