capital

Today thousands of people around the world commit crimes. For a society to be civilized, these people have to be punished. This punishment is meted out in different forms. Isolation from the society by imprisonment, or taking away some rights from the individual, are some forms of punishment. For severe crimes, the punishment too is severe, one of the forms being capital punishment or the death sentence. Whether it is right or wrong remains a big question mark.

            Families of victims of murders are absolutely devastated by the crimes and demand justice. Sometimes the society too, is convinced that these criminals don't deserve to live. Allowing such criminals to live would only mean that more people follow the path of crime. Therefore giving them the death sentence would not only be a suitable form of justice, it would also set an example for other criminals and prevent future crimes from occurring. As the saying goes, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". People should know better than to commit such crimes. Hardened criminals obviously won't have any positive effect on humanity and the human race is better off without them. People, who've taken away the lives of others and broken up families while knowing that it is against the law, probably have no conscience. Rehabilitation, Imprisonment, or anything else is not going to help them change for the better. Moreover prisoners aren't compelled to work and survive on food and shelter provided by taxpayers. Why should civilized people help criminals live? Since they have no contribution to make to the world, they'd rather be put to death. Moreover stretching the life out of them is probably worse then killing them at once.