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- According to our criminal justice system, criminals should receive penalties that are proportionate to the severity of their crimes. Because serial killers commit the most bizarre and hideous crimes, they should receive the ultimate punishment according to this principle. However, not all serial killers get arrested since they carefully plan out their crimes. Those that get arrested and charged with murder do not always receive death sentences. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate and inform about the nature of serial murder and its punishments by using qualitative data from existing documents and surveys. Based on psychological and legal analysis of serial murders, this thesis provides reasons supporting and opposing the death penalty in serial murder cases.
- Keyword:
- death penalty, murder convictions, sentencing, and morality
- Subject:
- Criminal Justice
- Creator:
- Vasquez, Sthefani
- Contributor:
- Hon. Kevin G. Callahan, JSC (ret) JD, Thesis Advisor
- Owner:
- lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/14/2020
- Date Modified:
- 10/14/2020
- Date Created:
- Spring 2013
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Today, a main issue in capital punishment is the shortage of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs that was used in most lethal injections. In the past, Hospira, a domestic pharmaceutical company, had provided the drug to correctional facilities. However, when Hospira stopped its distribution in 2011, death penalty states rushed to find alternatives. This paper will explore this drug shortage and the responses to the shortage by death penalty states. The reader will understand the function of the death penalty in the American criminal justice system, the reasons for the shortage of sodium thiopental, the consequences of the shortage, and states’ responses to the shortage. Proof of references are attached at the end of the thesis.
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- sodium thiopental, compounding pharmacies, bifucated trial, death penalty, capital punishment, lethal injection, and Hospira
- Subject:
- Criminal Justice
- Creator:
- Guallpa, Jerry D.
- Contributor:
- Dr. Kari E. Larson, Thesis Advisor
- Owner:
- lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/10/2020
- Date Modified:
- 06/10/2020
- Date Created:
- April 20, 2020
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper