Capital Punishment: A needless waste. The death penalty was originally brought to America from Europeans in the 1600s (Laurence, 23). Some states have abolished implement of the pathetic “eye for an eye” attempt of resolving and decreasing criminal activity, however most still enforce the 100 year-old petty form of torture. When most argue against capital punishment one usually considers the coldness of killing people and the poor treatment of a criminal it creates. Few view if continuing …showed first 75 words of 895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 895 total…society. The government can be violent murderers but the people cannot, creating tension between the two. The attempt of retribution towards a falsely accused person is far harder to achieve if the person has been forced to live on death row, or impossible if the innocent person has already been executed. The death penalty does not deter criminals from taking another’s life. The state, which uses the death penalty, has an increased murder rate.