Imagine a man who commits murder once, is sentenced to a Twenty-five-year imprisonment, then gets to return to the streets after only serving fifteen-years simply because he was released for parole, and then he kills again. He is caught and imprisoned again only to be released a second time for parole. The possibility of this happening is great since one in ten death row inmates have been convicted of murder at least once in their criminal life. This means that most death row inmates have been given more than one chance to be rehabilitated in prison and after being released he continues to commit these violent crimes. Should the United States justice system continue to put violent criminals back onto our streets where they are more than likely going to commit murder again?
One case that that clearly illustrates this point is that of Arthur Shawcross. In 1973, Shawcross, one of New York\\\'s most sadistic serial killers, was convicted of the unmerciful rape and murder of two......
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