DEATH_PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY DEATH PENALTY The death penalty has existed as long as humans have existed. The quote “an eye for an eye” is found in the Bible. In the Middle Ages fines, public humiliation and imprisonment were appropriate punishments for all crimes, and death penalty for all murders. Today, Federal law (the FBI, CIA, ect) states that the death penalty is to be enforced with convicted criminals for: treason; deserting armed forces during wartime; murder committed by a soldier; kidnapping and murder that involves crossing state lines; murder committed during an airplane hijacking; and of course, homicide. The death penalty is also called for punishment of for: attempting to kill anyone investigating or prosecuting his or her activities; advising, directing, authorizing or assisting in the murder of someone [“Death Penalty Information center”, 1997]. Also, The Anti-Drug abuse act of 1998 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. Along with that, the bill amending sec. 848 to controlled substances act calls for the death penalty or life imprisonment for certain drug offences possession of 10 or more kg of heroin, cocaine, phencyclidine or analogue. In addition, The Drug Kingpin act sates the use of death penalty for convicted major drug dealers caught penalty, death, crime, states, murder, rates, people, drug, punishment, crimes, committed, even, act, way, united, state, said, rate, one, homicide, effective, effect, deter, believe, without, wisconsin, time, though, since, show, scare, row, rise, poll, per