Opposing The Death Penalty

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Term Paper Title	Opposing The Death Penalty
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Opposing The Death Penalty

Opposing The Death Penalty

     Taking this course has made me ponder on many issues which I never
deemed worthy of my thoughts.  I always considered the death penalty one of
those things which I never had to concern myself with.  First of all I'm not
planning to commit any vial crimes, and  I don't think anyone I care about has
those plans either.  Secondly,  I've never been conscious or concerned with the
likes of criminals.  When we began speaking on the subject, I thought we were
only going to talk about the institution of racism in capital punishment, and
was quite unaware of the feeling this subject would arouse in me.  Needless to
say, I have formed some opinions on the issue which confused even me.
     I always considered myself pro-capital punishment.  I was of the mind
that if someone killed me, I would like my death avenged, but pondering on the
issue of cultural differences has made me doubt my prior convictions.  First of
all, I am against the use of the lethal injection.  I understand that it is
cleaner, but if the law wants to inflict death as a punishment, it must
understand that death is not a pretty thing.  Criminals are painlessly put to
sleep, and die in the same manner that Dr. Kavorkian's patients choose.
Personally, if I was faced with the option of living the remainder of my life in
isolation, perpetually haunted by pain and images of terror, I would absolutely
chose to die by lethal injection.  There is no true punishment in this method,
except the fear of going to hell, which I strongly doubt is of much concern to
most convicts on death row.
     Assuming that the judicial processes which convict these  individuals
are legitimate, the only common bond within this group is that they are all
mortal, and hold no respect for human life.  These delinquents are on death row,
because they have committed a crime of such ghastly proportions, that society
has deemed them unfit to live.  They deliberately and nonchalantly depraved
another human of their life.  They emphatically  partook in reprehensible malice
of inhuman dimensions, never bothered by their conscience.  They are sick and
vile individuals who do not acknowledge social conventions such as religion and
the law.  They have broken the law, and in leaving it they removed themselves
from the protection of the law.  The 8th Amendment should no longer apply to
these sick dements who deserve none of my compassion.  Yet, the bleeding hearts
continue to defend them and...

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