The Bottom Line: Innocence
A debatable issue in today’s society is the death penalty. Should our nation obtain or refrain from this “cruel and unusual” punishment? It all comes down to people’s social construction. People are socially constructed in their beliefs as to which side they stand on this issue. The people who are for the ultimate punishment of death for a heinous crime are socially constructed to believe that justice has taken place. For those people who are against the death penalty are socially constructed to believe that justice is not served by taking another human life even though a crime such as murder, aggravated assault, and kidnapping has been committed. Capital punishment is a tough issue to side with because of the fact that innocent lives are being taken according to recent research. The death penalty has been around since the beginning of time. However, the first available statistics in death penalty cases was in 1930 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. During the period 1930 to 1967 there were 3,859 people executed under civil jurisdiction in the United States. At the end of the 1960’s, all but ten states had laws approving capital punishment. This resulted in moratori
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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