Extractions: ESSAYS AND BOOK REPORTS This paper examines how capital punishment is applied in the US. Paper #: # of words: # of sources: Written: Author: Ted Kleinert Author's background: Graduated High-School in '95 with honors. Entered a Health Sciences program at a pre-univeristy level institution(Called CEGEP in Quebec), then entered University studies, first as a student of Classics(Greek/Roman languages and history), then transferring into Sociology where I entered the Specialization program. I've maintained a GPA within the program of 3.35 Capital Punishment This paper explores the pros and cons of capital punishment, and argues in favor of a system using the death penalty as a mode of punishment for criminals. Contents Introduction The Current System Flaws in the System An Alternative Conclusion Works Cited From the paper: " Throughout recorded human history, the concept of just retribution, as well as the death penalty has been present in the bulk of social and religious groups. The death sentence was in use in Ancient Greece, what is widely considered the cradle of civilization, as well as ancient Rome, Egypt, and all through antiquity, right up to the present day.
Extractions: What is the difference between moral rhetoric and moral argument? Can the death penalty be defended on the basis of the claim that it is an effective deterrent? Is it a decisive objection to capital punishment to say that it does not respect the sanctity of life, or to note that it will sometimes lead to the execution of innocent people? Are there any crimes that can only justly be punished by death? Can the death penalty be decisively rejected on the grounds that it is a 'cruel and unusual punishment'? Does Christianity provide support for one or another view of the death penalty? Should we accept Kant's judgement that: 'A penalty is imposed justly only if the reason for it is the crime alone'? TRS Home init(11283);
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Extractions: M ORAL D EBATES O F O UR T IMES The year began in 1998 with numerous media reflections on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe vs. Wade decision and the thirty to thirty-five million abortions that the ruling legalized. (In fact, three years earlier in 1995, Norma McCorvey [known as Jane Roe], the woman whose fight for the right to an abortion led to the 1973 Supreme Court decision, said that she disavowed her position and had been baptized by the national head of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.) In January of that year, a New York Times /CBS News telephone survey of 1,101 Americans found one- half viewing "abortion [as] the same thing as murdering a child" and a general preference toward restricting the procedure. For instance, when asked whether a pregnant woman should be able to get a legal abortion if her pregnancy would force her to interrupt her career, only 25% said yesdown from 37% in 1989. With the conclusion of this anniversary year, studies of The Alan Guttmacher Institute found a decrease in the number of abortion providers in the United States and reported the lowest abortion rate since 1975. (Click here for the
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Extractions: Thirty-eight states have capital punishment laws on their books. As a practical matter, though, the death penalty is the province of the South. Three-quarters of the 693 executions that have been carried out since 1977 belong to the 12 Southern states, even though 26 other states, including Pennsylvania and California, have the death penalty on their books. If you add the states that border the South, the figure rises to about 90 percent. Even the federal system, where U.S. attorneys have to request permission from the attorney general to seek the death penalty, has not minimized this disparity. Of the 26 death sentences handed out by federal juries from 1988 to 2000, 23 were cases from Southern or border states.
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Extractions: As part of "The Killing Culture: Capital Punishment in America" program, Raymond Brown, host of the New Jersey Public Television and Radio Network show "Due Process," mediated a forum yesterday in Trayes Hall of the Douglass College Center on the historical, legal and religious ramifications of the death penalty. Brown initiated discussion amongst audience members and a panel comprising ordained minister Hiroshi Obayashi, a University religion professor, University History Professor Mary Hartman and former New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Alan Handler by asking "Have most religions come to a consensus about the death penalty?"
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Extractions: FCL Research Page: California has more condemned inmates than any other state (622 as of April, 2003), most of them are poor, most are black or hispanic , and there is no certainty that the crimes they committed are more heinous than those of prisoners serving life sentences. Although no executions took place during 2003 in California, dozens of death penalty cases are nearing the end of their appeals, including the case of Stanley "Tookie" Williams , nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his books from death row warning children against the gang life he led. Williams lost an appeal of a death sentence based on four murders that he denies having committed over 20 years ago, and could be facing execution soon. Public recognition of the problematic aspects of capital punishment may be increasing, as many local governments in California, including San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Clara County adopt resolutions in support of a death penalty moratorium . When Illinois first announced its moratorium on executions, Governor Gray Davis was quick to deny that such a step should be taken in California. Yet there is reason to believe there will never be enough experienced lawyers available to avoid situations where defendants receive
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Extractions: Philosophical discussion of the death-penalty. History of state-sanctioned death penalty for certain crimes. Ethical, religious and philosophical thought regarding capital punishment. Views for and against. Civil and moral legislation. State theory of various Western philosophers. Controversy surrounding the death penalty in the U.S. Racism. Whether capital punishment acts as a deterrent against crime. Contends that juveniles should not be put to death. Cites the U.S. as the only industrialized country in the world that continues to execute juvenile offenders. Cites failure of capital punishment as a deterrent. Discusses alternative punishments and the Constitutionality of the issue. Need for preventive measures.
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Extractions: Make 3D Headers like above for free! Updated Nov 13, 2002 It's clear that Canada needs Capital Punishment, not only as a deterrent, but as a way to properly punish the Clifford Olsons and Paul Bernardos that have no redeeming qualities as human beings. Add your voice to the following petition . Please put your e-mail address in properly if you want to be informed of future cp protests. See our old petitions here. Discuss the merits of capital punishment in our Capital Punishment Discussion Forum. The latest Canadian news is that MP John Reynolds has introduced a private members bill ( BILL C-467) to bring back Capital Punishment for aggravated first degree murder. Write John Reynolds at Reynolds.J@parl.gc.ca and lend him your support!
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Extractions: Introducing the Debate provides a number of resources which present both sides of the death penalty debate in the U.S. Views of law enforcement officers , as shown in a national poll of police executives and a resolution from a national police organization, are split on the death penalty. A selection of resources indicating positions on the death penalty from a religious perspective include links to biblical citations and statements of officials, organizations, and individual adherents of different religious traditions, including Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam. The debate on capital punishment embraces many more specific issues, such as cost, inequities in the justice system, etc.; resources giving arguments on specific points are included on the Specific Issues page.
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Extractions: Other resources on capital punishment. Introduction In 1974, out of a commitment to the value and dignity of human life, the U.S. Catholic Conference, by a substantial majority, voted to declare its opposition to capital punishment. As a former president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops pointed out in 1977, the issue of capital punishment involves both "profound legal and political questions as well as 'important moral and religious issues,'" And so we find that this issue continues to provoke public controversy and to raise moral questions that trouble many. This is particularly true in the aftermath of widely publicized executions in Utah and Florida and as a result of public realization that they are awaiting execution in various prisons. The resumption of capital punishment after a long moratorium which began in 1967, is the result of a series of decisions by the United States Supreme Court. In the first of these decisions
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123Student More and more Americans seem to view the death penalty as just retribution. Shouldreligious Support capital punishment? Human Events. 2 March, 1985. http://www.123student.com/law/2427.shtml
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Extractions: Empirical adequacy, logical consistence, and personal relevance are three simple tests that can be used to prove truth. When applied to a situation that involves a death row prisoner who has found God, the result may not be so simple. The complicating factor in this situation is the motive of the in Note! The sentences in this essay are shuffled, making this essay unusable
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Extractions: before you leave. It's funny because it's true! There are no words to describe what happened on that tragic day. Many innocent Americans have suffered the attack of terrorists and I would like to ask you to take a moment and ask for the healing of all of those who survived and for all of those who did not. Let us ask God for them to be safe on His Loving Arms. Bombs and destruction might seem big to our eyes, but much stronger is our love; the love that God has placed in our hearts. Let us never forget that our prayers will be heard and that He will answer. "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my influence, that Your hand would be with me, Your servant, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted His favored child the request. 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Introduction Contact Information Putting to death people judged to have committed certain extremely heinous crimes is a practice of ancient standing, but in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century, it has become a very controversial issue. Changing views on this difficult issue and many legal challenges to capital punishment working their way through the courts resulted in a halt to executions in the United States in 1967. Eventually, the Supreme Court placed a moratorium on capital punishment in 1972 but later upheld it in 1977, with certain conditions.
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Extractions: Bringing oRc to you To receive oRc by email: I won't give your email address to anyone, and I won't use it for anything other than the regular blurb mailings and the rare announcement about features at onReligion.com. And you can stop receiving it anytime, if you like, by modifying your preferences. To subscribe to oRc via RSS feed pick it up here Some say that John Kerry's Catholicism is a non-issue in this year's U.S. presidential election. "There is no real Catholic vote to speak of. The real split in American politics today is between those [of all faiths] who attend services frequently and those who go seldom or not at all." Polls of U.S. voters indicate that on many issues the distribution of Catholics across the political spectrum is similar to the distribution of all voters. However, some say that Bush has one advantage in that he's likely to find many of his supporters at church functions.
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