Capital punishment is the sentence of death, or practice of execution, handed down as punishment for a criminal offence. It can only be used by a state, after a proper legal trial. The United Nations in 2008 adopted a resolution (62/149) calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, however fifty-eight countries, including the United States and China, still exercise the death penalty. As such, the topic remains highly controversial. Abolitionist groups and international organizations argue that it is cruel and inhumane, while proponents claim that it is an effective and necessary deterrent for the most heinous of crimes.
Points For Support:
It helps the victims' families achieve closure.
The death penalty deters crime.
Execution prevents the accused from committing further crimes.
The death penalty should apply as punishment for first-degree murder; an eye for an eye.
Execution helps alleviate the overcrowding of prisons.
Points Against:
Country-sanctioned killing is wrong.
The death penalty is a financial burden on the Country.
Wrongful convictions are irreversible.
The death penalty can produce irreversible miscarriages of justice.
But if you take my opinion than I think there should be capital Punishment for - Murderers, rapists, paedophiles, and kidnappers.
Because the reality is even when they are "in jail for life" the system fails and releases them by mistake. And I'm not talking about the ones who after the fact are found innocent. I'm talking of the country's lovely career criminals. Besides have you ever heard of a corpse committing additional crimes? If executed - that saves the taxpayers a lot of Money every year and our law enforcement agencies can focus on other issues.
