civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has

been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the

more heinous crimes of serial killers. However, the mere fact that this brutal form of

punishment and revenge has been the policy of many nations in the past does not

subsequently warrant its implementation in today's society. The death penalty is morally

and socially unethical, should be construed as cruel and unusual punishment since it is both

discriminatory and arbitrary, has no proof of acting as a deterrent, and risks the atrocious

and unacceptable injustice of executing innocent people. As long as capital punishment

exists in our society it will continue to spark the injustice which it has failed to curb.

Capital punishment is immoral and unethical. It does not matter who does the

killing because when a life is taken by another it is always wrong. By killing a human

being the state lessens the value of life and actually contributes to the growing sentiment in

today's society that certain individuals

(Palmer 271). The motives behind the death penalty, which revolve around revenge and

Those who support the death penalty believe, or claim to believe, that capital

are worth more than others. When the value of life

punishment, but rather to the extension of it. Edward Koch, the former mayor of New

Washington and Jefferson, two former presidents and admired men, both supported

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