Capital Punishment: The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is when someone convicted of a crime is put to death by the state. This practice has been around for centuries. The death penalty has evolved from acts like public hanging, to the more “humane” lethal injection used today. Many people view this as the only acceptable punishment for murderers, mass rapist, and other dangerous crimes. Capital punishment is one of the most controversial subjects in the world today. Many are advocates for it, many are advocates against it. It is either viewed as justice for a victim, or as playing God and taking a life when you do not have that authority. Over 14O countries have abolished the death penalty which leaves one-third of the world still practicing it today. A few

But, if a terrorist is caught by the country’s authorities and sentenced to death, would he not be seen as a martyr by people who support his actions? Why make someone a martyr after they attack your country rather than subject them to a lifetime of humiliation and isolation? But in murder cases, some people are convicted on only circumstantial evidence and it is possible to be wrongly convicted (Why). In a few cases, people were convicted of times they did not commit, and they were put to death before authorities figured out that they really did not commit the crime. The best-case scenario of being wrongly convicted and put on death row is that the conviction gets overturned before you are executed, but often once a case is assumed to be solved, it is closed and not looked at again unless new evidence falls into their laps. Even if someone is found to have been wrongly accused, by that point they have most likely spent years in prison and everyone knows they were in prison and they will probably never have a normal life because of