Capital Punishmen
Capital punishment originates in America all the way back to the eighteenth century. Colonist living in those times would be put to death for denying the true God or for petty theft. Back then, they took the death penalty a lot less lightly then the thought and debate it is known for now. They believed if you committed a crime that was heinous enough, you deserved to have your rights stripped of you and be put to death almost immediately. Now the journey of being put to death goes through many delays and averages over a decade. Whether or not capital punishment should be used in America has become a very controversial issue and justice can not be served until the debate on capital punishment is resolved and all states have come to agree that the death penalty is the best way to stop crime completely. Capital punishment deters murder, and is just retribution. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, in which, death is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but its value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. Support for the death penalty has risen in America to an average of 80%
The main reason why the death penalty needs to be exercised is the fact that it is a deterrent of crime. It deters murder and other serious crimes by putting the fear of death into would be killers and criminals. A person is less likely to do something if he or she thinks that harm will come to him as a consequence of his action. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that if the killer is dead, he will not be able to kill again. What is to stop a crazed killer from killing someone in prison while he is serving his sentence, or even worse, what is to stop a crazed killer from killing someone in the community after he or she has served their sentence or been paroled. Many of the people who are against capital punishment feel that the death penalty is not a deterrent but rather a barbaric act of the past. They put up a strong case that the threat of death failed to deter murder, anymore effectively that prison, but statistics show that the crime rate is reduced in all states that hold the death penalty. In a 1986 study done by Professor Stephen K. Layson of the University of North Carolina, Layson found that eighteen murders were deterred by each execution carried out in the United States. He also found that executions increase the probability of arrest, conviction, and other executions of heinous offenders. The death penalty is not perfect. There are a lot of improvements that need to be made like the time it takes on death row before the inmate is put to death and the lack of death sentences handed out. If capital punishment were carried out more often, and the executions were more public than they are now, it would prove to be the deterrent it was set out to be. It would send out the s
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