ARGUMENTATIVE PRACTISE
The Death Penalty
Currently Turkish Government has already come to a conclusion as"The death penalty should be abolished." However,
some people still think "The death penalty should be administered for particularly heinous crimes." Stating your point of view write an argumentative essay in order to send to European Court of Human Rights
PS: You can send an e-mail, a fax or a letter to folllowing addresses.
Make use of the links below in order to gather information for your arguments
Address:
Council of Europe
67075 Strasbourg-Cedex
France
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 20 18
Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 30
e-mail: webmaster@echr.coe.int
Some of the issues in this argument:
Is the death penalty an effective deterrent for heinous crimes?
What are the economic ramifications of the death penalty?
Is the death penalty the best protection from a murderer?
Are methods of execution reliable and practical?
Sources of Information:
Against the Death Penalty
Amnesty International
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Death Penalty
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Yahoo's Death Penalty: Opposing Views
Supreme Court Declares Juvenile Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Deterrence and the Death Penalty:The Views of the Experts
Death Penalty from justicepolicy.com
In Favor of the Death Penalty
S.C. bill: Execute 2-time molesters
Death Penalty links
ProDeathPenalty.com (in favor of the death penalty)
Yahoo's Death Penalty: Supporting Views
Informational Websites
Death Penalty Curricula for High School
Angel on Death Row from PBS's Frontline
Death Penalty Information Center
Focus on the Death Penalty: Index
The Death Penalty - American attitudes - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
posted by nazmihoca @ 6/01/2006 05:11:00 PM
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Outline for My Essay
Historical background:
Individuals
Forming Societies
Advanteges of Living together
Caotic states of socializing
Social rules and traditions
need of regular Laws originating from religious and blief systems.
Secular need of Laws.
Death penalty Applications
Thesis Statement:The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
Body 1:It violates the right to life.
religious reasons
nature of humanity
not equally applied in different countries
Body 2: the families left behind
the state of the wife/husband
the state of the children
the state of the mothers/fathers
Body 3: the criminals may not be mature enough to discriminate right and wrong.
The age factor involed(18-20)
statistics from the USA
Bad must be destructed doctrin.
Vanedetta Effect activated
Refutation:
Con: claims about the murdered ones life rights
Pro: violates the right to live
Con: victims family members behind
Pro:people left behind
Con: criminals ages as an excuse
Pro: maturity in crime attempts
Concluding sentence:
Since sentencing people to death is a completely primitive way to punish a criminal, people should come up with more creative solutions to this big issue.
Feelings:
we should be a supporter of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, a coalition that unites national and international human rights organizations, bar associations, trade unions and local and regional authorities in an effort to rid the world of the death penalty.
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