Today thousands of people around the world commit crimes. For a society to be civilized, these people have to be punished. This punishment is meted out in different forms. Isolation from the society by imprisonment, or taking away some rights from the individual, are some forms of punishment. For severe crimes, the punishment too is severe, one of the forms being capital punishment or the death sentence. Whether it is right or wrong remains a big question mark.

Families of victims of murders, rape etc. are absolutely devastated by the crimes and demand justice. Sometimes the society too, is convinced that these criminals don't deserve to live. Allowing such criminals to live would only mean that more people follow the path of crime. Therefore giving them the death sentence would not only be a suitable form of justice, it would also set an example for other criminals and prevent future crimes from occurring. As the saying goes, "An eye for an eye and a

However, Life is a gift given to us all. We all have been given the right to live our lives, the way we want to. Taking away someone else's is definitely beyond our authority. However ghastly the crime committed, who are we to take away something we can't restore? And who are we to judge and determine who is worthy of living and who isn't. If someone is proven guilty of murder or any other crime, they should be given death? The very statement is a contradiction. By killing them, it is society that is committing a greater crime. Should society then be given the capital punishment for murder?

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