Capital punishment, as the definition reads, is the penalty of death for a crime. It has been used since biblical ages for crimes, and it seems like a simple enough an just way of being punished. Some people have raised the question, asking if people have the right to decide on the fate of someones life. This plan of punishment is very costly, and sometimes even used on innocent people. Capital punishment is an unjust …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…the last 10 years DNA testing has found over 70 people innocent that were either on death row or executed. These people were either framed or had nothing to do with the crime. This means that capital punishment is not 100% effective. These a! re all signs that capital punishment is not a good way of dealing with the nations crime problem. My thoughts on capital punishment are that capital punishment is, in fact, needlessly cruel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**