The Public's View Of The Death Penalty

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The topic of the death penalty is certainly a vehemently contested issue and has been for years. I believe that the public's view of the death penalty peaks and ebbs depending on the political climate, economy and the crime rates of the locality where the capital offenses are committed.

The pros of the death penalty are seen in what Bohm & Haley (n.d.) described as the climate observed in Packers' crime fighter model of policing which represented the ethical retribution or just deserts view of society as annotated by Pollock (2014), which saw more of an eye for an eye attitude or the complete public disdain for an individual that committed capital crimes. As a society we wanted harsher punishment for these crimes, we were essentially " locking

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