Capital_Punishment

Capital Punishment The most severe of all sentences: that of death. Also known as the death penalty, capital punishment this is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. But, Capital Punishment is a very strong issue in today’s society. In my eyes punishment should be on a case-to-case basis. In the Capital Punishment debate there are 3 major issues, Deterrence, Arbitrariness, and Retribution. Deterrence is “the inhibition of criminal behavior by fear especially of punishment”. This in easier terms just means that once someone commits a crime, if they are harshly punished for it, other people should then be afraid to commit a crime. Which is related to the idea that it is believed that fear of death deters people from committing crime. Studies of the deterrent effect of the death penalty have been conducted for several years, with varying results. Most of these studies have failed to produce evidence that the death penalty deterred murders more effectively then the threat of imprisonment. The reason for this is that few people are executed and so the death penalty is capital, punishment, death, society, people, person, crime, penalty, kill, criminal, someone, out, murders, means, life, issue, eye, believe, arbitrariness, way, studies, should, severe, retribution, requires, punished, population, lesson, law, justice, impulse, feels, fear, deterrent, deterrence