Cruelty of Capital Punishment
Date Submitted: 04/24/2003 06:57:18
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1333 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1333 words)
Cruelty of Capital Punishment
Capital punishment is the legal infliction the death penalty.
It is obviously the most severe form of criminal punishment. (Bedau1)
Capital punishment is a controversial way of dealing with violent
criminals. The main alternative to the death penalty is life in
prison. Capital punishment has been around for thousands of years as a
means of eradicating criminals. A giant debate started between
supporters and opposers of execution, over the morality and
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…on the money wasted housing
prisoners during the appeals process.
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Works Cited
1. Bedau, Hugo Adam "Capital Punishment" Encarta 96 Encyclopedia
(CD-ROM) Microsoft Corporation, 1996.
2. The Bible
3. Bedau, Hugo A. "Capital Punishment" Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
(CD-ROM) Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. 1995.
4. Guernsey, JoAnn Bren. Should We Have Capital Punishment?.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1993.
5. http://www.hotsites.com/fightback/jfa/DP.html (website)
6. Bender, David L., and Bruno Leone. The Death Penalty Opposing
Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1991.
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