Capital_Punishment

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment was first used back in the fifth century as means of punishment. Many means were used to kill the person back then such as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement. These punishments were really harsh and cruel. Thousands of people in the past were killed by these means of punishment, not including the hundreds that are killed each day in today’s society. Capital Punishment can be defined as punishable by death (Webster 86). Various reasons can be made about why capital punishment should remain in today’s society. One thing is that it cuts down on crime. Another reason is that it is a life for a life. Someone shouldn’t be able to kill someone and not have anything done back to that person. Capital punishment is a controversial issue that should remain in use in the United States of America. Britain was the first country to ever influence the death penalty into America’s society. It started when European settlers had come to America bringing Capital Punishment with them. The first recorded execution ever happened in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608. The man’s name was Captain George Kendall. He was executed for being a punishment, capital, death, penalty, states, person, people, life, about, someone, one, however, execution, even, united, retribution, eye, america, very, society, said, reason, percent, means, made, exodus, crimes, violence, usa, tooth, times, statutes, statistics, row, reasons, prison