Throughout many years, capital punishment has been a debatable subject for skeptics from both perspectives. While analyzing this paper, you will find evidence and supporting information that leads to only one conclusion; the death penalty deters crime, is just, moral, and fair to all parties. It not only dates back to ancient civilizations, but it serves as a restraint for future crimes and curbs violent crimes in the United States and other nations. In turn, in order for the death penalty to bes used more effectively, it must be carried out and used more often than it is in today's society. As a result of being used more frequently, morality and justice would be restored throughout our nation once again. Not only would it drastically decrease crime rates, but also it would give the people of America a sense of relief and hope.
             In recent years, crime in America has been on the rise; in particular, violent crime. This has led not only to an overcrowding of prisons in our country, but also to an increase in the number of death sentences handed down by the courts. With the increasing number of death sentences issued, one would expect a decrease in the frequency of violent offenses. What then is the problem? Why is violent crime still on the rise? Despite the fact that the number of inmates on death row is climbing, the number of sentences actually carried out in any given year lags far behind. For example, between the years 1973 and 1992, four thousand seven hundred and four convicted murderers were sentenced to die, but only one hundred eighty-eight of them were executed (Stewart, 1994). That is but a mere four percent. In fact, the number one cause of death for inmates on death row is neither the electric chair nor lethal injection, but "natural causes" (Kaplan, 1995). The reason for this disparity is the costly and lengthy appeals process to which every death row inmate is entitled. To remedy this situation, the death penal...