Capital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished
Crime is a part of every society, and it occurs in different forms. Obviously, something needs to be done about it. The death penalty is one kind of punishment for criminals in several countries, including the United States. The legal definition of capital punishment is "The court- ordered imposition of a sentence of execution as punishment for a crime" ("Death Penalty"). Capital punishment has been practiced in the United States in five different ways: hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection, which is used more often ("Death Penalty"). However, due to many disagreements between people, capital punishment has become a conflict in the United States since it was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 1976. Since then, over 1000 men and women have been executed, and 3,500 are waiting to be executed by the states ("Death Penalty"). A large number of people think that capital punishment should be outlawed, and they believe the execution of murderers is not a good punishment for them.
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English: A zoomed in version of File:Executions_in...Nevertheless, capital punishment must be a punishment for murderers for three reasons: first, it deters people from crimes; second, it gives a comfort to victim's families; and lastly, it gives some retribution to the murderer.
Some people think that capital punishment should be abolished because the death penalty can discriminate on racial, geographical, and income levels. The race of a victim can change the harshness of the penalty. For example, a person whose victim was white is 4.8 times more likely to get the death penalty than if the victim was black and African American are three times more likely to receive the death penalty ("Death"). This inequality may cause people to question the justice and court system, but it does not prove that execution is not the...