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 …
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…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.