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             unusual punishment. Therefore, it should be visible that with the expanding .
             definition of cruel and unusual punishment and the evolving standards of decency that .
             capital punishment by its very nature is cruel and unusual punishment and should be .
             forbidden. Society as a whole, has always felt a need to play judge over .
             each of its members which demonstrated by the employment of capital punishment .
             dating back to the Middle Ages. As a result, public support for the death .
             penalty has remained high over the years and will continue to do so in the .
             future as long as society continues to overlook its lack of justification. Capital punishment has no place in a society where government protects the people from any unnecessary harm and morality proves capital punishment unjustifiable and wrong. .
             Proponents of the death penalty have always insisted that capital punishment .
             is a stronghold of our society in protecting the people, and have often based .
             their arguments on providing for the good of society. Edward J. Allen, in .
             response to various accusations against the death penalty, argued in favor of .
             the death penalty. Opponents of capital punishment suggest that the death .
             penalty does not deter crime. However, Allen, in his article Capital .
             Punishment: Your Protection and Mine, states that there is no definitive .
             proof that the death penalty is not a deterrent and therefore, capital .
             punishment does deter crime. Contradicting the belief that the death penalty .
             "brutalizes" human nature, Allen contends that the opposite is true - .
             unpardonable murder brutalizes human nature and cheapens human life, not the .
             penalty for its perpetration. He claims that capital punishment is the .
             guarantee against murder and the brutalization of human nature. Challengers .
             of the death penalty often argue that swift and certain punishment is more .
             effective than the deliberate killing of so-called "criminals". However, the .