Capital Punishment is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so hideous, that this is the only accepted punishment(Schabas, 7). Capital Punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but its value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. The most severe of all sentences is the death penalty. It requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. The death penalty also deters murder by putting the fear of death into would-be killers(ACLU, internet). A person is less likely to do something, if they think that harm will come to them. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that if the killer is dead he will not be able to kill again. The key part of the death penalty is that it involves death; something which is rather permanent for humans, due to the concept of mortality.…
