The death penalty is a historical debate of humankind. Death penalty also referred to as capital punishment, which means judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime. The death penalty can be defined as "The penalty of death for the commission of a crime" (www.answers.com). Death penalty is a controversial topic, and people have many different opinions about it. Most of the ancient societies accepted the idea of capital punishment. Ancient Roman and Mosaic Law authorized the notion of revenge; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye" (Death, 57).…
