I found this article refreshingly strait forward to read, as it did not drag on for a long time repeating ideas and being redundant. In fact, it was completely the opposite, managing to make an entire thesis, middle, and effective end in only about four paragraphs, each consisting of little more than a sentence each.
The three points that the author seemed to want to bring across were these:
1. Capital Punishment is being given up because it does not deter Capital Crimes, but there is no proof that lifelong imprisonment accomplishes anything either.
2. Capital Punishment can drag on and impede upon the well-being of the other members of the convict's family, but who's to say that lifelong imprisonment does the same thing?
3. Racial discrimination.
This was all new ideas to me, so I was pleased when I found that I had at least one more argument against the death penalty, but I also found two arguments FOR the death penalty, which I am actually glad to have. I believe it's important to know both sides of the story.
December 4, 2008
An Uneven Case Against the Death Penalty (article#3)
In just a few brief paragraphs, the author of this article summarizes some arguments both for and against capital punishment.
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