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
thousands of years as a means of eradicat ....
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.... One example of the death
penalty in the bible 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 ....
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