Death Penalty The death penalty or Capital punishment is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a capital crime. However, since this punishment is established people are still wondering if the death penalty is a fair verdict. The first death penalty laws are established as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon (in modern-day Iraq). The code implies that there are twenty-five crimes punishable by death in these times. The Death Penalty Information Center states that Great Britain influences the United States to use capital punishment for those who commit any kind of offences. The first person sentences to death it is Captain George Kendall, he is hanged for
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The death penalty makes a judgment of the life of any person, even a guilty person, that they no longer hold a value or a purpose in this life. In a study carries by Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) 77% of people favor the death penalty because they fear "that even the most dangerous murderers will be released in seven years if they are not executed" (Frame 51). Some people in the United States believe that capital punishment should not be abolished, just updated and made more efficient. What is suggested is the use of nitrogen asphyxiation which simply puts someone to sleep. Creque suggests in his article "Killing With Kindness" that it is okay to punish a human being by this method. People live in a society that is surrounded by violent behavior for that reason the justice uses the death penalty to send out a positive message for those who tend to commit capital offence. Capital punishment is not an act we wish to place on a single soul, but it is the best way to keep the killer out of society and prevent any further murders. There is no concrete evidence of either positive or negative effect, but this does not mean it would not help lower the crime rate. People need to understand that the best way to prevent any possible murders in the future is not let the killer walk free. The death penalty allows us to see the seriousness of a crime and the value of life. Fear of being robbed, raped and murdered. In societies that have abolished the death penalty, prison cells are overcrowded and many of them are repeated offenders who, despite their incarceration are still actively involved in orchestrating criminal offences. Therefore, it means that imprisonment is not as effective as it ought to be. If many of these offenders are given the death penalty then the number of crimes recorded would probably be less. For example, Jerry Hobbs
The death penalty makes a judgment of the life of any person, even a guilty person, that they no longer hold a value or a purpose in this life. In a study carries by Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) 77% of people favor the death penalty because they fear "that even the most dangerous murderers will be released in seven years if they are not executed" (Frame 51). Some people in the United States believe that capital punishment should not be abolished, just updated and made more efficient. What is suggested is the use of nitrogen asphyxiation which simply puts someone to sleep. Creque suggests in his article "Killing With Kindness" that it is okay to punish a human being by this method. People live in a society that is surrounded by violent behavior for that reason the justice uses the death penalty to send out a positive message for those who tend to commit capital offence. Capital punishment is not an act we wish to place on a single soul, but it is the best way to keep the killer out of society and prevent any further murders. There is no concrete evidence of either positive or negative effect, but this does not mean it would not help lower the crime rate. People need to understand that the best way to prevent any possible murders in the future is not let the killer walk free. The death penalty allows us to see the seriousness of a crime and the value of life. Fear of being robbed, raped and murdered. In societies that have abolished the death penalty, prison cells are overcrowded and many of them are repeated offenders who, despite their incarceration are still actively involved in orchestrating criminal offences. Therefore, it means that imprisonment is not as effective as it ought to be. If many of these offenders are given the death penalty then the number of crimes recorded would probably be less. For example, Jerry Hobbs