The death penalty or capital punishment, is a controversial issue that a lot of people have debated. It has been part of the criminal justice system since the earliest of times. During the 1700 B.C., the Babylonians decreed death for crimes, even minor ones. The early Egyptians were also accustomed to the enforcement of the death penalty. Egyptians were sentenced to death for a crime, such as disclosing the location of sacred burial grounds. In today's world, capital punishment is still a part of the criminal justice system. Every time someone is sentenced to death a question of whether capital punishment is right arises. Should it be included in our justice systems?

In dealing with the issue of whether capital punishment is right or not, we should consider all of the arguments involved. We must consider the economic argument, the deterrence argument, the retributive argument, and the utilitarian argument for capital punishment. After understanding these arguments, we will see that, although a majority of people thinks putting criminals to death is wrong and must be banned, the practice of capital punishment is nonetheless a justifiable option.

"Whoever strikes a man a mortal blow must be put to death. He however, who did not hunt a man down, but caused his death by an act of God, may flee to a place which I will set apart for this purpose. But when a man kills another after maliciously scheming to do so, you must take him even from my altar and put him to death."

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By considering the historical information, deterrence argument, economic argument, retributive argument, and the utilitarian argument for capital punishment, we can see that, although a majority of people think putting criminals to death is wrong and must be banned, the practice of capital punishment is nonetheless a justifiable option. In fact, capital punishment is not just an option but a must and a necessity for everyone in a community, state, or country. For those who believe that it is wrong to put someone to death because he took away someone else's life, think again. Does life seem to be so unimportant that the only punishment we can give the criminals are life sentences?

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