Death Penalty Debate
1a Argument- Lex Talionis, the principle that the punishment should fit the crime.1b Evidence- Lex Talionis states "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and arm for an arm, and a lifefor a life." Proponents of the death penalty argue that criminals should have to pay for there crime as barbarically as they committed there's. 1c Citation - Capital Punishment: Life or Death. University of Texas. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~tonya/spring/cap/group1.htm2a Argument- Murder is not tolerable in our society.2b Evidence- When a human being takes the life of an another, unsuspecting innocent, human being thebalance of justice is shifted. In seizing a viscous murderers life, the balance is then set equal. 74 murderers were executed last year, the equivalent of 4/10ths of 1% of the number of Americans murdered, if we execute all the criminals in these cases, we would prove to society that murder is not acceptable, and will be punished.2c Citation- Jacoby, Jeff. "The Unjust Logic of Sparing Murderers" < http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/Jacoby2.htm >.3a Argument- Once a murderer, always a murderer.3b Evidence- Since 1901, twenty-three Federal Correctional workers have been killed by i
The family never fully comprehends why there loved one is gone, and feels a deep hatred towards the perpetrator. com/focus/cap_punishment/vo06no17_murders. The predators attacked the weakest and most defenseless members of our society, and deserve the harshest punishment possible. The death penalty is no crueler than the crimes committed; the inmates are even treated to a last meal. htm>10a Argument- The Death Penalty is not a cruel and unusual punishment. The sentence of death is only fitting for these viscous crimes.
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