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             Death Penalty v/s A Legalized Form of Crime.
            
            
            
             Death Penalty v/s A Legalized Form of Crime.
             Our society is based on certain rules and laws and everyone has to follow these rules so that our society can run smoothly and every individual can live in total peace and security. But some people refuse to abide by the laws under several circumstances and compulsions. The law enforcement agencies have punishments for such people, so as to remind them about the laws and more importantly to correct them. Capital punishment, more commonly known as death penalty is one form of punishments given to severe crimes, which are absolutely unacceptable by the society. Death penalty sentences a human to death and involves various methods to inflict death to the criminal. Most of these methods are inhumane and range back to the barbaric system. Moreover it is not always the actual criminal who gets the punishment. There are several other such arguments which put down the use of death penalty. There are also arguments which support the use of death penalty and there are also opinions which are not very sure whether to abolish or keep death penalty. Fierce emotional reactions are shown by people on both sides of the issue of death penalty. This paper has a look at the history of death penalty and then the arguments that support and oppose it which are mainly prevalent in the United States of America. .
             History of Death Penalty.
             Death penalty has prevailed in our societies since a very long time. In the 18th century B.C. the code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty-five different crimes. In the seventh century B.C. Draconian Code of Athens established death penalty as the punishment for every crime committed. In historical years death sentences were carried out by means such as crucifixion, drowning and impalement. The most notorious death execution in B.C. was about 399 B.C. when the Greek philosopher Socrates was required to drink poison for heresy and corruption of the youth.


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