The Debate over the merits of capital punishment has endured for years, and continues to
             be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue. Adversaries of capital punishment point
             to the Marshalls and the Millgards, while proponents point to the Dahmers and Gacys.
             Society must be kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of these individuals and other
             killers, by taking away their lives to function and perform in our society. At the same time,
             we must insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Millgard are never convicted or
             sentenced to death for a crime that they did not commit.
             Many contend that the use of capital punishment as a form of deterrence does not work,
             as there are no fewer murders on a per- capita basis in countries or states that do have it,
             then those that do not. In order for capital punishment to work as a deterrence, certain
             events must be present in the criminal's mind prior to committing the offence. The criminal
             must be aware that others have been punished in the past for the offence that he or she is
             planning, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offence, can
             ut individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree
             Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is
             rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How
             much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of
             conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc. An
             individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a child, will probably never
             understand any limit as to what they can do, until they have learned it themselves.
             Therefore, capital punishment will never truly work as a deterrent, because of human
             nature to ignore practised advice and to self learn.
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