Seventy-four countries around the world still permit death penalty. Three thousand, eight hundred, and sixty-one countries have outlawed the capital punishment. Yet, one thousand, five hundred, and ninety-one prisoners were executed in 2006. The amounts of executions occurring are decreasing slowly, for there were nearly one thousand executions in 2002. The world should be glad that the executions have decreased because nothing optimistic will be brought upon our world by putting the criminals on death penalty. Capital punishment should be banned in every country around the world. Capital punishment is a barbarian act, which should not be used because of the possibilities of innocent death, violation of God's role, and a chance for a convicted to "pay-back" the society.
What might happen if a convict was found innocent of the violations, he was accused of committing, only after the person was executed? The jury cannot just tell the person's family and friends that they are truly......
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