y violence children see by making execution another television program for their viewing pleasure.

The debate over the merits of Capital Punishment has endured for years. Capital Punishment, the legal infliction of the death penalty, is meant to deter murder. Criminals who have committed crimes so heinous that the state determines the only way to deal with them is death, suffer execution. Since it's institution, Americans have argued about the death Penalty (Hays, 1990). Many feel that it does not obey the laws of this land and it is not a decent form of punishment. To this day, many Americans still do not agree on Capital Punishment.

Public executions have been around since the Middle Ages. In ancient history, criminals were brought to an arena to be killed in public games. Some of the penalties back then included: being nailed to a cross, hanging and beheading and witches were stoned or burned to death. Many Americans feel that, by publicizing the death penalty, it would deter crime. Then why was the death penalty banned from public view in the 19th century? Some have argued that public executions would put an end to the death penalty, because we would find them barbaric. Scott Robert Hays (1990) indicates that:

Others who are against the death penalty distrust the statistical evidence that it does not serve as a deterrent to crime (Horwitz, 1973). Statistics have failed that the threat of Capital Punishment reduces the number of murders. A former warden by the name of Clinton T. Duffy did a survey by asking each of his condemned prisoners if he or she had thought about the possibility of execution before committing the crime. Most answered that they never expected to be caught. Duffy, who spent his entire life in prison work, is a firm opponent of Capital Punishment. He stated that not only does this fail to deter crime but that there have been more homicides following an execution than preceding it. Further evidence has demonstrated that most murders are "crimes of passion" in which the killer attacks a spouse, relative, or an acquaintance in an unreasoning frenzy of hate, jealousy, frustration or revenge (Horwitz, 1973). This could mean that many of these crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol. A high percentage of the murderers are mentally deranged. There are more arguments against the death penalty than there is for it. A powerful argument against the death penalty has always been the possibility of judicial error resulting in the execution of an innocent man. Elinor Lander Horwitz (1973) said the following:

Determent of crimes punishable by execution will result by making a moral change in society. Children should be taught the value of human life by positive methods. Teach children that human life is a precious commodity and crimes such as murder and rape may result in a loss of life. Teach them respect for one another as well as for their own life. Guidance, direction and discipline are necessary if children are to grow up to become productive members of society. Exploiting death on public television will interfere in the lives of children who would be allowed to view the death. Many times the children are too young to understand, or if they do understand, they may learn to view life as expendable and that no matter what they do in life, dying for it will not matter. Viewing of executions could not possibly be positive determent.

Do you ever wonder what is going through the mind of a person who is on death row? Life on death row is not easy to handle by many convicted murderers. Unfortunately they have lost their freedom, therefore; they are unable to be involved in rallies against this punishment. All they can do is pray and show their support for others who are going to trial for the same crime. Many prisoners feel that they are being tortured enough while waiting for the time to come. Stressful situations such as this could have caused suicide attempts and or injury to an officer in th

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