capital puishment
... feel that the arguments against it are not at all convincing. Some people argue that capital punishment is morally wrong. They feel that killing some one for their crime is murder. In any dictionary it states that murder is the unlawful act of killing. Since capitol punishment is within the law it is not murder. Also if executions is murder then prison is kidnapping and charging taxes is extortion. There is a difference between crime and punishment. Are police officers wrong for speeding to enforce the speeding laws? No. They also say that we should value all human life. Even the most despicable. It is because we value human life so much that we put such a terrible consequence for taking it. One argument states that the death penalty does not deter people from murdering. To abolish capital punishment on this basis would be way off base. You would also have to get rid of prisons because they do not keep people from committing crimes also. Texas A&M University collected data and the results are horrifying. In 1960 there were 56 executions and 9,140 murders. In 1964 there were 15 executions and 9, 250 murders. In 1969 there were no executions and 14,590 murders. Seven more years without executions and there was 20,510 murders. As you can see the deterrent ...