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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Juveniles and the Death Penalty A highly controversial topic‚ in current affairs and throughout history‚ is the death penalty being the punishment for certain crimes. Even more passionate contention erupts from including juveniles amongst those being prosecuted. The death penalty should not be ruled out for minors. The previous statement is what is intended to be proven by the closing of this paper. Although intensely circumstantial‚ there are instances when it is agreed by numerous individuals
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Is the Death Penalty Justified? Jessica Valentine PHI 103 Informal Logic Professor Stephen Carter March 20‚ 2012 Is the Death Penalty Justified? The death penalty will always be a topic some people refuse to talk about. When in fact‚ it is a very serious topic and people should know how and why the death penalty is not justified. I believe the death penalty is not justified in the least bit because there are people sitting up in prison just living life because the state does not want to
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Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty‚ written by Mark Costanzo‚ neatly lists reasons for opposition‚ and abolishment of‚ the death penalty. Costanzo provides a review of the history of the death penalty‚ a review of how the death penalty process is working today‚ questions on whether or not if the death penalty is inhumane and cheaper than life imprisonment. He also questions if the death penalty is fairly applied and the impact‚ if any‚ that it has on deterrence. He closely examines the
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Santos December 18‚ 2014 Race and the Death Penalty The death penalty is an extremely difficult topic to discuss for many individuals. There are many individuals who have trouble accepting this form of punishment still exists in the U.S. because of they find it to be inhumane. A lot of individuals have argued that the death penalty serves no justice and the punishment is basically a crime for a crime. There has also been a correlation with race and the death penalty‚ specifically in the southern
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The death penalty‚ also known as capital punishment‚ is punishment by death for a convicted crime. American’s often consider it a controversial topic‚ especially in terms of its constitutionality. This paper aims to outline the constitutionality of the death penalty and argues that it is unconstitutional because it contradicts the Eighth and Sixth Amendments of the Constitution. The Constitution outlines the framework of the United States Federal government with the intent to unite states with different
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Reflections on the Death Penalty For centuries the death penalty has been used to as a punishment for the crime of taking another’s life‚ but does it really have the desired affect on the populace to discourage others from committing the same offense? The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon‚ which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes‚ and now in the year 2007 we still sentence men to death‚ with enough
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The Death Penalty is a serious event that is looked down at by most of the United States. This country has been using the death penalty for several decades‚ many states in the U.S. have stopped using the death sentence but some states still have their own reasoning for keeping it. One thing that most people don’t understand is that the death sentence costs money. The money that is used for the penalty could be used for many other things throughout the states. Those funds could be beneficial to the
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ENG2D-101 June 23‚ 2014 Abolish the Death Penalty Many believers of the death penalty see it as an effective punishment in part to the saying “an eye for an eye”. They see it as a way to discourage violent offenders and ensure safety in their communities. In practice‚ the death penalty does not single out the worst offenders. Rather‚ it selects an arbitrary group based on irrational factors such as the quality of the defense counsel‚ the geographic location of the crime or the race of the defendant
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A. Should the death penalty be given to minors? The two groups against this issue‚ are the religious and medical groups. They believe they are too young to know what they have done. The medical groups believe adolescents are less developed than adults and should not be held to the same standards. . The opposing side‚ held mostly by state officials‚ feel if they are old enough to commit the crime they‚ old enough to get the punishment‚ including death. B. The very first execution of a minor
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