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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. Webster’s Dictionary New Riverside Desk Dictionary II Edition defines “execution” as the act of putting someone to death lawfully. Today, in modern law, the death penalty is corporal punishment in its most severe form. ... I believe that the death penalty has a deterrent value because it removes the criminals from society so they will never be able to commit any more crimes.
The first known execution in the territory now known as the United States of America was of Daniel Frank, put to death in 1622 in the Colony of Virginia for the crime of theft. Since then the death penalty has almost always been a feature of the criminal justice system, first in the American colonies and then, after independence, in the U. ... The usual alternative to the death penalty is life-long imprisonment. ... It is a practical, philosophical, social, political, and moral question as well: “Indeed, the decision that capital punishment may be the appropriate sanction in extreme cases is an expression of the community’s belief that certain crimes are themselves so grievous an affront to humanity that the only adequate response may be the penalty of death. ... The fear of death deters people from committing crimes. ... The death penalty deters murder by putting the fear of death into would be killers. ... Bush president of the USA: “I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives”. ... Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that if the killer is executed, he will not be able to kill again.
Approximate Word count = 1446
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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