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Literature review on Death Penalty
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Chapter 2: Literature Review There have been many debates over capital punishment in the United States in the last century. The methods used to carry it out have ranged from firing squads to lethal injections. The first reported case in American History is that of Daniel Frank. He was executed in the colonial days for stealing. Though there was a short moratorium the death penalty has been used widely, but not without some cost. The death penalty has become one of the most debated topics in criminology and abroad. Two of the basic issues surrounding the death penalty debate are whether the death penalty is a deterrent and whether or not discrimination plays a factor in sentencing. Is the death penalty a deterrent? While the general public may think that the death penalty deter crime, research indicates no absolute findings that the death penalty works as a deterrence (Sellin, T, 1959). The only study that came close to proving the death penalty as a deterrent was that of Issac Elrich.
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