Capital punishment also known as the death penalty is the infliction of death upon a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offence(wikipedia.org).The first known use of the death penalty occured in American colonies in Jamestown in 1608 for the crimes of robbery,rape,murder, and forgery of public securities (thefreedictionary.com).
purpose: restibution and deterence. The death penalty is used to give justice for the vicitms family (eye for an eye). Kind of away to show that the murder won't get away with what they have done. The death penalty is also used to deter people from commiting crimes deamed worthy of the dealth penalty.
A lot of people argue that the death penalty is inhumane. Some people argue that the inmates that undergo exucution suffer to much and its uncomfortable for them. Here is a Video on the drug they use during lethal injection and how the FDA really isn't stepping up to try and help out the inmates undergoing lethal injection, so six inmates sue the FDA. I find this video rediculous. Inmates sueing the FDA, they gave up their rights when they commited their crimes.
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