The death penalty in America pursues to depict the worst case of American judicial system: racism, disparate handling of the indigent, a disgracefully deficient legal defense system and mistreatment of course by ambitious prosecutors and other politicians seeking higher office.
Capital punishment is a method of retributive punishment as old as civilization itself (Ronald, Stephen, 2000). The death penalty has been imposed throughout history for many crimes, ranging from blasphemy and treason to petty theft and murder. Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment (Kaplan, 1999). Ancient Roman and Mosaic Law endorsed the notion of retaliation; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye." Similarly, the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes.
Since the United States' inception, capital punishment has been used as a form of retribution,incapacitation, and restitution against society's most vicious criminals. While the federal government has imposed the death penalty for such crimes as espionage and conspiracy, the majority of capital sanctions today are imposed by state governments for murder (Borj, 1998). At present, thirty-eight states have death penalty statutes, but only seventeen states have executed more than two convicts in the last two decades.
Capital punishment is necessary in order for justice to prevail. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals for committing crimes, regarding so bad that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment lowers the murder rate, but its value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. It is one of the only fair punishments allowed by the judicial system.
Another issue is that it saves money compared to the alternative of life in prison (Borj, 1998). The death penalty deters murder and prevents murderers from killing again by putting the fear.....
