FREE ESSAY ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on a person convicted 
of a crime. Today, in modern law, the death penalty is corporal punishment in its most 
severe form. Capital punishment is irreversible, it ends the existence of those punished,
instead of 
temporarily imprisoning them. Even though capital punishment is not intended to inflict 
physical pain, execution is the only capital punishment that is only applied to adults.
The usual 
alternative to the death penalty is life-long imprisonment.
For the past decades capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested 
political issues in America. This debate is a complicated one. Capital punishment is not

merely a legal question, It is a practical, philosophical, social, political, 
and moral question as well (Jahn). There are no problems with the death penalty 
only if all aspects have been investigated and nothing is questionable. Many believe in
the 
concept of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth because there are always 
consequences to the things you do, and murder should not be an exception.
The fear of death deters people from committing crimes. The death penalty has a
deterrent value because it removes the criminals from society so they will never be able
to 
commit anymore crimes. Future criminals must understand the consequences of 
committing a crime.
Lobbyists have long argued that deterrence is little more than an assumption, that
most murders cannot be rationally deterred by any penalty, including death. They are 
crimes of passion, committed in moments of intense rage, frustration, hatred, or fear, 
when the killers aren't thinking clearly of the personal consequences of what they do
(Karter). 
Many believe the serial murderers that continuously kill should be put to death, so
that no more lives will be lost. The violent teenagers that have committed unforgivable
crimes
have a potential of freedom when they turn eighteen. These criminals should have been 
executed because there is a chance that they will commit a murder again. If the death
penalty
was applied to them, it guarantees that they will never murder again This would aid in
helping 
maintain a more safe and peaceful society.