“It is contrary to justice and of no benefit to the public,” a statement quoted by Raphael Hythloday, fictional philosopher and world traveler, while expressing his views against the administration of capital punishment for thieves. Capital punishment is the legal authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime and is undeniably one of the harshest and most controversial penalties surrounding most legal systems. For instance, under what circumstance constitutes the death penalty as justifiable? In Thomas More’s Utopia, this topic is discussed during a dinner between Hythloday, who is not in support of, and a lawyer, who is in support of executing capital punishment for thieves. During their exchange, Hythloday campaigns that capital
