The Death Penalty Murderers should not be allowed to walk the streets after being found guiltily of brutally violent crimes. Deterrence is a strategy that our justice system uses to reduce or eliminate future criminal behavior. As the criminal’s family members hope that rehabilitation can effect a scheduled death from taking place, retribution is what the victims’ family members mostly depend on. Restoration is required by the victims and their family members to feel “…showed first 75 words of 971 total…

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