Capital Punishment
Certain individuals who commit crimes do so at their own free will, and many have no doubts as to the consequences of their actions. To some, it matters not the possibility that if they are caught, there is the chance they may be executed. Sometimes the crimes committed by certain persons are done so in a manner that would confuse any other human being. My personal belief is that there is no need for capital punishment in our society. Advocates say that capital punishment is needed in order to prevent future criminals, but this is not entirely the case. Research has shown that capital punishment, as a deterrent, has no positive or negative effect. An influential student of the deterrence question, Thorsten Sellin, conducted a study that would attempt to determine the effect of capital punishment on future crime. He studied the homicide rates in contiguous states, some with and some without the death penalty, on the assumption that these states were as alike as possible in character of population, social and economic conditions, etc. His conclusion was that the death penalty had no effect on the murder rate (Sellin, 63). This is not to say that the study performed by Sellin was perfect, for it di
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Approximate Word count = 1797
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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