Capital Punishment
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In the past, people have invariably felt that if they had been wronged
in some way, it was his or her right to take vengeance on the person that
had wronged them. This mentality still exists, even today, but in a lesser
form because the law has now outlined a person's rights and developed
punishme ....
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.... down of the list of one hundred crimes to twelve, punishable by
the death penalty in 1833, and in 1869 it was cut down yet again to just
three: treason, rape, and murder because of violent nature of these crimes.
These crimes, even today, are still viewed as violent and should be
punished with the highest degree of discipline available to achieve justice.
After much public pressure, capital punishment was suspended on a
trial run in 1967. This proved to be ineffective, beca ....
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