Capital punishment has been around ever since the time of the Babylonian king Hammurabi between 1750 and 1760 B.C(Stewart 8). The death penalty is the maximum sentence used in punishing people who kill other human beings(Guernsey 5). In China about 1500 people are executed. In 1608 the first execution was documented in the United States. “That first execution set the stage for what has become one of America’s most discussed, most volatile l

In conclusion, people who believe we should have death the death believe we could stop criminal from hurting people we love. People believe that to punish a murderer they shold kill the murderer for murdering their loves ones. Not everyone is going to be for capital punishment. Many believe that capital punishment would not take away the pain and sorrow of victims. Life should not take another human being even though he or she may have done some very harmful things. Even though some people can be harmful and cruel we shouldn’t do the same back and be the harmful one to the cruel reality of the world.

Additionally, 99.9% of th time, crimes convicted of murder ask to be sentenced to life in prison without parole than the death penalty.( Guersey 45). Obviously, for them being locked up all of one’s life is much better than life in prison, doesn’t it make sense that death would deters criminals more than life in prison. By implementing capital punishment more seriously, we are fighting the war to protect our freedom, instead of throwing down our weapons. Should our countries justice system continue to be violent criminals back on the streets where they are likely to commit murder again? Of course not.

This leads to other groups of people who believe that there are other ways condemnation beside execution, and they feel that capital punishment is cruel. They believe that sentencing a person to death does not change the reality of the situation, as the harm has already been done and which cannot be fixed from a vengeace stand point. You cannot bring the murdered person back to life by taking the prisoner’s life. They also argue that this is not a punishment for someone who has inflicted severe pain upon another human being and taken their life. These people believe that murderers should be treated more or less like animals. Some also believe that the criminal doesn’t deserve the death penalty because chances are if they are insane enough to fill another human being in the first place, the

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