Part one of term paper
Capital punishment is the intentional killing of criminals convicted of serious crimes such as murder and rape, by means of lethal injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad or gas chamber. It is obviously the most severe form of criminal punishment. Capital punishment is a controversial way of dealing with violent criminals. The main ...

Part two of term paper
... attempt to put capital punishment into state law failed. The supporters claimed that if you take a life you should pay with your life or "an eye for an eye". Opposers of the death penalty, however, claim the chance of sentencing the innocent and the inhumanity of the punishment are more valid reasons to not have the death penalty. Today's system of capital punishment is filled with inequalities and injustices. The commonly offered arguments for the death penalty are filled with holes. Defenders ...