Capital Punishment

             Capital punishment, as the definition reads, is the penalty of death for a crime. It has been used since biblical ages for crimes, and it seems like a simple enough an just way of being punished. Some people have raised the question, asking if people have the right to decide on the fate of someones life. This plan of punishment is very costly, and sometimes even used on innocent people. Capital punishment is an unjust way of taking someones life and it should not be carried out in the U.S.
             While capital punishment has been used since biblical times for many crimes ranging from theft, herecy, speaking out against government, and more serious crimes, many people refer to capital punishment as "cruel and unusual" punishment. This idea of cruel and unusual punishment has been brought before the supreme court numerous times. On July 1, 1976 by a 7-2 vote the supreme court decided that capital punishment was legal and was not cruel or unusual. On that same day, the supreme court voted that states could not impose a mandatory death sentence for all convicted murderers. Most civilized countries have abolished capital punishment by today. The supreme court in 1977 ruled that capital punishment should not be used in such crimes as treason, espionage, sabotage or rape. The only crime punishable by execution today is murder. The most used methods of execution, used in the U.S. are; electrocution, lethal gas, lethal injection, hanging, and being shot by a firing squ!
             ad. People are often allowed to watch executions while they take place, such as family, friends and the press. The most common method used today is lethal injection. Four states still use lethal gas, Montana and Washington use hanging, and Utah still uses a firing squad to execute some of thiers.
             Capital punishment has both its good outcomes and bad outcomes. There are many good points. This is one way to assure that a criminal never can commit a ...

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