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Capital Punishment - The Taking of Life
March 2005

 

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Your age 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 24 26 25 27 29 32 32 34 36 40 43 47 49 57  
Your sex Male female male female female male female female female female female female female male male male female female male male female  
                                             
Do you believe our country should do away with capital punishment? No - Under certain circumstances. People who take life should have their life taken no no no no   yes Those that have enough evil in them should be punished by the Lord, not by fellow humans No because, if one is truly guilty no No, because there is too much crime and capital punishment is one of the controls over the crime No No yes to deter crime no. Increase capital punishment would help prevent future crimes. Get rid of all those on death row. Why wait no no No, theperson usually regrets it after a long time. The person should stay in prison for a long time. no noIt is a deterrent. The one excluded won't kill again undecided no  
                                             
Do you think the following figure is about right: "In 1999, more than 19 percent of teenagers either attempted suicide or had a serious plan to kill themselves?" yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes yes yes  
                                           
                                           
                                           

 

 

Note - The formal inventory (below) was not taken in class

Capital Punishment   & Punishment in general

Agree Disagree Not Sure Capital Punishment is necessary
      Capital Punishment is fair
      Capital Punishment is relatively painless
      Michael Ross deserves to be executed
      Michael Ross is totally responsible for his actions
      Capital Punishment is humane
      The primary  purpose of punishment is to give injury to the guilty party
      The primary purpose of punishment is to deter others from doing evil
      The primary purpose of punishment is to somehow rehabilitate the criminal while he is being punished
      The primary purpose of punishment is to restore the scales of justice
      The primary moral consideration in capital punishment is that it is wrong to take someone's life