se rights is the right to live. But there is much conflict considering weather a criminal deserves to live. People who are for the death penalty believe “ A person who robs a bank, for example, may be sent to prison, thus loosing the right to live freely. When a person kills another, that person may also loose certain rights and freedoms. Among those rights, people believe, should be the right to continue living”( ).
             The biggest reason for having capital punishment is for the government to set an example and prevent crimes from happening. But many people question if capital punishment really does deter crime. I a particular state is going to have executions, they should it’s purpose. The state of New York has not had the death penalty for the past two decades. Criminals were not scared to commit murders because they were certain their own life was not going to be taken. The state of New York took initiative and enforced the death penalty. The death penalty put the fear back in criminals. In just one year the death penalty helped the percentage in violence drop dramatically. This also helped restore the confidence in the justice of the state of New York. The violent crimes have dropped 23%, assaults are down 22%, and murders have been dropped nearly one-third. Not only did the death penalty deter crime, but it also made the citizens of New York feel a lot safer.
             Many people also say that the death penalty does not deter crime because you
             Cannot set an example if you are committing the same crime. People also believe that capital punishment may cause violence to increase. Allowing years between the time of the arrest of a criminal and his sentencing doe in fact deter the effectiveness of capital punishment. "Many studies have noted increases in murder rates in the months following an execution"(Capt. Punish 119). Experts believe violence increases because the government is tell...