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    COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS - FOCUS ON THE ISSUES AND be specific in your recommendation. Naturally you must cite sources... Please do not overly complicate this task. For all students‚ the paper is due in the DROPBOX as assigned or it is late. The penalty for late work in 10% per day and no credit will be given three (3) days thereafter‚ so just get it done and turned in on time. Save the document in word in either .doc or .docx format or I will not be able to open the document and you will not

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    Marshall According to the American Society of Criminology‚ each year there are about 250 people added to death row and 35 executed in the United States. The death penalty is the harshest form of punishment enforced in the United Sates today. Once a jury has been convicted of a criminal offense‚ they go to the second part of the trial‚ the punishment phase. If the jury recommends the death penalty and the judge agrees‚ then the criminal will face some form of execution; lethal injection is the most

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    to the courts to decide whether or not their deeds warrant their imprisonment or their death. The eighth amendment states that “excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”. Many people’s arguments against the death penalty seem to revolve around its violation with this amendment. In my opinion this argument is invalid because although death was once considered a “cruel and unusual punishment through its earlier methods‚ no such

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    poem and the song shared were they both had apostrophe and both of their stanzas are quatrain. Something that “To an Athlete Dying Young” had that “My Hero” did not have was metaphors and personification. The poem and song are both try to look at death in more of a positive way‚ and being young but still being able to have such an affect on others. Alfred Edward Housman‚ usually knowns as A.E. Housman was the eldest of seven siblings‚ a classical scholar‚ and poet who lived from 1859 to 1936. In

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    Pros and Cons of Death Penalty PROS: 1. Taxpayer dollars are no longer going to support the care for these heinous individuals. Also helps to reduce the overpopulation problems in our prisons. 2. Harsh punishment of this kind would serve as a deterrent for future crimes committed. 3. Peace of mind can be brought to those families devastated by these criminals‚ with the safety of knowing that these people have no possibility of hurting again. 4. With new technology and DNA testing‚ we can

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    It was difficult to choose a topic. The purpose of this speech is to persuade you- young people. How I can do it? It is not easy; I am here just two years and have couple friends from my generation. Actually I don’t know what are your opinions and attitudes to many events and existing cultural differences do not make it easer. However‚ there are several problems that are the same for many countries and one of the more concerned is book reading. I checked my guess in Internet. Yes‚ the results of

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    which those on death row have committed? What he or she has done was barbaric‚ not the act of humanely executing he or she. Another claim is that that execution can have a sort of martyring effect on a serial killer‚ and that life in prison is much worse than death. Although‚ 68% of the United States population fears death‚ so there’s a good chance he or she is more afraid of dying than living rather comfortably in a cell for the rest of their life. It’s easy to see that the death penalty is the correct

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    Jeremy Brooks Suzanne Gerbasi Coms 101-37 10/30/12 Persuasive Speech Topic: Abolition of the Death Penalty General Purpose: To Persuade Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that we should abolish the death penalty in California. Central Idea: The death penalty should be abolished because of the inefficiency of the legal system‚ its high economic cost‚ and its moral implications. I. Introduction When I joined the current debate team in high school‚ I knew I would have to learn

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    Persuasive Speech Ariel Larson COM 101-4006 Death Penalty Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the death penalty should be nationally legal. Central Ideas: Share the benefits of death penalty by explaining some of the basics‚ providing you with some statistics‚ sharing stories with you of some people who have been executed‚ argue the biggest conflicts affecting this debate‚ and explain how executions are punishment and a safety precaution. Introduction I. A family of four returns

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    Fabio Soto English composition 2 LIBRARY SCAVENGER HUNT Answer the following questions using library or online sources. Respond to each question with one or two complete‚ correct sentences. Document your sources using MLA documentation guidelines. Reference the Works Cited document located in Week 5’s Assignment instructions to complete questions 1-10. 1. Who was president of the United States when the Federal Reserve was created? ANSWER: When the Federal Reserve was created the

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