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The death penalty, a reason to kill, do two wrongs make a right? Blind Justice?80

The death penalty, a reason to kill, do two wrongs make a right? Blind Justice?

Is it ok to take one life for them taking another? Who decides which life has more value? Should we even be making these decision regarding valuing and devaluing human life?

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My thoughts on the Death Penalty67

My thoughts on the Death Penalty

I’ve made a promise to myself to publish hubs more frequently, and since I’ve discussed political issues in most of my other hubs, I’d thought I’d share my thoughts on other issues that interest me, such as the death penalty. Although most...

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Death Penalty Issues64

Death Penalty Issues

The death penalty is an emotive and emotional issue. There are practical reasons that get in the way of neat discussions about the punishment fitting the crime etc. This hub aims to introduce, for discussion, some of those practical issues. Maybe it's time some of those took center stage in this debate.

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Texas Executed another innocent man: The case of Carlos de Luna70

Texas Executed another innocent man: The case of Carlos de Luna

As I studied Texas Death Penalty cases, the case of Carlos de Luna always seemed to be everywhere. Luna was convicted in 1983 of murdering a clerk at a Shamrock Gas Station in Corpus Christie, TX. He was found a block away, hiding under a truck and...

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Do you believe in the Death Penalty?71

Do you believe in the Death Penalty?

This Hub looks in to some of the data behind states with capital punishment laws and explores the true purpose behind the death penalty and its usefulness to society.

7 comments    death penalty eye for an eye
The Death Penalty WILL work!80

The Death Penalty WILL work!

The Death penalty is justified in certain cases. Todays forensic technology removes the issue of executing a person for a crime they did not commit.

15 comments    death penalty execution
Pros and Cons of death penalty71

Pros and Cons of death penalty

Analysis of the background of a criminal person and if it is fair that he is punished with death even when circumstances around him made him the criminal he is.

0 comments    religion crime forgiveness
American Serial Killers: True Crime Short Stories Featuring Serial Killers from All 50 States: Part 278

American Serial Killers: True Crime Short Stories Featuring Serial Killers from All 50 States: Part 2

Second in the series of Serial Killers from all 50 of the United States, meet William Lee Cody Neal of Colorado; Michael Bruce Ross of Connecticut; Steven Brian Pennell of Delaware; Daniel Harold Rolling of Florida; and Wayne Bertram Williams of Georgia.

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A Suggestion for Clearing Death Row Quicker66

A Suggestion for Clearing Death Row Quicker

Giving condemned men a random chance could turn a process that takes decades into one that takes a couple of years.

2 comments    punishment death penalty appeal
American Serial Killers:  True Crime Short Stories Featuring Serial Killers from All 50 States:  Part 186

American Serial Killers: True Crime Short Stories Featuring Serial Killers from All 50 States: Part 1

First in a ten part series, serial killers from the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, and California are discussed, including the cold case of The Phantom Killer in Texarkana.

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