What Is The Pros And Cons Of Capital Punishment?

What is the correct opinion to have on capital punishment? Capital punishment has been around since 1700 BC stated by a legal document from ancient Babylonia (modern-day Iraq). The document contained the first known death penalty laws. Under the code, twenty-five crimes were punishable by death. These crimes included adultery and helping slaves escape, but not murder. (Top 10 Pros and Cons - Death Penalty) Today, crimes that are punishable by death vary from state to state, but all include first-degree murder and most include treason. There are many opinions on the death penalty. Some say that it is not humane in any circumstance. Others say that is is okay in certain circumstances. Then there is the select few that say capital punishment should be used all the time, because we don’t need criminals in our world. Some people think that the death penalty is only given to black people. Jurors in Washington state, are three times more likely to recommend a death sentence for a black defendant than for a white

Though New Mexico and Connecticut have abolished the death penalty, their laws were not retroactive, meaning the prisoners on the states’ death rows and their lethal injection protocols stayed intact. The last execution by firing squad was in 2010, in Utah. (Top 10 Pros and Cons - Death Penalty)

There are many people against the death penalty. A 2010 poll by Lake Research Partners found that a clear majority of voters (61%) would choose a punishment other than the death penalty for murder. The majority of this 61% thought that a life sentence without parole plus restitution was a better solution then the death penalty. A 2009 poll commissioned by DPIC found police chiefs ranked the death penalty last among ways to reduce violent crime. The police chiefs also considered the death penalty the least efficient use of taxpayers’ money. (Facts about the Death