Articles for tag: Executions, Faces of Death

Karla News

Televised Executions: Will Society Ever Get to this Point?

A recent poll by MSNBC asked if people would be interested in watching an execution on live TV. This poll had been asked in the past, and resulted in a large majority of people replying in the negative. The recent poll showed different results. For the first time, the larger amount of people said that ...

Karla News

The Exonerated: A Play with Purpose

On February 9, 10, 11, 2007 the ACT IV Productions theater group will present Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s play The Exonerated. The show will be held at the theater of the First Unitarian Church of Plainfield, 754 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ. Tickets are$15. For more information call 908-756-0750. The Exonerated dramatizes the true tales ...

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Capital Punishment

Is killing a murderer justice, or retaliation? Capital punishment is a subject that has been under debate for many years. Capital punishment is also known by other names such as the death sentence, execution, and the death penalty, but whatever the name is, the meaning remains the same; a person convicted of a capital crime ...

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Movie Review: The Hit List (2011)

The Hit List has a particularly exciting, enjoyably fascinating fantasy at its heart, tugging at the desirable idea of eliminating your enemies in real life (be careful what you wish for). As with all good thrillers, the fantasy eventually shifts into terror, as the humorous notion fades into a nightmare involving cold-blooded, violent death. The ...

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Why Capital Punishment Doesn’t Deter Crime

Those in favor of capital punishment believe that the threat of severe punishment should bring the crime rates down and that capital punishment or the death penalty is the ultimate crime deterrent. However because the likelihood of actually getting caught for committing a crime is very low, capital punishment doesn’t do much in the way ...