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Extractions: At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. It has been abolished de jure or de facto by 106 nations, 30 countries have abolished it since 1990. However, the death penalty continues to be commonly applied in other nations. China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United States and Iran are the most prolific executioners in the world. Indeed, the US is one of six countries (including also Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) which executes people who were under 18 years-old at the time they committed their crimes. While international documents have restricted and in some cases even banned the death penalty, its application is still not against customary international law. Much debate continues in the US as to whether it constitutes an appropriate punishment, at least to the most heinous crimes. In recent years, the debate has been further fueled by the use of new technologies which have shown that a large proportion of people sentenced to death are, indeed, innocent. News Facts Law General Websites ... Videos
Extractions: Articles Books ... About This Page Among Christians there is a range of opinions regarding the death penalty. Some Christians support the death penalty because it was instituted in the Old Testament. They claim that Romans 13:1-5 demonstrates modern governments can still apply the death penalty. However, most concede it is not now used for all situations in which the Old Testament prescribes it (including, for example, adultery, and consistenly disobedient children ) Remember, the New Testament says that whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. Thus those who wish to hold on to Old Testament laws should be consistent and keep the entire law (a mistake addressed by Paul in his letter to the Galatians
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Extractions: the Innocent Special State, Federal Sections (menu) Supreme Court TPCN Poll / Feedback Resource Links (The page links won't work properly until the download is complete.) Please see the Special Alert in the special Federal Section! There is little scientific evidence regarding effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime, relegating the debate to center on philosophy. The fundamental questions are: Is execution a just punishment for murder? Is the Death Penalty a deterrent to crime? This page is intended to help you make up your mind about the Death Penalty. The pro and con (for and against) material is placed side-by-side on the page so that neither position has a placement advantage. We think the best order to view the material with is the left column links above first (top to bottom), and then the right column (top to bottom)-or simply scroll down the page, but save the poll (which is just below) for last. The `Special State Sections' have brief descritions of pending legislatiion in those states and links to find and contact their legislators and governors. This page makes a pretty good death penalty resource and you're welcome to use it as such. Latest Death Penalty News: (requires JavaScript)
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Extractions: "Catholics Against Capital Punishment was founded in January 1992 to promote greater awareness of Catholic Church teachings that characterize capital punishment as inappropriate and unacceptable in today's world." "The Christian Perspective on Capital Punishment: An Evaluation of Rehabilitation" A major site opposed to capital punishment. "The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue." Death Penalty Links
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Extractions: Few public policy issues have inflamed passions as consistently and as strongly as the debate over the validity of capital punishment. Religious communities have been deeply involved on both sides of the issue, drawing both on teachings and traditions of justice and on those that emphasize the dignity of human life. The debate over the death penalty has been complicated in recent years by questions regarding the fairness of the criminal justice system and questions regarding the possibility of reform and rehabilitation among death row inmates. In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty as applied was "cruel and unusual punishment," thereby violating the Eighth Amendment. The Court's ruling effectively voided 40 state death penalty statutes, commuting the sentences of death row inmates and suspending the use of the death penalty. Because the overall holding in Furman was that specific death penalty statutes, and not the punishment itself, were unconstitutional, states were free to revise their laws in order to eliminate constitutional problems. Many rewrote their statutes to provide sentencing guidelines for judges and juries, and the Supreme Court approved such guided discretion statutes in 1976 in the landmark case
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Extractions: collection home tell me more donate The death penalty, or capital punishment, may be prescribed by Congress or any state legislature for murder and other capital crimes. The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is not a per se violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Furthermore, the Sixth Amendment does not require a jury trial on the sentencing issue of life or death. Not all states provide for the death penalty. In the landmark case, Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) , the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is a grossly disproportionate punishment for the crime of rape of an adult woman. The Court came to this conclusion by considering objective indicia of the nation's attitude toward the death penalty in rape cases. At the time, only a few states allowed for executions of convicted rapists. More recently, in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) , the Supreme Court used the same line of reasoning to rule that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishments" which are prohibited by the Eighth Amendment In Roper v. Simmons
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Extractions: Click here to see key Congressional votes on Death Penalty. What is the latest development concerning the death penalty? On March 1, 2005, a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed an earlier ruling and abolished the death penalty for juveniles. Relying on the "cruel and unusual punishment" provisions of the 8th Amendment, the Court cited the overwhelming weight of international opinion as a partial basis for the ruling. When did countries begin to abolish the death penalty? Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times throughout the world. The modern movement for the abolition of capital punishment began in the 18th century with the writings of Montesquieu and Voltaire. Some of the first countries to abolish capital punishment included Venezuela (1863), San Marino (1865), and Costa Rica (1877). Today, over half the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty either by law or through practice. (Click to see map) Since 2000, Chile, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Montenegro and Turkey have joined the list of abolitionist countries. Most executions occur in a handful of countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. In Great Britain, it was abolished (except for cases of treason) in 1971; France abolished it in 1981. Canada abolished it in 1976. In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed in a formal resolution that throughout the world, it is desirable to "progressively restrict the number of offenses for which the death penalty might be imposed, with a view to the desirability of abolishing this punishment".
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Extractions: Cliff Notes The Complete Series Home Moral Issues Capital Punishment Debate Over Capital Punishment A Pro Stance CAPITAL PUNISHMENT : Debate Over Capital Punishment A Pro Stance Debate Over Capital Punishment A Pro Stance Justice can not be served until the debate on capital punishment is resolved and all states have come to agree that the death penalty is the best way to stop crime completely. "The bottom line is, one method of execution is just as brutal and as barbaric as the next," says Mr. Breedlove of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. This comes straight from the mouth of a member of a national organization against capital punishment. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition defines execution as The act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty. So if Breedlove’s words hold true, then what he believes is that someone going out and killing someone is barbaric. In a sense isn’t that what he’s saying, that one way of killing someone is just as bad as any other. So if he finds this so barbaric, why doesn’t he do something about it? Many people who are against capital punishment are only thinking of the criminal and how cruel it is for them. But, shouldn’t we think of the families that are broken apart now because of the merciless acts of these criminals. Think of Susan Smith, how she knowingly drove her car off into a lake with her two children strapped to the seats. Think of how they must have felt as the cold water started to fill the cabin of the car, and then ultimately drown them. Barbaric is exactly the word I would use to describe her actions. But yet, the jury rejected the death penalty and chose a life sentence instead. Mr. Smith, the father of the two children, broken up from the ruling said "Me and my family are disappointed that the death penalty was not the verdict, but it wasn’t our choice. They returned a verdict they thought was justice" (Bragg, pg. 1+).
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Extractions: Cliff Notes The Complete Series Home Moral Issues Capital Punishment Benefits of Capital Punishment CAPITAL PUNISHMENT : Benefits of Capital Punishment Benefits of Capital Punishment Capital Punishment deters murder, and is just Retribution. Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but it's value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. Support for the death penalty in the U.S. has risen to an average of 80% according to an article written by Richard Worsnop, entitled "Death penalty debate centres on Retribution", this figure is slightly lower in Canada where support for the death penalty is at 72% of the population over 18 years of age, as stated in article by Kirk Makir, in the March 26, 1987 edition of the Globe and Mail, titled "B.C. MPs split on Death Penalty". The death penalty deters murder by putting the fear of death into would be killers. A person is less likely to do something, if he or she thinks that harm will come to him. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that if the killer is dead, he will not be able to kill again.
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