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Beginning an Essay on Capital Punishment [7]
I am writing a 1500 word persuasive essay against capital punishment for my Law class and I decided to start with the story of Kirk Bloodsworth (an innocent individual that was sentenced to death), but i don't feel like it is very effective. Below is a rough draft of my introduction, please provide any feedback that would improve its effectiveness. The title i have chosen for my essay is "The System That Buries it's Worst Mistakes", is this a good title for this topic?
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Introduction:
On Augest 9th 1984 at 2:45am Kirk Noble Bloodsword, an honorably discharged US Marine with no criminal record was arrested and charged for the gruesome murder and rape of 9 year old Dawn Hamilton. Bloodsworth was found guilty due to 5 eye witnesses and was sentenced to death. There was just one problem: the defendant, Kirk Bloodsworth was innocent of the crime and wrongful convicted.
Due to many cases in which individuals are wrongfully convicted, the enormous expense of prosecution, and not effectively deterring criminals, the capital punishment should not be reintroduced into Canada.