We Need Crime Prevention, Not the Death Penalty
For most crimes committed in the United States a fine,
sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. However, the
death penalty is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally
right? Is it effective in deterring crime, primarily murders? Weather
or not you agree if it is moral or not, one issue remains. The death
penalty is not an effective way to deter crime.
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 states that the death penalty is to be
enforced with convicted criminals for: treason; deserting......
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