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Capital Punishment Cannot Prevent Murder Executions have always been a part of our lives as this practice has been in use since the ancient times. However, more and more countries abolished this kind of penalty because they started to doubt its fairness and reliability. Amnesty International states on its website that" an average of three countries per year have abolished the death penalty since 1976 (...)." The only country that retains capital punishment is the United States. On the other hand, statistics prove that American citizens are not as convinced of the rationalization for a death penalty as they were in the past. Revenge, save of costs, trust in the U.S. justice system, and a deterrent effect on crimes and murders are arguments from those who support capital punishment. I have to say though that cruelty, irrevocability and discrimination are the reasons why a death penalty cannot be justified. Many supporters...

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