sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. However, the

death penalty is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally

right? Is it effective in deterring crime, primarily murders? Weather

or not you agree if it is moral or not, one issue remains. The death

penalty is not an effective way to deter crime.

The death penalty has existed as long as humans have

existed. The quote "an eye for an eye" is found in the Bible. In the

middle ages fines, public humiliation and imprisonment were

appropriate punishments for all crimes, and death penalty for all

murders. Today, Federal law states that the death penalty is to be

enforced with convicted criminals for: treason; deserting armed

forces during wartime; murder committed by a soldier; kidnapping and

murder that involves crossing state lines; murder committed during an

airplane hijacking; and of course, homicide. The death penalty is

also called for punishment of for: attempting to kill anyone

investigating or prosecuting his or her activities; advising,

directing, authorizing or assisting in the murder of someone. Also,

The Anti-Drug abuse act of 1988 calls for the death

States. The number of people on death row in 1967 were in 1972: 200

then there will be less murders. Another thought is slavery should be

magazine, 1997 said 52% of Americans do not believe the death penalty

Even though the death penalty seems like a favorable

deters people from committing crime. In a recent poll of police

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