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... America has used the death penalty as a sentence for heinous crimes from it’s earliest times until 1972. ... Georgia that the death penalty was “unconstitutional as practiced because its arbitrary application violated the Eight Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. ... Georgia where the courts found that the death penalty did not violate the Eight Amendment. Polls also found that 66% of Americans agreed with the use of the death penalty. ...
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition defines execution as: “The act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty”. Many who protest the death penalty are only thinking of the prisoner and his or her feelings. ... People opposed to the death penalty like to quote the sixth commandment, “thou shalt not kill.” I like to quote Exodus 21:12 where God is giving His law to Moses, “He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. ... ” Those opposed to the death penalty say that this article supports their cause because the death penalty deprives a person of their right to life.
Approximate Word count = 832
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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