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Who Do We Think We Are?





Capital Punishment is the penalty of death for a crime. The most common criminals



who are executed are convicted murderers. What message is that sending? The use of



capital punishment sends the message that murder is okay, as long as it is applied to the



right person. The application of capital punishment in our society is hypocritical. It has no



place in the judicial system.



The way we handle the punishment of capital crimes is pathetic! There are other



ways to punish criminals outside of taking their lives, but we, for some reason, feel the



need to play the exterminator. The people who commit capital crimes are not animals to



be exterminated. They are human. They deserve the same breath that everyone else takes.



If a person commits a heinous crime then that person is obviously not normal. That person



is obviously in need of mental help and, we should help these criminals instead of hurting



them......

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