A second reason to why the death penalty does not stop …show more content…
People in modern time may say, “America should no longer accept the myth that capital punishment play any constructive role in our criminal justice system,” (Top Ten Pros and Cons). In today’s society it may show that it is considered obsolete in stopping crime. Some of the same policies would apply to the story of Romeo and Juliet in showing that the threat of the death penalty did not stop any of the violence. Clearly, this proves that the opposition would be incorrect if they were to say that the death penalty stopped the fighting in the