Throughout the course of human history, the death penalty has been utilized by many societies as just punishment for a variety of crimes. In the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, a person was faced with death if they sold alcohol fraudulently. The laws of ancient Egypt made it a capital offense to disclose the locations of secret burial sites. The Draconian Code in Greece made any crime that was committed, punishable by death (Flanders 3). Should the death penalty still be used as a punishment in Americas Criminal Justice System. Supporters of the issue argue that the death penalty is just retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation for criminals. Abolitionists respond to this, by stating that capital punishment does not deter crime at all, and is also more expensive, has proven to be discriminatory, and it holds the possibility of murdering an innocent person as well.

Each state which has legalized the death penalty agrees, for the most part, on which crimes are capital offenses. First, any person convicted of murdering a person, intentionally or unintentionally, while in the act of committing a separate felony, may be put to death. In addition, any person convicte

The death penalty will continue to be an issue for years to come. The arguments supporting this form of punishment are unfounded. It has never been proven that capital punishment is a deterrent. For the most part, criminals act without ever realizing that they might in fact be caught, let alone punished in any way. The argument of incapacitation is outweighed by simply a life sentence without parole, which is lee expensive and more humane. Finally, the retribution claim has been found to be barbaric, because the legal killing of an individual will never bring back the victim.

Cavanagh, Suzanne. " Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview". CRS

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