. A punishment that inflicts harm on a person can hardly be good or moral if it
             is purposeless. A punishment may be given to a wrongdoer for one or a
             combination of the following reasons: (1) to protect the community from the
             criminal returning to previous activity, (2) to rehabilitate the offender; and (3) to
             restore the moral order breached by the violation. Capital punishment is not
             required to accomplish any of these purposes. Other alternatives work better or at
             least as well (Robinson, 1999, October 7). Killing is not the answer (Bender&
             Leone, 1987 p. 63). Recently some states have been implementing life without
             parole as an alternative to death. This has proven just a successful as the death
             penalty for punishment. It prevents criminals from returning to society, and is less
             expensive than capital punishment (Vila & Morris, 1997, p.255). Another study
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