Why Capital Punishment is an Appropriate Sentence Capital Punishment deters murder, and is just Retribution Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but it's value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. Support for the death penalty in the U.S. has risen to an average of 80% according to an...

Essay on the Legalization of Drugs in America Drug laws help to ensure that all drugs used in Canada are safe, effective and wisely administered. The Food and drugs Act and the Narcotic Control Act govern the manufacture, distribution advertising and sale of drugs in Canada. These two acts evolved from earlier pieces of legislation known respectively as the Inland Revenue Act and the Opium Act. The Inland Revenue Act of 1876, which dealt primarily with the use of alcohol, did not define...

Each year there are about 250 people added to death row and 35 executed. The death penalty is the harshest form of punishment enforced in the United Sates today. Once a jury has convicted a criminal offense they then proceed to the second part of the trial, the punishment phase. If the jury recommends the death penalty and the judge agrees then the criminal will face some form of execution; lethal injection is the most common form used today. Capital punishment is immoral in principle, unfair...

Death Penalty: Essay Against the Use of Capital Punishment The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It denies criminals their natural born right to life. The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement. In the Tenth Century A.D., hanging became the usual method of execution in Britain. The number of...

Definition Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution (killing) of a convicted criminal by the state, as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. Methods There are five methods of execution: Lethal Injection, Electrocution, Lethal Gas, Firing Squad and Hanging. Lethal Injection: When this method is used, the condemned person is usually bound to a gurney and a member of the execution team positions several heart monitors on this skin....

A Need for Management Supervision in Education Systems The issue of accountability within the educational field has been brought to the forefront in the State of California with the passage of the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999. Passed in March of 1999, SB 1X provides a comprehensive method of measuring growth of a school’s performance over time as well as a way to rank schools on an annual basis. The major component of this bill is a ranking index called the API or Academic...

Getting Rid of Government Involvement with Euthanasia Euthanasia is spurring a political and moral debate of unprecedented intensity in American society. Physician-assisted suicide has been an issue of court disputes for a long time; it has suddenly been the issue of debate in Congress, White House, and both political parties. The fact that such a private issue has come to be a public affair is despicable. Euthanasia is a beacon of light for some people in their private time of need. ...

Alcoholism in American Society Alcoholism is a large, strongly growing problem in America today. It’s pretty sad when a man gets inebriated to the point that he forgets he’s supposed to be watching his own child. Dr. Laura was correct in telling the man that he needs to get help for his alcohol problem. Just getting help for his alcoholism isn’t the only thing he has to do, however. He also needs to apologize to his wife. This man needs to tell her that he was wrong in what...

Issues over Gun Control in America The right to bear arms is a constitutional guarantee, and is not open for discussion; however the United States Government has used its power to limit and regulate this guarantee. Our government has been attacking this right for years, and like a covert terrorist organization, it denies its action. Pretending that they just want to limit the right to bear arms is their blanket of protection. They will slowly move from under that protection only when the...

Violence and Pornography in America In the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape, mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in attempts to explain the...