Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Capital Punishment
- FOR
- It protects society from the criminal
- It gives the victim a sense of retribution
- The bible says 'do unto others what you would have
them do unto you'
- Less money is spent on the accommodation of the prsioner
- A dead man cannot commit again
- In Leviticus it says, 'if a man kills another, he too must be
killed'
- It serves as a strong deterrent to potential offenders
- AGAINST
- It does not allow for reformation
- It goes against the command 'thou shall not murder'
- The government should consider how the family of the criminal would feel
- There is no proof that execution has served as a deterrent as there has
been no real change in crime rates in the USA
- It does not allow for restorative justice
- Rehabilitation should be induced to help the criminal
- If the criminal is mentally ill, he should be helped not killed