In the year 1622, the colony of Virginia (present day state of Virginia), the United States had its very first public execution. For a majority of the country Capital Punishment is one of the best ways to punish a criminal. Capital Punishment is currently a major issue in this country since the very beginning, and I personally believe that it is a major issue; in the factor that it is not used more often in today’s world full of criminals that commit heinous crimes are in need of Capital Punishment for the belief that they deserve the most severe punishment humanly possible for the crimes that have been committed. However, many people deeply despise the Capital Punishment system in our government and believe that it should be limited only
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Constitution, it was needed by local governments for it was the automatic penalty for murder or any other serious crime against the people. It was believed that anybody who committed such a serious crime had no legal right to defend themselves as the court may by some chance declare the defendant not guilty. Over the course of one hundred and fifty years, the people brought up the subject if the automatic death penalty was necessary, that the defendants deserved a form of “legal mercy.” Most states had adopted a new system that allowed juries to decide if the defendant’s crime was serious enough to be given the death penalty. The new law gave a new alternative, a life sentence in prison or go on to be given the death penalty. The policy remained in effect until 1972 although some states abolished capital punishment …show more content…
This was proven through the flood of Noah and the reading from the book of Genesis within the Holy Bible, Genesis 9: 5-6, God says, “From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his image.” This was proven prior to the flood, capital punishment was under no circumstances allowed for God declared that he would take vengeance “sevenfold” on anyone who punished Cain for his cold-blooded murder of Abel (Genesis 4:15). In the time of Noah, the world had become so tainted with evil that God himself looked down upon the Earth and declared that the creation of mankind was a mistake and a new beginning was needed. He thus flooded the Earth for forty days and forty nights ensuring nothing and no evil would survive the flood’s waters. This was God’s form of capital punishment, he carried out the punishment of those evil and spared the souls he chose were still good, in this case Noah, his family, and two of every beast that roamed the
Constitution, it was needed by local governments for it was the automatic penalty for murder or any other serious crime against the people. It was believed that anybody who committed such a serious crime had no legal right to defend themselves as the court may by some chance declare the defendant not guilty. Over the course of one hundred and fifty years, the people brought up the subject if the automatic death penalty was necessary, that the defendants deserved a form of “legal mercy.” Most states had adopted a new system that allowed juries to decide if the defendant’s crime was serious enough to be given the death penalty. The new law gave a new alternative, a life sentence in prison or go on to be given the death penalty. The policy remained in effect until 1972 although some states abolished capital punishment …show more content…
This was proven through the flood of Noah and the reading from the book of Genesis within the Holy Bible, Genesis 9: 5-6, God says, “From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his image.” This was proven prior to the flood, capital punishment was under no circumstances allowed for God declared that he would take vengeance “sevenfold” on anyone who punished Cain for his cold-blooded murder of Abel (Genesis 4:15). In the time of Noah, the world had become so tainted with evil that God himself looked down upon the Earth and declared that the creation of mankind was a mistake and a new beginning was needed. He thus flooded the Earth for forty days and forty nights ensuring nothing and no evil would survive the flood’s waters. This was God’s form of capital punishment, he carried out the punishment of those evil and spared the souls he chose were still good, in this case Noah, his family, and two of every beast that roamed the