Four years ago, if you asked me how I felt about the death penalty, I probably would have answered very vaguely. I had my reasons for being both for and against it, the stories of those convicted of the crime only years later found out to not have done it, and the brutal murders matched with the honest confessions. I was neither here or there about it, but I did feel that those that committed a crime needed to be punished for it, and do not feel that my tax dollars should be spent on keeping you in an air conditioned, safe, and convenient location that provided three meals a day, cable television, and an education. Still skeptical though of the courtroom outcomes and trials, I did not feel that the death penalty would always be the solution to the problems. Something in my life happened to change all of my feelings, and was able to change my ambiguous notions into feelings of anger and resentment for crimes done, and was turned into a believer of the death penalty. With my......
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