Everything from law to politics is going down hill. Nobody has any backbone in today's world. There is murder, rape, gangs, and all kinds of other inhuman acts around every street corner. Which in turn, is filling up the jails and mental wards. The problem of committing a crime has been around since the beginning of time, since Eve convinced Adam into taking part of a crime that she had already committed. By nature, humans …showed first 75 words of 377 total…

…showed last 75 words of 377 total…bullet is a lot cheaper than the Gas chamber or Electric chair. The effects of Capital punishment are that people don't want to lose their loved ones, event though they have committed a heinous crime. Convicting someone to be put to death is costing the government and the taxpayers tremendous amounts of money. By using Capital punishment or just being stricter on jail times would I think make people think twice on committing a crime.