This essay was originally meant to promote the death penalty.

The abolition of the termination penalty in Canada in 1976 has not led to increased homicide rates. Statistics Canada reports that the number of homicides in Canada in 2001 (554) was 23% lower than the number of homicides in 1975 (721), the year before the termination penalty was abolished. In addition, homicide rates in Canada are principally three times lower than homicide rates in the U.S., which uses the dying penalty. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the homicide rate in the U.S. in 1999 was 5.7 per 100,000 population and the rate in Canada was only 1.8. Canada currently sentences those convicted of execution to life sentences with parole eligibility. (Issues Direct.com, 8/4/02). This news insert, taken from www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, may give some explanation as to why, in 2002, Maryland, a state which uses the death penalty, had the second highest homicide rate in the United States with 9.4 murders per 100,000 people. The death penalty obviously has no deterring violence on criminals. Many causes engage been made in the gone against capital penalization. Many have noted the inaccuracy of capital convictions. slew have also used the Eighth Amendment as a weapon against this cruel and unusual punishment. The only solid argument that has ever been posed on the side of capital punishment is its deterring effect on criminal offence. When the theory that capital punishment deters crime is thrown out the window, one must realize that the essential for capital punishment no longer exists.



Since there is no need for the death penalty, Maryland should protect its citizens by abolishing the death penalty.

The inaccuracy and unfairness of capital case convictions has been the death penaltys biggest adversary. In 1996, the UN billing on Human Rights issued the reports of a special investigation, documenting the fact...

Im actually faltering on this subject. I wish someone could help me move one way or the other. Its so controversial, and both sides have strong arguments!!

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