123 School Work

Do you believe that capital punishment is just punishment

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       I feel shocked at the number of people ready to condemn fellow human beings to death, those who have committed a crime and perhaps those who are innocent of the offences alleged to have been committed by them. Does the ancient wisdom "two wrongs do not make a right" no longer mean anything? Capital punishment is just not punishment, it is cruel and unusual, it violates the right to life and it is just an excuse for people who condemn criminals to death to satisfy their need for justice.
       The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment because it is being used to torture criminals for their offences, like in the case of John Evans who was executed by electrocution in 1983. According to witnesses at the scene, the prisoner was given three charges of electricity over a period of fourteen minutes. After the first and second charges, Mr. Evans was still conscious and smoke was coming from all over his body as a result of his flesh burning. An official there even tried to stop the execution on account of it being cruel and unusual punishment, but was unsuccessful. Witnesses later called the whole incident a "barbaric ritual." The message that is sent out by killing a murderer is 'If you kill, we kill...