Capital Punishment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE U.S 2
EFFECTIVENESS 3
WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS 4
CONSISTENCY 4
DISCRIMINATION 5
THE HELPLESS 6
COSTLY 6
THE RIGHT TO LIVE 7
WORKS CITIED 8
Executive Summary
Capital punishment has been around for many years as a way of executing criminals. Despite what most believe, capital punishment is not functional in the American society. Defenders of the death penalty often claim that the execution of criminals will teach others not to do bad, initially decreasing crime rates. Unfortunately, statistics prove that thought to be wrong. Capital punishment also has great flaws. For example, many innocent people have been put to death because of capital punishment. There also is no consistency. Two of the same crimes can be convicted in two different states and the consequences with be different for both offenders. The death penalty shows to be inadequate in our society with its unfair application among different......
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