Example of Argumentative Essay – "Capital Punishment"
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main argument
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Capital punishment should be stopped
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supporting argument #1
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morally wrong
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supporting argument #2
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expensive
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supporting argument #3
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slow process
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proof #1 for supporting argument #1
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we are following the criminals' example by doing something equally as bad ourselves.
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taking one life for another life.
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chance that a mistake will be made
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proof #1 for supporting argument #2
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use taxes to pay these expenses
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past 13 years, Florida has spent $57 million to carry out 18 executions
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$3.2 million for each execution
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proof #1 for supporting argument #3
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At least 97 percent of all death-row prisoners are not executed on time
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executed one inmate every day, it would still take 30 years to empty all of the cells on death row
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NONE
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opposing viewpoint
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convicts on death row deserve to die because of the horrendous crimes that they have committed
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challenge
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our responsibility to try and rehabilitate them
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hook
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"We the jury, find the defendant . . . guilty. You have been sentenced to die by the state of Arizona."
