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Death Row: American Justice System, 2000.
An in depth look at death row and the experiences of individuals on death row.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 11 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper looks at the American justice system with emphasis on death row. The author defines what death row is and what life for prisoners sentenced to the death sentence is like. Included are interviews with people on death row.
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"America stands alone in the western world as the only so-called "Free" country that still executes its own citizens. America's justice system in particular is inherently biased, usually racially, always monetarily - if you have the money to pay for a good criminal lawyer, and all the appeals, chances are you won't get the death penalty. The one thing these people all have in common is lack of funds, and without the ability to work while on Death Row, these people have no option but to just sit and wait for the inevitable to occur. The people on death row are not all "Ax murderers" or "Serial rapists," a disturbing number of them may actually be innocent of the crimes for which they've been sentenced to be executed. Our anthology will be based upon writings from within the cell walls of prisons across the United States of America. Each writing comes from a person who is imprisoned for life. Many of these people have received the death penalty and are just wasting their life away on death row. Each individual has been in prison for years and is still paying for the crimes in which he or she has committed."
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Appealing Death Row, 2004.
An explanation of the process of appealing a death row conviction.
1,106 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper examines the process of death row appeals. The paper explains how an inmate on death row has the ability to appeal their case in the U.S. justice system at a number of levels, finally reaching the Supreme Court. The paper includes a number of real-life examples of the appeal process, as well as quotes from lawyers and journalists about the system.
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"There are few instances in which the conviction was altered after successive appeals but that only violates the right of the society to make criminals pay for their actions. It is true that in some cases innocent people may be put on death row but for that one appeal should be enough. There is no need to give unlimited appealing right as that would gives some real criminals to plea bargain. Many will get life imprisonment instead of execution even though they deserve to be put to death."
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The Daily "Life" of a Death Row Inmate, 2002.
This paper discusses the comparative daily living situations of prisoners on death row to those in the general population specific to Florida.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 27.95
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The paper explains the physical and psychological routines of their day and how the inmates cope with the particular stressors of their prison life.
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Racism and the Death Penalty, 2002.
Examines the issue of racial discrimination in death-row, based on the writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row resident.
1,568 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper is a discussion of black activist, author, and self-described political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, author of "Live from Death Row". The paper looks at how Abu-Jamal, who is awaiting execution for a crime he insists he did not commit, has written scathingly about racism in America and the particular racism of the death penalty.
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"Abu-Jamal's writings convey the deep-rooted rage of many blacks in America who believe that justice is not color-blind but instead discriminates against black men, especially when their victims are white. Abu-Jamal is a powerful writer, though his writings are targeted to an almost exclusively black audience and his interest seems focused principally on inspiring his audience to political action. His fury, and the perspective that he represents, is almost diametrically opposed to the moderate, mainstream voices of civil rights activism most closely associated with the late Martin Luther King Jr. His writings are worth studying for the understanding they give of the ways that civil rights has failed many blacks in America and the suggestion that racism continues to be a powerful social issue."
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Enforcement of the Death Penalty, 2005.
A look at how the length of time a prisoner will sit on death row differs from state to state in the U.S.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper presents an historical look at the enforcement of the death penalty in America and examines how the length of time a death row inmate may sit on death row varies from state to state. The paper also looks at the impact the length of time spent on death row may have on murder rates.
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"The first recorded execution in American was in 1608, the first woman executed was in 1632, and the first juvenile offender was in 1642 (Streib, 4). Capital punishment can best be described as punishment that fits the crime. These capitally punished crimes began to be limited to murder, violent crimes, treason, and various acts of sodomy by the late 18th century (Streib, 4). Different states reduced the crimes that the death penalty could be punishment for (Streib, 5). According to Streib, "In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except treason. About a dozen other states joined Michigan in the early 20th century" (5). Fewer and fewer death penalties are being dealt to criminals and many blame rising crime rates on this fact."
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The Death Penalty: A Case Study, 2004.
A description of the case of Nicholas James Yarris, an exonerated death row inmate.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 11.95
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This paper provides a description of the case of Nicholas James Yarris, a death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 21 years on death row.
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"Then imagine a new technology is developed that without doubt proves your innocence of the crime for which you have lost half of your life. If you can imagine these scenarios you are luckier than Nicholas James Yarris a man for who ..."
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Death Penalty and Racism, 2005.
An examination of the issue of the death penalty in the United States and how it divides the nation.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper examines the general divide, as well as proposing support for one particular aspect of this rather general issue, which is that of the racism inherent in the American state execution system, hereafter referred to as 'death row'. This paper explains that, especially in Texas and some other Southern states such as Georgia, but arguably anywhere, minorities are relegated to an inferior social status due to racist out-group thinking in terms of cultural authority; this racism is at work. The writer points out that the over-representation of minorities on death row is worth examining as a symptom of many problems in the system, including those of cleared cases and ones still pending. The functional racism of the death penalty is illustrated in several examples and other issues of concern it raises within legal scholarship.
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"The history of the death penalty is long and too complicated to recount in terms of cultural differences throughout human history within the present forum. But the death penalty has been used by societies since ancient times, for various crimes ranging in magnitude and the severity of harm involved. Generally societies that were based on scriptural rules regarding the death penalty for various crimes had their civil codes and
laws. There has been an observed racial divide within the U.S. in terms of death penalty cases since independence, depending largely on the societal implications of a racially oppressive legal culture that was guided by principles of universal human freedom. Other systems have their own histories of racial oppression through unequal colonialist
legal systems."
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Death Penalty, 2004.
An analysis of financial and ethical issues regarding the death penalty.
769 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 14.95
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This paper presents a brief synopsis of the many issues at stake with both death penalty appeals and the statute of limitations issues. Most of these issues are financial and ethical. The paper contends that death row inmates take up enormous amounts of taxpayer resources. Their appeals cases add to that amount, as most inmates require the assistance of state-funded attorneys in filing their appeals. To speed up the appeals process would minimize most costs associated with keeping inmates on death row longer than is necessary. The paper claims that, similarly, unlimited statutes of limitations for any crime uses up taxpayer resources and can be burdensome on the legal system in general. The paper examines the need to take into account the costs associated with both death penalty and sex-offender cases to come up with a reasonable and constitutional compromise.
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"Five years ago, the Florida State Supreme Court struck down a law that foreshortened the appeals process for death row inmates. Coming from the state with the second-highest number of executions only after Texas, the example set in the state of Florida bears attention and careful consideration by lawmakers everywhere. Regarding his state's Supreme Court's decision, Governor Jeb Bush stated, "'On behalf of victims' families and the people of this state, I remain steadfastly committed to finding ways to have all death penalty appeals resolved within five years." It sounds like mixed messages for policy makers: the Governor remains a staunch advocate of speeding up the execution process while the judiciary in his state hopes to ensure that justice has been served. Similar conflicts cloud the issue of whether or not statues of limitations should apply equally to sex offenses as to other felonies."
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The Death Penalty, 2005.
This paper discusses that the death penalty is not effective because it does not successfully serve the purpose of threatening criminals or deterring criminals from committing illegal acts.
2,290 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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This paper explains that since ancient times the death penalty for various types of crimes and in various forms of execution has been used by societies especially societies, which were based on scriptural rules often tied up in religion and providing a public spectacle. The author points out several arguments against the death penalty such as (1) racial discrimination, which is striking when examining the statistics of over-representation by minority and low-come persons sitting on death row and (2) the irreversible nature of the death penalty especially since many people on death row have later been declared innocent. The paper states that state-sponsored execution draws criticism from international sources -- only China and Iran are ahead of the U.S. in terms of state-sanctioned execution.
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"Currently, the majority of states in the U.S. do have the death penalty as a system of state-sponsored execution. Traditionally, the south has tended to be more pro-death-penalty, and racial lines of division are also traditionally highlighted in this region. An overrepresentation of minorities on death row is accepted by most sources as a statistically proven fact, and only a few sources disagree. Added to this is that most sources also tend to agree that there is not clear evidence of the death penalty acting as a deterrent in these cases. Agencies such as Amnesty International have spread educational measures regarding the reprehensible nature of the death penalty and the need for its abolition. Although methods of execution have changed, the belief in the death penalty as an effective deterrent has remained fairly constant domestically, especially in Texas and in the south where the death penalty tends to be used more often. Some sources, such as Sorell, in his rather over-philosophical estimation of the death penalty, which relies more on Kant and Miller than the present, do not take this reality into account at all in the text."
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Mumia Abu-jamal, 2000.
An insight in the life of the author of "Live from Death Row," focusing on his political activism in the Black Panthers, his murder conviction, the death sentence and litigation.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, £ 20.95
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"This paper is a discussion of black activist, author, and self-described political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, author of Live from Death Row. Abu-Jamal, who is awaiting execution for a crime he insists he did not commit, has written scathingly about racism in America and the particular racism of the death penalty. Abu-Jamal's writings convey the deep-rooted rage of many blacks in America who believe that justice is not color-blind but instead discriminates against black men, especially when their victims are white. Abu-Jamal is a powerful writer, though his writings are targeted to an almost exclusively black audience and his interest seems focused principally on inspiring his audience to political action. His fury, and the perspective that he represents, is almost diametrically opposed to the moderate, mainstream voices of civil rights activism most closely..."
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The Death Penalty And Reversal of Convictions, 2002.
A discussion of the large number of innocent people sentenced to death in Florida, then exonerated and freed.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, £ 28.95
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Discussion of the large number of innocent people sentenced to death in Florida, then exonerated and freed. Florida's Death Penalty Reform Act of 2000. Examples of wrongful convictions. Death penalty in other States. Division between Northern and Southern states. High number of African Americans on death row. Death penalty vs. life without parole.
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"The Death Penalty in Florida
Introduction:
Florida leads the nation in the number of innocent people sentenced to death, then exonerated and freed. Since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the resumption of the death penalty in 1976, Florida has reversed the convictions of 20 Death Row inmates, more than any other state in the nation. In 1999, 75 percent of the death.penalty cases brought before the appeals court were overturned. (Goering, 2000, B2) In fact, the death penalty does not serve the public interest of real justice, for Florida or anywhere else.
REVISION TO THE DEATH PENALTY LAWS:
Florida has by far the largest number of Death Row cases where an inmate was granted a new trial either because prosecutors..."
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The Death Penalty, 2007.
An overview of the history of the death penalty with a focus on its use in America.
2,414 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper examines the international history of the death penalty and then takes a closer look at the use of the death penalty in the United States. The paper highlights the fact that in most countries, gender and age discrimination are not a factor with regards to the death penalty. The writer points out that there are juveniles on death row. The writer also looks at different religions and their opinion on the death penalty. The writer concludes that until the law changes, law enforcement and prosecutors should continue to advocate the death penalty in cases of murder and crimes involving children. The writer also believes that the death penalty is the only punishment that sends the message to criminals that murder and other acts of violence and crimes are absolutely unacceptable.
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"There are crimes considered by our society to be so atrocious and intolerable such as murder or rape of a child that if convicted, that the only punishment suitable for committing these crimes is the Death Penalty. The Death Penalty, also called Capital Punishment, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as reprisal for crimes known as capital crimes or offenses. This type of punishment is set aside for crimes like premeditated murder, espionage and treason. From the primitive people to the modern world as it is today, the death penalty remains the largest and most controversial part of the criminal justice system. Supporters of capital punishment argue that it deters crimes, while opponents of capital punishment argue that it violates human rights. As we explore this much debated topic, we will discover the past, present and future of death penalty."
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The Death Penalty, 2004.
This paper looks at the death penalty and its use worldwide.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 11.95
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This paper examines the death penalty and its use worldwide, concentrating mainly on America. The paper cites facts from Amnesty International regarding worldwide use, as well as in many cases in America, where the innocent have been exonerated after spending time on death row. The paper also points out the ineffectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent of crime.
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"The latest information from Amnesty International shows that over half the countries in the world have banned capital punishment. (Amnesty International) Of these countries, some have banished the death penalty for all crimes, others have abolished the death penalty for all but the most exceptional crimes and can be considered abolitionist in practice; they retain the death penalty but have not carried it out in the past years. Seventy eight other countries use the death penalty very sparingly. America is not one of those countries."
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The Death Penalty, 2006.
This paper examines from a personal position why the death penalty is not an effective deterrent in fighting crime.
2,456 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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The writer of this paper argues from a personal standpoint that although there are good reasons for the death penalty there are none strong enough to ethically sanction it. This paper paper details the moral and legal ramifications of the death penalty as well as errors in capital punishment cases that puts innocent people on death row. This paper also discusses which states in the U.S. do not have the death penalty and the costs involved in capital punishment trials.
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"Capital cases are more complex; require more time and attention, and have higher burdens associated with them. Some death penalty trials have nearly bankrupted local communities. The cost of legal assistance is extremely high in death row cases. Most people cannot even afford to pay for representation. That is one of the reasons people get the death sentence to start with."
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