Capital punishment is putting a condemned person to death. When one reads history of the world, it is seen that many people were sentenced to death because they raised a voice against the king. Ending a person's life without giving him a chance to repent is not the best of the correctional methods. It might serve as deterrence for others but to what extent that is entirely true will be examined in the paper. Previously the forms of execution were very painful. Many were beheaded while many were crucified. Crucifixion was the method used to execute Jesus according to Christianity. Such methods aimed at prolonging the pain before death. There have been cultures that have also practiced stoning as a method of execution and even today in countries like Iran, stoning is carried out as a legitimate form of capital punishment for crimes like adultery. "Some may attempt to argue that there is scriptural authorization for the death penalty and so capital punishment will never be listed as an intrinsically evil act" (Peter Black, p.338). This seems to be true when one consults religious scriptures like the Old Testament for example identifies it to be a legitimate form of execution. The New Testament however talks about crucifixion being used but itself prohibits capital punishment. Hitler used gas chambers to execute people while the United States has been formulating different methods and using it. It came up with the electric chair which would fry the person's brain at high voltage and blood would seep out from his eye sockets. Later on came the lethal injection that was supposed to be painless but the question is that can death ever be painless? In 1976, Canada however ended capital punishment to be an option however some of its people want it to be there as an option. While many talk against capital punishment due to its inhumane nature, there are many people who talk for capital punishment.