Capital punishment is the highest form of punishment in the United States of America. It involves the infliction of the death penalty on a person who is convicted of serious crimes such as murder, treason, and terrorism. Thirty-eight states in America including, New York, practices this form of punishment which has formed a subject of debate for many years. .
(It is the belief of many that capital punishment is morally wrong,) - I believe that capital punishment is morally wrong- .It can be inflicted upon the innocent; It does not deter crime; there is prejudice involved and therefore it should be abolished.
We have come to a very important place in time where we as a nation should take a stance towards the abolition of the death penalty because for one it is morally wrong. It is the cruel and inhumane taking of a human life. A life is a life and there can be no justification in taking a persons life in an act of revenge, which it is, for a crime he or she has committed. It can be understood when in the event of self-defense against an immediate threat to life or the life of another or an act of war, a person unavoidably cause the death of an aggressor. According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. It is the premeditated killing of a prisoner who could be dealt with equally well by .
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less harsh means"(2). The method of execution involves physical torture and varies from state to state. "Death by electrocution, poisonous gas and lethal injection are prescribed in the USA alone" (54). Using the method of electrocution involves the application of powerful surge of electric current to the body, which causes cardiac arrest and respiratory paralysis. "Electrocution produces visible destructive effects as the body's internal organs are burned; the condemned prisoner often leap forward against restraining straps when the switch is thrown; the prisoner may defecate, urinate or vomit blood.
