Questions:
Why should criminals sentenced to life be put to death?
Is it more cost effective to euthanize inmates serving a life sentence?
Criminal...............Sentenced........... Life............Death
Criminals..............Sentence.............Lives...........Deaths
Criminate............. Sentences........... Lived...........Dead
Criminality.................................................Died
Criminalities
Criminal: Delinquent, crook, culprit, convict, lawbreaker, felon, hooligan...
Sentence: Condemnation, dictum, edict, punishment, verdict, confine, adjudge...
Life: Span
Death: Annihilation, mortality, destruction, decease, expiration...
Sunday, September 20, 2009
RJA# 4b: Search Strings
Search strings:
(crimina* OR felon OR delinq*) AND (life NEAR sentence)
abolish* AND (life NEAR sentence)
(crimina* OR felon OR delinq*) AND (life NEAR sentence)
abolish* AND (life NEAR sentence)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic
Usually the info I find is about a specific state usually Florida ( who knows why) but I want to write my paper referring to the whole nation.
-There are currently approx 140,600 criminals serving life
-cost per day varies by prison but approx $65
what I did find out and it is something hard to counter is that many sentenced to life are sentenced thus because of the "3 strikes and you're out" type of deal and it could be for minor reasons, But really if thery are kept in prison they'll just keep continuing their way of life gradually increasing the level if their crimes.
-There are currently approx 140,600 criminals serving life
-cost per day varies by prison but approx $65
what I did find out and it is something hard to counter is that many sentenced to life are sentenced thus because of the "3 strikes and you're out" type of deal and it could be for minor reasons, But really if thery are kept in prison they'll just keep continuing their way of life gradually increasing the level if their crimes.
RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic
My topic -Abolish the Life Sentence for the Death Penalty- seems pretty narrow...
But I could narrow my topic down to here in CO. instead of the whole nation
The points:
- Cost comparison
- Employ money for better use
- There isn't any reason for them to be kept alive
- Employ money for better use
- There isn't any reason for them to be kept alive
RJA #3c: Developing Research Question
Questions:
Why should criminals sentenced to life be put to death and what are the benefits of doing so?
Who that currently serve life sentences qualify for the death penalty? (murderers and rapists and not the 3 strike people)
How much money could we be saving if the life sentence was abolished?
I like all the questions I can't choose which ones to eliminate.
Why should criminals sentenced to life be put to death and what are the benefits of doing so?
Who that currently serve life sentences qualify for the death penalty? (murderers and rapists and not the 3 strike people)
How much money could we be saving if the life sentence was abolished?
I like all the questions I can't choose which ones to eliminate.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Number 2:
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delicious.com/NMNunez
Instead of sentencing criminals to life in prison they should be sentenced to death. The govt is spending millions of dollars for the sustenance of these inmates. The crimes committed to merit a life sentence are heinous and inhumane, why must the govt pay such a staggering amount of money to keep them alive? They could be spending that money on us, creating new programs, using it towards research, really anything that could be used towards our own benefit. Currently, Colorado is devising a proposal to let criminals with minor sentences go on parole earlier to cut costs and reduce over crowding in prisons. The problem could lessen if we remove those taking up the space unnecessarily. Personally I don't want to wander among a bunch of criminals! Especially if the reason for it was because there wasn't a 6x9 prison cell to stick them in. I find it ridiculous that more money and attention is given to the penal system than say a cure for heart disease.
Too much money gets spent on the penal system approx 60 billion a year. Inmates need to be fed, clothed, etc and there cost per day is about 50 dollars give or take depending on many factors. There are a little more than 140,000 prisoners serving life, so for people that do nothing, excuse me murder, steal... We are wasting a good deal on. Apparently sentencing someone to death takes more money than giving them a life sentence and that may be true but so few are actually givin the death penalty. And if we start using it more the cost of the death penalty would go down.
I need more stats and figures to make my points valid. I need to know the exact cost of the death penalty vs a life sentence. For my proposition to be valid and accepted I must make those sentenced to life look like inhumane cold blooded savages and that will take a bunch of info highlighting their crimes and showing previos records. I just know I have tons of research to do.
delicious.com/NMNunez
Instead of sentencing criminals to life in prison they should be sentenced to death. The govt is spending millions of dollars for the sustenance of these inmates. The crimes committed to merit a life sentence are heinous and inhumane, why must the govt pay such a staggering amount of money to keep them alive? They could be spending that money on us, creating new programs, using it towards research, really anything that could be used towards our own benefit. Currently, Colorado is devising a proposal to let criminals with minor sentences go on parole earlier to cut costs and reduce over crowding in prisons. The problem could lessen if we remove those taking up the space unnecessarily. Personally I don't want to wander among a bunch of criminals! Especially if the reason for it was because there wasn't a 6x9 prison cell to stick them in. I find it ridiculous that more money and attention is given to the penal system than say a cure for heart disease.
Too much money gets spent on the penal system approx 60 billion a year. Inmates need to be fed, clothed, etc and there cost per day is about 50 dollars give or take depending on many factors. There are a little more than 140,000 prisoners serving life, so for people that do nothing, excuse me murder, steal... We are wasting a good deal on. Apparently sentencing someone to death takes more money than giving them a life sentence and that may be true but so few are actually givin the death penalty. And if we start using it more the cost of the death penalty would go down.
I need more stats and figures to make my points valid. I need to know the exact cost of the death penalty vs a life sentence. For my proposition to be valid and accepted I must make those sentenced to life look like inhumane cold blooded savages and that will take a bunch of info highlighting their crimes and showing previos records. I just know I have tons of research to do.
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