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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Capital Punishment', 1.
  • Essays 'Capital Punishment', 2.
Extract

"Capital punishment feeds the cycle of violence in society by pandering to a lust for revenge. It brutalizes us, and deadens our sensitivities to the precious nature of every single human life."
- Most Rev. David B. Thompson, Bishop of Charleston, S.C., December 3, 1998
After centuries of universal implementation, capital punishment remains an intensely debated issue. Whilst one execution takes place somewhere a murder is being committed, and the question still stays the same: will capital punishment protect the society and deter crime or will it not? …

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