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Resolved: The USA Should Abolish the Death Penalty
   Death Penalty: Being killed for a crime
   important subject. Should the United States abolish the death penalty?
   Note, from hereafter, Death Penalty will be abbreviated as "DP."
   abolish the death penalty so if we do have a mistaken case that it is
   When asked his position on the Death Penalty, President Barack Obama
   C1. Capital Punishment saves innocent lives.
   SPA: Capital Punishment keeps a killer from striking again.
   Life Imprisonment when the Supreme Court struck down the Death Penalty.
   again. In many cases, anything less than the Death Penalty simply isn't
   SPB: Capital Punishment has a deterrent effect.
       Illinois moratorium on the Death Penalty led to 150 additional
   drop of 60 percent. Within Texas, the most aggressive death penalty
   about the moratorium on Capital Punishment from 1972-1976):
   "While some death penalty abolitionists try to face down the results of
   earnest by using the death penalty, every person who dies at a
   deterrent effect of Capital Punishment outweighs this small risk.
   C2. The Death Penalty is a better punishment than Life without Parole.
   If the Death Penalty is abolished, the next thing to go will be life
   Moss. Her parents decided to spare Moore the death penalty on the
   SPB: Prisoners view the Death Penalty as a harsher punishment than Life
   One argument against the Death Penalty is that it does not force
   The death penalty undoubtebly saves innocent lives through prevention,
   8. Lowe, Wesley. "Consistent and Swift Application of the Death Penalty
   9. Tucker, William. "Capital Punishment Reduces Murder Rates."
   a court after death. Kohai wants us to take death penalty information