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  1. deathpenalty.procon.org › topTop 10 Pro & Con Arguments - Death Penalty - ProCon.org

    Sep 21, 2021 · Top 10 Pro & Con Arguments. 1. Legality. The United States is one of 55 countries globally with a legal death penalty, according to Amnesty International. As of Mar. 24, 2021, within the US, 27 states had a legal death penalty (though 3 of those states had a moratorium on the punishment’s use).

  2. theweek.com › crime › the-pros-and-cons-of-the-deathThe pros and cons of the death penalty

    Oct 15, 2024 · Pro: public support. Although use of the death penalty is gradually declining in the US, a 2023 survey by Gallup found a majority of Americans (53%) remain "in favour of the death penalty for a ...

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  4. www.hup.harvard.edu › books › 9780674010833The Death Penalty — Harvard University Press

    The death penalty arouses our passions as does few other issues. Some view taking another person’s life as just and reasonable punishment while others see it as an inhumane and barbaric act. But the intensity of feeling that capital punishment provokes often obscures its long and varied history in this country.Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive history of the death penalty in ...

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  5. deathpenaltyinfo.org › curriculum › high-schoolArguments for and Against the Death Penalty

    The death penalty is racially divisive because it appears to count white lives as more valuable than Black lives. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 296 Black defendants have been executed for the murder of a white victim, while only 31 white defendants have been executed for the murder of a Black victim.

  6. deathpenalty.procon.org › questions › should-theShould the Death Penalty Be Used for Retribution for Victims ...

    Aug 21, 2008 · But to justify capital punishment, the retribution must be meted out fairly, and that is clearly not the case. In only 1% of murders do prosecutors seek the death penalty. Whether you receive the death penalty depends not on what you have done, but where you committed your crime, what colour your skin is, and how much money you have.”

  7. theconversation.com › death-penalty-is-capitalDeath penalty: is capital punishment morally justified?

    Aug 1, 2015 · The second question is moral. Even if the death penalty deterred crime more successfully than life imprisonment, that doesn’t necessarily mean it would be justified. After all, imagine if we ...

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  9. www.scu.edu › ethics › focus-areasCapital Punishment: Our Duty or Our Doom? - Markkula Center ...

    If the threat of death has, in fact, stayed the hand of many a would be murderer, and we abolish the death penalty, we will sacrifice the lives of many innocent victims whose murders could have been deterred. But if, in fact, the death penalty does not deter, and we continue to impose it, we have only sacrificed the lives of convicted murderers.