Capital Punishment, legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. The argument in favor is based on justice and the nature of a moral community, which requires that each person respect the life, liberty and freedom of others. Those who commit vicious crimes destroy the basis on which a moral community rests and forfeits their rights to citizenship and even to life itself. Here are some reason's we feel that Capital Punishment …showed first 75 words of 926 total…

…showed last 75 words of 926 total…view it as a deterrent, but as a just punishment for the crime committed. As a parting thought: Assume all murderers would instantly die upon murdering. Murderers would then kill only if they wished to die themselves. Murder/suicide is an extremely small component of all murders. Therefore, is a swift and sure death penalty was universally applied to our worst criminals, it is logically conclusive that the death penalty would be a significant deterrent.