Capital Punishment

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Capital Punishment deters murder, and is just Retribution

Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for
committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable
punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but
it's value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death
sentences. Support for the death penalty in the U.S. has risen to an
average of 80% according to an article written by Richard Worsnop,
entitled "Death penalty debate centres on Retribution", this figure is
slightly lower in Canada where support for the death penalty is at 72% of
the population over 18 years of age, as stated in article by Kirk Makir, in
the March 26, 1987 edition of the Globe and Mail, titled "B.C. MPs split
on Death Penalty".

The death penalty deters murder by putting the fear of death into would
be killers. A person is less likely to do something, if he or she thinks that
harm will come to him. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is
the fact that if the killer is dead, he will not be able to kill again. Most
supporters of the death penalty feel that offenders should be punished
for their crimes, and that it does not matter whether it will deter the
crime rate. Supporters of the death penalty are in favour of making
examples out of offenders, and that the threat of death will be enough to
deter the crime rate, but the crime rate is irrelevant.

According to Isaac Ehrlich...