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#191voted by our readers
By NaaThompson GOLD
Allston, Massachusetts

Many people believe the death penalty should not be abolished because it is way of getting rid of society’s most dangerous criminals and that it is a form of revenge for the family...
NaaThompson GOLD, Allston, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you don't like someone's story, write your own. -Chinua Achebe


#192 Opinion
By CrazyCreative95 SILVER
North Fort Myers, Florida
CrazyCreative95 SILVER, North Fort Myers, Florida
9 articles 5 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
If most animals of the same species but different colors and origins can get along, why can't we??

#193 Opinion
Vince.k BRONZE, Denver, Colorado
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning.” Frederick Douglass

#194 Opinion
By CaseyLeigh PLATINUM
Moraga, California
CaseyLeigh PLATINUM, Moraga, California
31 articles 6 photos 137 comments

Favorite Quote:
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to.

david johnson BRONZE, Dallas Center, Iowa
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#196 Opinion
lexi erickson BRONZE, Afton, Wyoming
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
niralimammen GOLD, Warren, New Jersey
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Ulleehn GOLD, Lititz, Pennsylvania
13 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. " — J. K. Rowling

#199 Opinion
By 1manser BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
1manser BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#200 Opinion
By 7julieh BRONZE
Annandale, Virginia
7julieh BRONZE, Annandale, Virginia
2 articles 11 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't try so hard to fit in, you were born to stand out