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Capital Punishment
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is the legal infliction the death penalty. It is obviously
the most severe form of criminal punishment. (Bedau1) is a
controversial way of dealing with violent criminals. The main alternative to
the death penalty is life in prison. has been around for
thousa .... Middle of Essay
.... is "Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to
death." (Exodus 21:12). The bible also suggests stoning a woman if she
unmarried sex and had "wrought folly on Israel by playing the harlot in her
father's house" (Deuteronomy 22:21) England recognized seven major crimes that
called for execution by the end of the 15th century. These crimes were: murder,
theft (by deceitfully taking someone goods), burglary, rape, and arson. As
time went by more and more crimes were believed to deserve the death penalty and
by 1800 more than 200 crimes were recognized as punishable by death. (Bedau2)
It was not long before capital punishment met oppositio ....
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