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Title: The Ultimate Punishment: An Analysis of a Defense
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October 6, 1999 |
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And so, as a modern, complex, civilized, scientific society, with no evidence to support the claim that the death penalty prevents crime any better than life in prison, why should we gamble with the life of a potentially innocent man, when we may imprison him and statistically be just as effective?
This breed of "logic" spills over and corrupts almost every aspect of the modern world...
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But in a small way, thinking more scientifically about issues such as the death penalty can attest to our civility and aid us in becoming more civil.
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