Capital punishment is necessary in order for justice to prevail. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals for committing crimes. Capital punishment lowers the murder rate, but revenge alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. It is one of the only fair punishments allowed by the legal system. The death penalty prevents murder and prevents murderers from killing again by putting the fear of death into possible killers. A person is less …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…would not happen again. Also it gives them the feeling that the death has been avenged. A family will feel less pain if the killer dies like he should. It also makes criminals think about whether committing a crime is really worth their lives. When a killer stays in prison he takes up space in already over crowed prisons. Capital punishment ensures peace to the world because it ensures that murderers will never kill again.