Punishment by death or more commonly known as the death penalty, has been in existence since the 18 century B.C, in which King Hammurabi of Babylon enforced justice by many barbaric ways such as a beating to death to burning the person alive (Reggio). Such principles established the famous law of retaliation and it soon …show more content…
In fact, a former California jurist, Donald McCartin mentions, “it’s 10 times more expensive to kill them than to keep them alive” (Philips). With that in hand, the death penalty apposition has been mixed throughout the years, but a study conducted at Pew Research Center, showed there was an increase in opposing the death penalty in recent years (NBC). In the near future, many states would save millions by abolishing capital punishment, in which it could contribute to many other programs such as crime prevention, in the first