Capital punishment is the only way to eliminate repeat offenders, to deter potential murderers and is the ultimate retribution. When I think of all the sweet, innocent people who suffer extreme pain and who die every day in this country, then the outpouring of sympathy for cold-blooded killers enrages me. Where is your sympathy for the good, the kind and the innocent? This fixation on murderers is a sickness, a putrefaction of the soul. It's the equivalent of someone spending all day mooning and cooing over a handful of human feces, sick and abnormal. Charley Reese (columnist).There has been many arguments in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital Punishment is the administration of death penalty by the state to an individual who committed a crime which, based on its laws, mandates the death penalty. It is capital, because the offence is extremely serious, and it is punishment because it is given in response to some heinous crime committed by the perpetrator. The objective of capital punishment is to punish individuals who committed murder or other heinous crimes against innocent people. Capital punishment is not merely a legal question but a practical, philosophical, social, political, and moral question as well. It is unalterable because it removes those punished from society permanently, instead of temporarily imprisoning them.Whenever the word "death penalty" comes up, people from both sides start arguing. One side says deterrence, justice, retribution, and punishment while the other side says execution is murder. According to Federic Bastiat in the law humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. These rights are life, liberty, and property. He insist that the only legitimate purpose of government is to protect these rights. When one person inflicts on another's right...
