Contemporary Issue Essay – Death Penalty
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Write a paper about the disadvantages of the death penalty using the following arguments and sources:
1) The death penalty does not deter crime. Prove it by giving examples of other countries which do not support the death penalty and have very low crime rates
a. Moving Away from the Death Penalty Arguments, Trends and Perspectives
Chapter 2 – Myth of Deterrence
b. The chapter discusses deterrence by showing examples and statistics of other countries that do not support the death penalty.
2) Justice system is never 100% correct. There is always a risk of executing an innocent person
a. The rate of False Conviction of Criminal Defendants Who Are Sentenced to Death
b. The study, led by a team of legal experts and statisticians from the University of Michigan and Pennsylvania, used the latest statistical techniques to come up with an estimate of wrongfully executed people.
3) The death penalty is more expensive than serving a life sentence in jail
a. The Price of Justice Interest - Convergence, Cost, and the Anti-Death Penalty Movement
b. This article deeply discusses the cost of the death penalty and compares it with a life sentence in jail. In particular, the text analyzes the prices of drugs, execution, and death row maintenance in twelve different states and provides statistical data.
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