Death Penalty On Agenda

Following a tragic double-murder, capital punishment has surged as an election issue. There now appears a real possibility that right-wing candidate Randy Jefferson, running on a "Do the Crime, pay the Penalty" platform, will gain power. While society's intelligentsia is outraged, debate rages as to whether the government should intervene.

Option 1: "This is a democracy, remember?" rhetorically questions Professor May O'Bannon of the University of Greater East Pac Nation. "That means that if the people want something, the people get it. I hate to say it, but in the name of political freedom, we need to accept that our country will have the death penalty."

Option 2:
"I'm sorry," says Civil Rights Unionist Elizabeth Gutenberg, "but this travesty cannot be allowed to pass. If the government needs to crack down on lunatic fringe groups in order to keep our great nation free of the death penalty, then so be it. We must ban the politics of hatred and fear!"

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Dismiss this issue.