Does an eye for an eye still have a place in society today? To many the death penalty does have its place in society. Imagine that someone kidnapped your child and then killed them. What would you want to do to that person? Most people would answer to kill them. In fact in 2000, fifty-eight percent of the population agreed that if someone was convicted of murdering a child, then they should be put to death (…showed first 75 words of 1589 total…

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