Capital Punishment
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There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime (Cox). It is not intended to inflict any p ....
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.... Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies.
Although the death was widely accepted throughout t ....
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