An Eye for an Eye: Capital Punishment

An Eye for an Eye: Capital Punishment

Capital punishment, the death penalty, provides the maximum consequence used in punishing people who kill another human being. Those convicted of first-degree murder may get sentenced to the death penalty. Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of another human being with an intentional or criminal intent ("Murder"). Capital punishment has always represented a controversial issue in the United States because of its inhumane nature, but as technology has advanced, the justice system has come up with better and more humane ways to carry out the death penalty. I'm support the death penalty; I believe that if a person commits one of the heinous capital crimes, then that person should die. Coming from a death penalty state may have a slight impact with my position on the issue since the punishment has always seemed an option around me. According to Ernest V. Haag, in an average year about 20,000 homicides occur in the United States, and