Capital Punishment Does capital punishment really help? Many people say that it lowers the murder rate man many think it is cruel to take some ones life. The statistics do not show a decrease in murders where capital punishment is in place. Should the penalty be abolished if it is not helping? Is this penalty effective in putting the real murderers at justice. This can also be used against racial groups such as blacks. In …showed first 75 words of 692 total…

…showed last 75 words of 692 total…committing suicide. The last thing that is bad about the penalty is if a false judgment is made and a innocent man is sentenced to death. There have been times this has happen and the state pays the consequence of murdering an innocent person. Or a guilty man is set free. As you can see there are many flaws in the system but as long as the penalty is there they will always be there.