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... However the most popular issues with Capital Punishment is, would it be considered cruel and unusual punishment, does it really deter crime, does it save us money, and is it always accurate? ... The first to decide they did not want Capital Punishment was Michigan. For one reason or another these states dont believe that capital punishment is the way to go about punishing people for their actions. ... Many of the states use the death penalty as a "scare" for criminals and a way of inflicting punishment upon them. ... Many people do not realize, but the word "capital" in "capital punishment" refers to a persons head. ... Unfortunately there are many studies that show that capital punishment is no more effective in deterring crime and murder than life imprisonment. ... Capital Punishment can act as a scare to criminals. ... Many governments have almost gone bankrupt in order to fund their capital punishment, Also many police officers have been laid off in order to fund capital punishment, so they are losing their jobs for people to be killed. If there was no capital punishment and they used the money toward funding cops instead of killing someone it would only make sense for the crime rates to go down because you have many more police officers on patrol, therefor the crime rate should deter.
Approximate Word count = 1035
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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