Death Penalty In The United States
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The death penalty is a controversial topic in the United States
today and has been for a number of years. The death penalty is currently
legal in 38 states and two federal jurisdictions (Winters 97). The death
penalty statutes were overturned and then reinstated in the United States
during the 197 ....
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.... death penalty desensitizes people
to violence, and it sends the message that violence is a suitable way to
resolve conflicts. Death penalty opponents also condemn the death penalty
because of the possibility of an innocent person being put to death, and
because it can be unfairly applied.
Death penalty opponents feel that the death penalty must be
abolished because it cheapens the value of human life. The death penalty
desensitizes people to murder and violence because, by executing people,
th ....
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