capital punishment rally under the banner of "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth,"

claiming they have some sort of divine right. However, there's the counterpoint of

"love thy neighbor." Taking the life of someone who has taken the lives of others

doesn't bring a victim back to life, nor does it rectify anything in the long run. All it

does it satisfy a moment's lust for blood. Rather than killing someone who has

sinned against society, and relieving them of their debt, why not force them to work

to better the world in which we live. It makes more sense to teach future generations

strive to better the world and work through problems, rather than skirting around

them by getting rid of the guilty party. Should I, by some chance, happen to seize

power of all the world's governments, I would alter their punishments severely. In

the stead of c.p. there could be public labor programs that would improve society and

perhaps "imprison a parasite" and rehabilitate them.

2.) In the highly unlikey situation that I am made supreme head of all the world's

nations, I would alter all punishments for various crimes. For e

When father Sam gets drunk he gets mean. He beats his family. Sometimes he ties me up to the back of the house. Other times he locks me in the garage. Sam loves to drink blood.

o "On the basis of experience in other countries, one could argue that the existence of the death penalty does not deter crime, since it is usually applied only in certain instances. The Soviet experience also suggests that a high frequency of application of the death penalty does not deter crime either." -pg. 116

be punishable by solitary confinement and severe public service. This, of course,

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