Capital punishment, or the death penalty as it is also known, refers to executions sanctioned by the state. The most common forms of capital punishment include electrocution, gas, firing squads, lethal injections and hanging. Despite the abolition of the death penalty in Australia, horrific crimes often prompt renewed debate about the appropriateness of the death sentence as a penalty.
I firmly believe that Australia should re-introduce capital punishment, however it should only be implemented on extreme cases such as terrorism, serial killing, the rape and murder of children and other tru…
