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,

plays a major role in murder rates. It is a lot easier to kill someone

effect on the increase or decrease of crime rates. Even with the

addictive drugs, plus all of those caught selling addictive drugs in

is not an effective way to prevent it from happening. Preventing

"Crimes, Politics and Race" Harvard Journal of law and Public Policy

that every execution prevented 8 murders.

to controlled substances act calls for the death penalty or life

of punishment. In 1995 Hart Research Associated Poll asked law

heroin, cocaine, phencyclidine or analogue. Added to that, The drug

Nardo, Don Death Penalty San Diego: Lucent Books Inc, 1992

enforce harsh punishment to "scare" off potential crimes. Studies

decrease on the availability of handguns are 2 of many alternatives in

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