The Death Penalty The death penalty is a punishment, given by a court, to be carried out for a serious crime that has been committed. Since it is the most serious kind of punishment, it is called capital punishment (Mappes and Zembaty, 108). I do not believe this is the right verdict for the following reasons: it is inhumane punishment, fails to deter crime, kills innocent people, and the true ethical answer is found in the …showed first 75 words of 888 total…

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