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Essay Galaxy - Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
Throughout history, statistics have proven that Capital Punishment or
otherwise known as the death penalty, has been an effective deterrent of major
crime. Capital Punishment is the lawful infliction of death among criminals and
has been used to punish a wide variety of offenses for many years all over the
world (Bedau 16). When the death penalty is enforced, it shows society that
committing a capital crime has deadly consequences.
In early times, many methods of Capital Punishment were used to deter a
variety of crimes. For over a century, the uniform method for executing persons
in America was hanging, although starvation was very common also. There were
exceptions which included spies, traitors, and deserters who would face a firing
squad. Then in 1888, New York directed the construction of an "electric chair"
(Flande....
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