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... While capital punishment is looked upon as an active measure to attain justice and maintain public safety, it gives a false message that killing criminals can solve the problem of violence. ... Capital punishment has been discussed as constitutional matter, and the practice of killing criminals started long before the constitution. ... The purpose of the executions was for the public to view the actual punishment of the criminals. ... Capital punishment merely looks as a likely route to achieve that. ... What could be even worse is a punishment of execution for something you didn’t even do.
There is yet another reason for fighting against capital punishment. ... Approximately seventy percent of the United States population support the death penalty (Kaminer 70), and that leaves abolitionists no choice but to keep pushing, without violence, these points: capital punishment is morally wrong, convicts the wrongly accused, increases violence and discrimination, and fails to redeem justice.
Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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