Hammurabi Code Of Capital Punishment Essay

Politics and the legality of the death penalty have been regarded for decades. This punishment of the utmost status needs to be considered delicately and with reserve, to prevent the execution of people innocent of committing a capital crime, as has been done 16 times in the past two decades. Whether it is to be decided upon by the people or the court, on morals or ethics, or on the basis of right and wrong, the death penalty should be given, depending on the crime, to the true capital offenders of their residing nation.
For centuries, death has been the price to pay for crimes. From thievery, adultery, murder, treason, and even witchcraft, death was awarded to all who paid the price of evil. In modern day times, citizens still demand justice through death, for some believe in an “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot” as is said in the Bible …show more content…
So for the Christians who believe in revenge, maybe they will remember the teachings of their Christ and Savior. Even Hammurabi’s Code of Law uses the mentality of an eye for an eye, and has set the foundation for laws and ethics for early civilizations. As those were earlier times, when Man was more animalistic and beast like in mentality, should current day society follow the role of our predecessors and succumb to that method of law, and remain stuck in the moral state we have remained in for over a thousand years regarding criminals? However, some criminals do deserve an eye for an eye mentality from the People, as their crimes are too enormous to repent and remain a danger to society. The criminals who are mentally diseased, with minds full of rot and decay, born not under the ray of God but under the flame of the Devil, deserve to have their sins washed away through death and the fire of