Term Papers on Is The Death Penalty Just?

Term Paper Title	Is The Death Penalty Just?
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.16

Is The Death Penalty Just?

        Is the death penalty just? Politicians, lobbyists, philosophers, and
experts from all walks of life continuously debate this controversial subject.
Has any one of these individuals listened to the rest of us?  The answer in many
cases is no.
     The United States is a democracy of embodied officials, who represent
the people, their wishes, beliefs and ideals.  That means, through elections, we
decide what policies are to be enacted.  In the case of capital punishment,
various polls report that seventy percent of Americans are in favor of the death
sentence.  That is a clear majority.  So called experts are free to petition
grievances and speak freely according to our constitution.  But the fact of the
matter is seven out of ten Americans have evaluated the dilemma of capital
punishment according to their own values and beliefs.  Their conclusion was
favorable to the death penalty.  At this juncture of time, the question of it
being just was answered by the majority - and the majority rules.
     Many experts who speak against the death penalty cite it as barbaric.
The definition of murder, according to Webster, is "the unlawful killing of a
human being with malice aforethought."  Therefore an uneducated person would
classify murder as equally barbaric. The mitigating factor of the death penalty
is, or should be, an already established punishment for this crime.  The killer
willingly committed the heinous act of taking a life, knowing they would be
subject to this penalty.  Therefore, he decided to gamble on not being caught,
or thought that he was above the law.  In either case he willingly forfeited his
life with the taking of another.  The killer may not agree wi...

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