FR 1030 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Voir, State Agency For National Security, Pense, Saskatchewan
12 Oct 2018
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FR 1030
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
Argument #1: Deterrence
Argument #2: Death Penalty
Alternatives
Argument #3: Morality
→ Oe of the ai issues
abolitionists have with capital
punishment is whether or not
it actually deters other
people from murdering – and
if it does’t, thee’s o point
→ To aolish the death
penalty on this basis would
be ridiculous. In this case, we
should also abolish prisons,
eause the do’t see to
deter people from
committing crime, and we
should also abolish speeding
tickets, because regardless of
how many are given out,
people still continue to
speed.
→ I 995, afte si eas
with no executions, the
annual murder rate rose to
over 23,000 which shows that
the murder rate increased
without the death penalty
→ As aoe a see, the
deterrent effect is there and
works very well, Almost every
time a murderer is found
guilty, their lawyers try their
best for life in prison without
parole. Obviously, it is seen
as a lesser
punishment
→ Aolitioists lai that
there are alternatives to the
death penalty – mainly, that
life in prison without parole
works just as well
→ Cetail, if ou igoe all
the murders criminals
commit in prison when they
kill prison guards and other
inmates, because without the
death penalty they have no
further punishment to deter
them - and also if you ignore
when they kill decent citizens
upon escape, like the case
documented on Cornell Law
“hool’s “upee Cout
Decisions website
→ Puttig a udee aa
for life just simply isn't good
enough. Laws change, parole
boards change, and people
forget the past
→ As log as the udee is
alive, there is always a
chance that he could strike
again, and there are people
who run the criminal justice
system who are naive enough
to allow him to repeat his
crime
→ It ot ol foee keeps
the murderer from killing
again, it also prevents parole
boards and criminal rights
→ A fe of the ideas that
cause abolitionists to think
capital punishment is
immoral include the possible
execution of innocents, the
aai atue of apital
punishment, and the phrase
to ogs do’t ake a
ight
→ The judiial sste, like
everything else, is run by
humans who are capable of
making mistakes – but
nothing that is worth having
comes without risk
→ The death pealt is ot
the only institution that
contains risk in exchange for
social benefits.
→ Fo istae, aulaes
save many lives, but they also
run over some pedestrians.
But we do not abolish
ambulances, because they
save more innocents than
they kill. So does the death
penalty.
→ As log as e a
recklessly endanger hundreds
of innocent lives daily for our
personal convenience, then
surely we should be allowed
to take on lesser risks for
something far less selfish, like
public safety
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activists from giving them the
chance to repeat their crime
*→* I a suaize the
feelings of myself and other
supporters of the death
penalty with a quote from
Chicago journalist Mike
Royko–It is ol eause e
value human life so much
that we place such a terrible
oseuee o takig it.
Thank you.
→ I do't see h puli
safety doesn't deserve as
much respect and protection
as national Security
→ I thik it’s hpoitial that
the same countries who have
abolished capital punishment
eause it is "aai ae at
the same time prepared to
enforce political power with
much more violence than the
death penalty would ever
require
→ “oe ight see it as
patiig a ee fo a
ee, ut justie is't ased
on revenge; it is based on
retribution
→ Retiutio is the oal
principle that the harm
imposed on the victim should
be reflected proportionately
back onto the criminal who
caused them
→ Popotioalit sas that
the criminal will be punished
to the extent he hurt victim –
not more, not less
→ Aolishig the death
penalty would promise
murderers that we will never
do to them what they did to
their victims
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Document Summary
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