Capital Punishment The United States Legal System

Al lot of people will either be for capital punishment or against i.e. choose to write about being for capital punishment because I think it’s far when they keep killing over and over they need to know they can’t get away with it As it is beneficial for society as a whole, provides a strong deterrence against future crime, and because it protects the rights of victims of high crime, capital punishment is a legal and appropriate measure in the United States legal system. Capital punishment is the best way to set an example for would be criminals so they will see the punishment if they commit a capital crime. This is also a way to cut down on the jail population, and is rising, which means that jails are becoming over crowed and†¦show more content†¦The death penalty is a necessary punishment in the age of terrorism and serial killers, as society has a right to protect itself from the most violent of criminals. The death penalty is appropriate for the worst of th e worst, people who have committed crimes so atrocious that they are no longer fit to be among us. Capital punishment is the ultimate warning against all crimes. If the criminal knows that the justice system will not stop at putting them to death, then the system appears more of a threat to them. Therefor they are less inclined to break and enter. They may have no intention of killing anyone in the process of robbing them, but is much more apprehensive about the possibility if they know they will be executed. Thus, there is a better chance that they will not break and enter in the first place Immanuel Kant said it best. He said a society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody else s life is simply immoral. So the question really... when the system works and when you manage to identify somebody who has done such heinous evil, do we as a society have a right to take his life? I think the answer s plainly yes. And I would go with Kant and I would say it is immoral for us not to. â€Å"This supports my main point by stating by taking the life of the person who kills someone is a fit crime and the system works by doing just this When someone murders someone there is no