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Capital punishment

Date Submitted: 08/07/2003 08:25:02
Length: 5 pages (1487 words)
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        If... he has committed murder, he must die. In this case, there is no substitute that will satisfy the legal requirements of legal justice.There is no sameness of kind between death and remaining alive even under the most miserable conditions, and consequently there is no equality between crime and the retribution unless the criminal is judicially condemned and put to death.' Immanuel Kant.         About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's 'Death …

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…vengeance would be a strong issue, I still have a respect for human life and suffering and it seems only logical in the long run after careful rationalization that the points of opposition against the death penalty would benefit society and the economy. Therefore, I must decide against the death penalty and turn the other cheek and hope that the criminal will receive his fair share of suffering through guilt and isolation in the end.

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