“Eye for an Eye” and “Tooth for a Tooth” remains to be two of the 282
laws of justice that Hammurabi established. I am headed towards the topic of
Capital Punishment. I am here to support Capital Punishment, and I believe that
it has many positive effects to our society. One of the more common procedures
in our country is the Death Penalty. the death penalty is extraordinarily rare.
Since 1967, there has been one execution for every 1600 murders, or 0.06%. There
have been approximately 560,000 murders and 358 executions from 1967-1996 FBI's
Uniform Crime Report (UCR) & Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). As a
supporter of Capital Punishment, putting a murderer to death row deters crime,
efficiently utilizes the public’s money, and is an equal retaliation. Body I
personally believe that execution is an effective deterrent of crime. To support
this argument, I think that if a person knows how fast you can be put to death
by committing a crime, it will make them fully aware of their consequences in
doing such crime. Although this doesn’t stand for all people, I can say that
it is an educational statement that many believe to be true. For all the people
that are rational in the thought, the punishment of death seems to be a likely
deterrent. Safety is another reason why I am fore Capital Punishment. It
guarantees the society that the convicted murderer will never be out to commit
another crime, which takes away a persons fear for their life from that one
person. Statistics by Dr. Isaac Ehrlich at the University of Chicago claimed
that capital punishment is indeed a deterrent. His research has shown that if
the death penalty is used in a consistent way, it may deter as many as 8
murderers for every execution carried out. Also, Life Imprisonment most of the
time only gives the prisoner one last chance to get out of the punishment,
because prisoners are continually growing in number which leads to overcrowded
jail facilities. This allows the criminals to have an early parole than their
sentence should have been which is totally wrong. When a person’s minds intent
is to kill someone, they should suffer and be executed. The opponents that are
against Capital Punishment claims that a person executed could be innocent.
While this could be true, and does happen, as a Christian, I believe that God
will be the last person to make the final decision and judgment upon who is
guilty or not. He will reconsider the fact of going to hell or heaven. If you
did not commit the crime, he will be the one to make the final decision. And
that’s the way a true Christian should view that issue. If you are not a
believer, there are still many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights
of those facing the death penalty. Some Safe Guards: 1) Capital punishment may
be imposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidence
leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts. 2) Anyone sentenced
to death shall receive the right to appeal to a court of higher jurisdiction 3)
Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon 4) Persons below
eighteen years of a age, pregnant women , new mothers or persons who have become
insane shall not be sentenced to death Capital Punishment, such as the death
penalty, does in fact save money. Most people believe that it costs more to
execute murderers than to imprison them for life, because of the cost of court
appeals, and the time that it takes to carry out the death sentence procedure.
But studies show that over time, Life Imprisonment costs more money overall than
Life imprisonment does. JFA estimates that Life with out parole Costs 1.2-3.6
million more dollars than equivalent death penalty cases. There is defiantly no
question that the up front costs of the death penalty are much more higher than
for equivalent LWOP cases. There also appears to be no question that, over time,
equivalent LWOP cases are much more expensive - from $1.2 to $3.6 million - than
death penalty cases. Capital Punishment is also an equivalent form of
punishment. When a person murders a person, they should be ready to have their
life taken. The victim suffers more than the murderer on death row, because the
victim deserved none of the suffering inflicted. The death of a murdered victim
has a greater impact on their family, friends, and loved ones. For their loved
one got murdered for unknown reasons. When a killer is executed, he is suffering
the consequences upon what he did. It is only fair to punish someone equally
upon what they did.

BibliographyUs Vital Statistics Abstract, 1994, and C.P. 1995 BJS 1996 Death
Penalty-American Civil Liberties Union