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18th Century Capital Punishment

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On a cool April day in 2013, the 117th annual Boston Marathon was drawing to a close and spectators waited for their loved ones to finish. Meanwhile, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two bombs at the finish line which would give everyone there a finish no one would have expected. At approximately 2:49 that afternoon, the beautiful sunny day was turned into a nightmare for the thousands of spectators when the two bombs, filled with shrapnel, went off within seconds of each other resulting in three deaths and an estimated 264 injuries. While one of the terrorists died in the manhunt that followed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger brother, was caught and sentenced to death and people still are saying that he …show more content…

The punishment for the worst of the worst, capital punishment has been around since the first death penalty laws of King Hammaurabi of Babylon in the 18th century B.C. (Society's Final Solution) Throughout its existence; there have been many methods on how to kill someone for their crimes. For example, in the 10th century A.D., hanging was the go to method in many countries especially Britain. As society became more modern and technology advanced so did the methods of execution; hanging led to firing squads which advanced into lethal gas then electrocution, and finally today’s method, lethal injection. While many say lethal injection is inhumane and cruel, these critics are incorrect; with the right chemicals lethal injection is painless and the inmate dies within minutes of injection. Along with the painlessness of proper lethal injection, the inmate also does not have to go through the 50 or so years in prison where he is subject to abuse by other inmates and the mental effects of being in that prison for all those …show more content…

The country is in a situation like many of its citizens, it needs money and its leaders are constantly just throwing it away. They preach that crime is wrong and that the felons need to pay for their crimes, but in reality it is the innocent citizens who are paying for that murdering rapist’s T.V., comfortable living, activity center, and library. The leaders in this country have gotten it in their heads that the people that they represent should have to pay for the criminals to live comfortably due to the fact that they believe corporal punishment is ineffective and wrong. The leaders would rather make taxpayers pay $34,200 (Sharp, D.) a year to hold criminals for 50 years or so compared to $60,000 (Sharp, D.) a year to hold them for 6 years. The math speaks for itself; many people who are anti-death penalty say that life in prison is more “cost effective” but they only compare the first years. If one holds criminal “A” , who is guilty of rape and murder for say, 50 years, he will cost the country 1.7 million dollars; whereas if he is put to death after 6 years of holding him, he will cost the taxpayers a total of $360,000(Sharp, D.). These numbers clearly show that the death penalty is more cost effective. If the country stops spending 1.7 million to hold prisoner “A” for 50 years, then that money could be used for green energy or

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The Boston Bombing occurred during the Boston Marathon in 2013 . Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamarlan set off two bombs near the finish line of the marathon, killing three people and wounding over 260 more . Tsarnvaevs older brother had been killed during a gun battle with the police and Dzokhar had later been arrested. The younger of the two brothers was then put on trial and later facing death on 17 counts and being sentenced to death.

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“At approximately 2:49 that afternoon, with more than 5,600 runners still in the race, two pressure-cooker bombs–packed with shrapnel and other materials and hidden in backpacks that were placed on the ground amidst crowds of marathon-watchers–exploded within seconds of each other near the finish line along Boylston Street. The blasts instantly turned the sun-filled afternoon into a gruesome scene of destruction and chaos” (“Boston Marathon Bombings”). Soon after the attack a manhunt set out in search for the two suspects. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were the Boston Marathon Bombers who caused an unexpected event that led to the manhunt. The bombings, along with the manhunt caused much chaos and destruction to the city as well as to the

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Capital punishment is the legalized killing of criminal offenders based on the severity of the crime. We can trace capital punishment as far back to the eighteenth century. The King of Babylon, Hammaurdi wrote a set of codes for twenty-five crimes. If they were broken you could be killed. Killing during this time was more severe than it is now.

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