“A society that respects life does not deliberately kill human beings.
An execution is a violent public spectacle of official homicide, and one
that endorses killing to solve social problems - the worst possible example
to set for the citizenry. The benefits of capital punishment are illusory,
but the bloodshed and the resulting destruction of community decency are real.”
-- Hugo Bedau, in The Case Against the Death Penalty
In American society, the threat of capital punishment stands as the ultimate sentence for
a criminal. The moral ramifications of the taking of another life, whether it be by murder or as
legally accepted punishment, remains an unresolved conflict between Americans. Despite the
fact that capital punishment, otherwise known as the "death penalty", is legal in only a handful of
countries in the world, the majority of Americans regard it as acceptable retribution. In the 1981
Gallup Poll, two-thirds of Americans voiced general approval of capital punishment. By 1994,
the same poll concluded that a tremendous 80% of Americans approved of capital punishment
(Moore, 1994:5). It is no wonder that many of our countries leaders endorse the death penalty.
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