Capital punishment is a huge controversy, but not necessarily a new development. Capital punishment is the execution of a death sentence for a criminal, while being different from the death penalty, which is the sentence of death. That death can come from electrocution or lethal injection or even hanging and firing squad in the past. This is such a huge controversy because of the fact that it is seen as legally murdering someone, but the death penalty is used as a deterrent. This particular deterrent has been around for hundreds of years. If the world sees someone die because they committed a certain act, then if they fear dying or have too much to lose, they will decide it outweighs them wanting to commit that act. That is not how everyone
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Some people see it as an eye for an eye type of ordeal, while others see it as legal murder. According to Steven Goldberg (1974), “one who supports capital punishment can foreclose further discussion by asserting that an eye must be taken for an eye, even if the taking of an eye does not deter anyone any more than would a lesser penalty.” Some people believe that having the death penalty creates a safer environment. Edwin R. Keedy (1912) believes that having the death penalty in places prevents some of these awful criminals from taking their bad behavior even further and taking someone’s life. According to Roger Hood (2016), the death penalty is not any more of a deterrent than life …show more content…
Capital Punishment. It does not matter what the name is, it is a highly debatable subject. The point of any punishment is to try and deter or prevent others from doing the same wrong again. If someone watches someone else be put to death for killing someone, they might think twice about murdering someone, but this is not always the case. As a deterrent, capital punishment works good, except for those who feel a compulsion to kill, like Ted Bundy. People who have a compulsion to kill or commit other appalling acts, are not going to be deterred, but rather they will hide. There would be more atrocious crimes if it was not for the punishments that are sure to
Some people see it as an eye for an eye type of ordeal, while others see it as legal murder. According to Steven Goldberg (1974), “one who supports capital punishment can foreclose further discussion by asserting that an eye must be taken for an eye, even if the taking of an eye does not deter anyone any more than would a lesser penalty.” Some people believe that having the death penalty creates a safer environment. Edwin R. Keedy (1912) believes that having the death penalty in places prevents some of these awful criminals from taking their bad behavior even further and taking someone’s life. According to Roger Hood (2016), the death penalty is not any more of a deterrent than life …show more content…
Capital Punishment. It does not matter what the name is, it is a highly debatable subject. The point of any punishment is to try and deter or prevent others from doing the same wrong again. If someone watches someone else be put to death for killing someone, they might think twice about murdering someone, but this is not always the case. As a deterrent, capital punishment works good, except for those who feel a compulsion to kill, like Ted Bundy. People who have a compulsion to kill or commit other appalling acts, are not going to be deterred, but rather they will hide. There would be more atrocious crimes if it was not for the punishments that are sure to