Essay Archive - Crime and the Death Penalty
Crime and the Death Penalty
What is our world coming to? Four rapes, seven-teen robberies,
forty-five aggravated assaults, 163 burglaries, 434 larceny-thefts,
eighty-eight auto thefts, and four arsons all in one New Jersey day-- a
The word crime is not an unfamiliar word to any of us. We read the
shocking headlines in newspapers, hear the broadcast announcements on
television, we ourselves may have been victims of a crime. However, is
there being anything done to end it. In recent years crime in America has
been on a rise. This has not only led to an overcrowding in prisons, but
also in an increase in the....
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