Throughout the ages, the death penalty has been used as one of the severe ways to punish or deter people from breaking all range of laws from petty theft to murder; and many times as to set forth an example of a consequence when an individual betrays communal entity such as nationality and kindred. Evidently, the capital punishment is the ultimate punishment, for the determined offender is given no opportunity of repentance or rehabilitation. Over …showed first 75 words of 1441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1441 total…deceased . The extended legal process prior to executions prolongs the agony of the family. Families of murder victims would benefit far more if the funds now being used for the costly process of executions were diverted to the provision of counseling and other assistance. Bibliography ABC News. http://www.abcnews.com/sections/us/deathrow/deathrow.html Dwyer, Jim. NY Daily News. http://www.essential.org/dpic/costs2.html Encarta Electronic Encyclopedia 97 Deluxe Edition, Microsoft Corporation, 1996.