Capital Punishment in the United States Throughout time, humans have followed some type of rule or law, and the one law that always stayed the same was the penalty for death.In salem all those people were burned on a stake for the crime of witchcraft which was punishable by death, and in the 1800’s horse theif and murderers were also hung.In this day of age we still have a death penalty for murdering on such horrific scales, so weve made acheiving the penalty a little more of a challenge to be sentenced.The penalty itself though is a pretty big sentence in the justice system and it’s the ultimate punishment that can make a grown man, who had to commit a horrific crime non the less, cry when given the sentence; making it a strong message to anyone thinking about killing. Which is why the death penalty is beneficial to society because it lowers murder rates, gives the victim’s family a sense of justice, and stops the people from murdering again. The penalty has always had people who felt it was too harsh or it wasn’t the right way to serve out justice. The rates in the 1960’s was so high because the rates for …show more content…
It’s like the saying, “an eye for an eye”, you take the life of another person then your life will be taken by another person as well. Like when you were a child and someone hit you so you hit them back to make it even between the two of yall. The only thing that can’t be fixed is that the person can’t be brought back to them. If you watch the movie, “The Green Mile”, then you’d have a clear representation of how the families act and feel during the process. Though the last man was innocent, the words the family uses towards him is a perfect representation of what goes through their heads. But the main point is that justice for the crime was served and everybody can sleep a little