What Is The Purpose Of Capital Punishment

Although many people believe in capital punishment, we believe that capital punishment serves no useful purpose since it does not deter capital crimes from being committed and if we review the social and moral reasons for such punishment we will find that such punishment should be abandoned as "cruel and unusual" punishment" as defined in the Constitution. First off we don’t condone offenses against the law, however, the treatment of those who have disregarded the law is horrible. Prisoners are treated with various counts of social and moral injustice every single day. Barely anyone truly cares about these people who need real help and habilitation. It is truly sad to see how terrible our justice system is at rehabilitation, especially since …show more content…
The social obligations of everyone should be to search for rehabilitation. But, that rarely ever occurs. The moral obligations of everyone that works in such a facility should be geared towards helping the individual to be able to be placed in society once again. However, there are too many times when people even try and actually help inmates. We believe that the general eye sees people as monsters for terrible deeds that have committed. Seen as monsters they truly become monsters. There is a story about a “thief” that show in a sense both outlooks. Here are the main ideas behind the story. A man has never stolen anything. He is a husband and father of two a boy and a girl. He has a well-paying job and a warm house. However, a few people believe that he is a thief. Never stolen anything. First, a few stores refuse to sell him goods because he is a “thief” so he goes elsewhere to buy his family food. Next, his fellow neighbors and good friends begin to exile him and his family because he is a “thief”. Then, his employer fires him because he cannot have a thief working for him. Never stolen anything. Soon, he loses his house, all his money, and all he has left are his family. He has nowhere to turn all odds are against him so what does he do? A baker notices one day that some bread has gone missing. Stolen bread. This man was forced into believing that he was a thief because that’s what he was told as well as allowed no opportunities to come back from. We look at today’s world and realize that if someone is labeled as a killer or a rapist, they now hold that title for the rest of their lives. It’s no longer a Mr. or Mrs. that they remember it’s the adjectives that people have used to describe them. Never unclean of sins and guilt. This is why we as a people need to create better facilities that rehabilitate people rather than just creating prison after