Capital Punishment is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so hideous, that this is the only accepted punishment(Schabas, 7). Capital Punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but its value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. The most severe of all sentences is the death penalty. It requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. The death penalty also deters murder by putting …showed first 75 words of 1295 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1295 total…do get caught, do not even stay in a jail cell the rest of their life. If we could rid our streets of murderers, it could mean a safer place for everyone. Men and women could feel safe jogging or doing errands at night. Single women would feel safer in their homes. Also, parents would feel safer letting their children play in the yard or at a park. No executed murderer has ever killed again.