Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

Controversy over this subject has lingered among human beings for many centuries in some form or another. It has gotten exceptionally controversial since authority has been handed down to state level. Those in opposition have raised such issues against the death penalty as inconsistent application, that it has little or no deterrent, that it has no effect on premeditated crime, that it is no more effective than a life sentence but is more costly, that it encourages violence in society, and that it is simply inhumane.

It is after much research and thought that I must disagree. This is especially hard for me as I have a stepbrother who is doing a life sentence and according to the stand I am going to attempt to argue, should have been executed. That is not easy to say but in my opinion it is true.

Though I feel that the death penalty is needed, I must admit I am not totally in opposition with all points expressed from those who disagree with it. My stepbrot...