Extractions: NIE EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT The death penalty, legal in 38 U.S. states, is the strictest form of criminal punishment allowable by law. Execution is a controversial subject. Some believe that it's cruel and that we don't have the right to take another's life, no matter what the circumstances. These people would like to see capital punishment abolished. Others feel it's acceptable punishment for savage criminals who are considered beyond rehabilitation. What's your viewpoint? Formulating an opinion about this issue is not an easy task. N-J/David Tucker Convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos attempts to explain a matter during the hearing in front of Judge Hutcheson. The controversy over capital punishment becomes more heated when special circumstances arise. In Missouri, a 16-year-old male was sentenced to death for two murders. The young man was brain damaged, and his age and mental handicap caused an outcry about the death penalty. Read one newspaper writer's opinion about the death sentence, and try to decide whether you agree or disagree. Would you feel the same if there were no "special" circumstances?
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Extractions: Capital Punishment Links on this web page are related to the pros and cons of Capital punishment, Catholic thought on the issue, capital punishment statistics and a review of the famous film Dead ManWalking. Check out books on Capital punishment at Amazon.com The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Review... Catholics Against Capital Punishment A Catholic national advocacy organization working for the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. There are many references to documents written by the U.S Bishops and Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II on Capital Punishment Pope John Paul II writes on Capital Punishment in the encyclical Envangelium Vitae. In the document the Pope offers the rationale for a limited use of the death penalty in rare occasions. U.S government Statistics on Capital Punishment U.S Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. The site contains statistics on the number executed each year, number on death row and the break down on race. Death Penalty Information and Resources The web site contains numerous links to death penalty sites, department of Justice statistics, and articles. Cardinal Avery Dulles - Catholicism and Capital Punishment.
The Pros And Cons Of Capital Punishment Background. capital punishment is the lawful infliction of death as a punishmentand since ancient times it has been used for a wide variety of offences. http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/thoughts.html
Extractions: Conclusions Background. Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of death as a punishment and since ancient times it has been used for a wide variety of offences. The Bible prescribes death for murder and many other crimes, including kidnapping and witchcraft. By 1500 in England, only major felonies carried the death penalty - treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. By 1700, however, Parliament had enacted many new capital offences, and hundreds of persons were being put to death each year. Reform of the death penalty began in Europe by the 1750s, and was championed by academics such as the Italian jurist Cesare Beccaria, the French philosopher Voltaire, and the English law reformers Jeremy Bentham and Samuel Romilly. They argued that the death penalty was needlessly cruel, overrated as a deterrent, and occasionally imposed in fatal error. Along with Quaker leaders and other social reformers, they defended life imprisonment as a more rational alternative. By the 1850s these reform efforts began to bear fruit. Venezuela (1853) and Portugal (1867) were the first nations to abolish the death penalty altogether. In the United States Michigan was first state to abolish it for murder in 1847. Today, it is virtually abolished in all of Western Europe and most of Latin America.
Extractions: for Students ... Articles by Alpha NEWS-JOURNAL EDITORIAL Every argument in favor of the death penalty is based on the assumption that the threat of execution prevents those who might otherwise commit murder. It's a spurious argument at best. But it truly fails when the accused murderer can't understand his own crime, let alone the potential consequences. Executing mentally retarded people is a barbaric act, especially since many are wrongfully convicted. It's not uncommon for a retarded defendant to confess in an attempt to be helpful or to show off. They often have difficulty recalling the truth and can be easily persuaded to change their minds. But the bottom line is this: They can't comprehend what's going on. Executing someone like that, even when they're guilty, serves no purpose. If anything proves that point, it's the case of Johnny Paul Penry. Penry was brain-damaged at birth, and brutally abused from infancy. His multiple problems make his actual IQ hard to diagnose, but psychologists say he probably scores in the low 50s, with a mental age of about 7. Socially, his development was slowed even further by the abuse, which included a year spent locked in a closet and a deliberately broken arm that was never set. There is no doubt that Penry raped and murdered Pamela Carpenter in 1979. But there can also be no doubt that he didn't understand his crime. Now on Texas' death row, Penry spends most of his time coloring and looking at comic books.
Extractions: for Students ... Articles by Alpha News-Journal Editorial Civilized societies do not sentence children to death. They do not execute the mentally retarded. Florida's lawmakers don't seem to grasp that. They're pushing a constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would strip Floridians of basic rights and allow horrendous miscarriages of justice. There's no need for this legislation. Florida's death penalty is grimly secure despite the gradual shift in public opinion away from executions. Recent action in both courts and the Legislature rendered even speculative threats moot. The situation was slightly different in 1998, when lawmakers asked voters to approve an amendment preserving the death penalty. At the time, the gruesome outcomes of badly botched electrocutions were fresh in everyone's memory, as was the Florida Supreme Court's admonition that the state was headed for a constitutional train wreck if its death-penalty law wasn't revised. That spawned a 1998 constitutional amendment, which was really aimed at preserving the electric chair, not the death penalty. The amendment didn't prevent the eventual switch to lethal injection but it did remove the state prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment for any crime.
Angel/Pros And Cons While the vast majority of US Catholics support capital punishment, the Church'shas been officially opposed to the death penalty for more than two decades. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/procon/tindex.html
Extractions: Philosophical discussion of the death-penalty. History of state-sanctioned death penalty for certain crimes. Ethical, religious and philosophical thought regarding capital punishment. Views for and against. Civil and moral legislation. State theory of various Western philosophers. Controversy surrounding the death penalty in the U.S. Racism. Whether capital punishment acts as a deterrent against crime. Contends that juveniles should not be put to death. Cites the U.S. as the only industrialized country in the world that continues to execute juvenile offenders. Cites failure of capital punishment as a deterrent. Discusses alternative punishments and the Constitutionality of the issue. Need for preventive measures.
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Extractions: DEATH PENALTY: PROS AND CONS Parliamentary Hearings on Death Penalty Moratorium On 30 May the House of Representatives of the National Assembly held hearings on death penalty moratorium. Representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations, including Viasna, were invited to the hearings. The topic "Political and legal problems of banning the capital punishment in the Republic of Belarus" made it clear that no definite decision would be taken. The deputies only debated the issue. The very first speaker remarked the hearing would be of a consultative nature. Opening the meeting Vice-Speaker Uladzimir Kanaplow mentioned that the deputies had gathered there not for making specific decisions: "Hardly anybody can give a definite answer, whether we need death penalty in our legislationÂ… Generally speaking, this is a very important issue, hasty decisions are unallowable". Indeed, during the 4 and a half hours hearing guest experts and MPs voiced different ideas and opinions. The speakers definitely did not show unanimity of views. However, the majority of speakers were neither for, nor against death penalty moratorium, noting that in many ways society was not ready to take such a serious step. Practically all speakers spoke on the subject of Europe's influence on the issue. Deputy Prosecutor General Mikhail Sniahir said: "We can draw nearer to Europe, going our own ways. We shouldn't grovel at their feet to be accepted into the European structures. Moreover, I should put it clear, they have a special attitude to Belarus, and it is not always inspired by warm feelings and a desire to help us".
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Extractions: By Lubna Khader (Star Staff Writer) JORDAN (Star) - SAID QASHASH entered his home and committed one of Jordan's most heinous crimes. He murdered his parents, sisters, brothers, relatives and even a friend. Qashash, a teenager, was sentenced to death a year ago for first degree murder that ended the lives of 13 people. Last week, Bilal Mussa, 27, was hanged at dawn at the Swaqa prison for murdering 11 people over a four-year period. His wife was sentenced to prison for complicity. This brings the number of executions to eight this year. Not everybody, though, agrees with the imposition of capital punishment. Some believe the gallows that ended the lives of Qashash and Mussa must be cut off. Is capital punishment a fair verdict? Why do many support it, while others oppose it? The Star measured the public pulse.
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Extractions: Capital Punishment Judi Gordon National States International Support ... Encyclopedia Britannica Capital Punishment in the United States Capital Punishment in various states Capital Punishment in other Countries In Support of Capital Punishment Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment - by John Stuart Mill. Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment - A student project Clark County Prosecuting Attorney: The Death Penalty - offers statistics and information on the death penalty in Indiana and factual and legal summaries of cases since 1977.
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Extractions: Capital Punishment/Death Penalty Pro (Supporting) Capital Punishment/Death Penalty Without a doubt, there are a lot more articles that have been written against capital punishment than supporting it. However, if you need to argue the pro side of capital punishment, hopefully, some of the following information will help. Some of the more common arguments supporting the death penalty include: deterrence to crime; Lex Talionis (an eye for an eye) or the punishment fits the crime; costs less than a life sentence in prison; safer than allowing criminal to be paroled to do more harm back on the street. www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/issues.html is an excellent web site to get the pros and cons of the death penalty. If your report needs to be just a few pages, then this site may be all that you need. www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html will supply some information supporting the death penalty. Wesley Lowe has a web page devoted to the pro stance of the death penalty. There is a lot of supportive information for the death penalty, at this site:
