Look at the Bright Side of the Death Penalty
             Too many people are the victims of murder, rape, piracy, kidnapping and other terrible crimes each year, and the death penalty should be enforced in all states to bring the kind of people that commit these crimes to justice. Although some states will not adopt the death penalty, it is a means for punishment that criminals deserve for these types of crimes. People that are against the death penalty should realize that yes, it is killing a person, but only because that person wronged another person the way that no human should be treated in his/her entire lifetime. The use of the death penalty will frighten these criminals, and fewer crimes will be committed because they know that the consequences of their actions could mean death.
             The death penalty has been used widely around the world for thousands of years to keep criminals off the streets. In the United States, the death penalty was first used on June 25, 1790. Since then, different forms of executions have killed 336 men and 4 women. Of these 340 people, 39% were white, 35% were black, 19% were native, and the other 7% were either Hispanic or unknown (deathpenaltyinfo.org, 1)
             There are several reasons for these executions taking place. Overall, the death penalty is used to stop people from doing bad crimes and punish them from ignoring and breaking the law. The death penalty also makes innocent people feel safer from harmful criminals. It prevents inmates from getting out of prison and committing more crimes. The majority of the inmates were executed for murder. All of the others were executed for piracy, rape, rioting, kidnapping, or spying. In 1994, the death penalty was expanded to 60 different defenses (2).
             During the early 1900's some states began to question the death penalty and whether it was humane. From 1907 through 1917, six states outlawed the death penalty because they thought it was too in hum...