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    This document discusses arguments against the death penalty. It begins by introducing the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It then provides statistics showing that 1 out of 25 inmates on death row were wrongly accused and 4.1% of those executed since 1976 were later found innocent. The document argues that the death penalty contradicts the 8th Amendment, costs a lot of money, and does not deter crime. Alternatives like life in prison without parole are suggested. In conclusion, the death penalty simply continues the cycle of violence and does not provide closure for victims' families.

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    This document discusses arguments against the death penalty. It begins by introducing the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It then provides statistics showing that 1 out of 25 inmates on death row were wrongly accused and 4.1% of those executed since 1976 were later found innocent. The document argues that the death penalty contradicts the 8th Amendment, costs a lot of money, and does not deter crime. Alternatives like life in prison without parole are suggested. In conclusion, the death penalty simply continues the cycle of violence and does not provide closure for victims' families.

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    Jesus Orozco & Katie Tepezano

    RWS 1301
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    The Eighth
    Amendment
    (Amendment
    VIII) to the
    United States
    Constitution is the
    part of the United
    States Bill of
    Rights (ratified
    December 15,
    1791) prohibiting
    the federal
    government from
    imposing
    excessive bail,
    excessive fines, or
    cruel and unusual
    punishment.

    The
    Death
    Penalty
    The punishment of execution,
    administered to someone
    legally convicted of a capital
    crime.

    Why do we kill
    people who kill
    people to show
    killing is wrong?

    Everyone has different perspectives on


    the death penalty but the death penalty
    contradicts the 8th amendment. America
    spends a lot of money on the death
    penalty while we could be using that
    money to help those have not killed and
    deserve to be helped.
    Statistics
    1 out of 25 inmates on death row were
    wrongly accused and were let free.

    Why Death Penalty Is


    the Wrong Way to Go
    There is a better
    alternative: life without
    parole.
    The death penalty puts
    innocent lives at risk.
    Race and place determine
    who lives and who dies.
    We pay many millions for
    the death penalty system.
    Poor quality defense
    leaves many sentenced to
    death.
    Capital punishment does
    not deter crime.
    There is a better way to
    help the families of murder
    victims.

    To kill the person who has killed someone


    close to you is simply to continue the cycle
    of violence which ultimately destroys the
    avenger as well as the offender. That this
    execution somehow gives 'closure' to a
    tragedy is a myth. Expressing ones
    violence simply reinforces the desire to
    express it.

    8th Amendment
    The 8th amendment states there
    should not be cruel an unusual
    punishment among American
    citizens.
    "Death is not only an unusually
    severe punishment, unusual in its
    pain, in its finality, and in its
    enormity, but it serves no penal

    The number of executions since


    1976 are 1,421
    4.1% were executed and later
    found innocent.

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    RWS 1301
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