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Date Submitted: 10/29/2004 08:49:54
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 9 pages (2460 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 9 pages (2460 words)
The Debate On Capital Punishment
What act by the United States government kills almost a hundred people every year? The United States Department of Justice legally executes criminals who commit certain crimes. The crimes for which a person can be executed for are named Capital offenses, thus the name Capital Punishment. The debate over capital punishment originates in the seventeenth century and still continues today. Many different arguments shine throughout the debate which I will …
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History of the Death Penalty. 8 July 2000 *http://www.essential.org/dpic/history1.html*
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