Death Penalty Debate
Title: Death Penalty Debate
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Death Penalty Debate
1a Argument- Lex Talionis, the principle that the punishment should fit the crime.
1b Evidence- Lex Talionis states “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and arm for an arm, and a life
for a life.” Proponents of the death penalty argue that criminals should have to pay for there crime as barbarically as they committed there’s.
1c Citation - Capital Punishment: Life or Death. University of Texas.
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10b Evidence- As barbaric as the crimes the felons were convicted of, the death penalty is not cruel, and
certainly not unusual. Thirty-eight states support the death penalty, and use it to punish the most heinous crimes. The death penalty is no crueler than the crimes committed; the inmates are even treated to a last meal. That’s more than a victim gets.
10c Citation- Dan Lewerenze. 2 Feb. 95. .
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