There are two sides to every story. Some people believe the death penalty will lower crime rates and instill fear into the minds of would be criminals. Then there are those that believe two wrongs don't make a right. " The death penalty going back as far as mid-evil times as punishment for things as broad as stealing a mans hoarse, to killing a person. There are many different ways a person convicted of a crime that warrants the death penalty can be executed, and it makes no difference if the person is male or female, Black or White, young or old. Even though thirty-seven of the fifty states have laws stating they can sentence a person to death, it is not the sentence that is usually handed down. A mandatory nation wide use of the death penalty will bring fear into the minds of criminals and give a sense of security to the American people.
             Capital punishment is defined as "having reference to or involving the head or life hence punishable by death". Capital punishment has been used since ancient times as punishment for many offences. Since the beginning of the US, America has also used capital punishment for many crimes. This has gone on until a small group started to question whether it is moral. Today most Americans support capital punishment, but there are still those minorities who end up on juries, "bleeding hearts", who believe that
             murderers should live. Now because of this we begin to see a change in the way people view the death penalty and more important it leads to the weakening and eventually the changing of laws.
             Capital punishment, going back as far as mid evil times, such as the guillotine and the Rack has always been a form of capital punishment. Now a days we have five major types of execution. Hanging, Lethal injection, The electric chair, the gas chamber and the firing squad. In the medieval times there was not a big controversy about capital punishment, it was excepted by all,...