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Should Capital Punishment be brought back?

Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of death as a punishment. It is now virtually abolished in Western Europe. But it is still used in America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and so do the reasons for capital punishment out weigh the reasons against? Should the Death Penalty be brought back? In 2002 at least 1,526 people were executed in 31 countries and at least 3,248 people were sentenced to death in 67 countries. But where all of these people guilty? Since 1973, 107 prisoners have been released from death row in the USA after evidence emerged of their innocence of the crimes for which they were sentenced to death. In this essay I will explore and discuss the reasons for and against the death penalty.

There are both pro and anti arguments for The Death Penalty, but which one is right? People could argue that the death penalty should be brought back for many reasons like incapacitation the criminal cannot commit a crime again and prove much cheaper and safer than...

Posted by: Arianna Escobar

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