"An Eye for an Eye'


From the beginning of time, crime has been evident in human existence, and from the first crime "And it came to pass, when they were in a field, that Cain rose up against his brother, Able, and slew him" (Genesis 4:8) there has always been punishment. Cain faced the punishment of being ostracized from his colony and sent to wander as a vagabond and a fugitive for his crime (Genesis 4:14). He was also branded with the mark of a murderer. Thus this shows us that crime in human life is inevitable. Crime is defined as, an act of violation against society and its laws. Punishment is the consequence of the crime. In society today murders are committed daily. Murderers' actions are getting more and more incomprehensive. They are no longer just committing murder: they are torturing, mutilating, and engaging in grossly inappropriate acts against fellow human beings. Behaviors such as this will continue if nothing is done to stop them. The Death Penalty is considered the harshest form of punishment enforced today.

It is the legal infliction of death on persons' convicted of a crime. It is irrevocable; it ends the existence of those punished, instead of temporarily imprisoning them. People say that the death penalty is wrong morally because it is the cruel and inhumane taking of a life however; others feel that it is the only way for justice to be carried out.


The Death Penalty is morally and socially unethical, should be construed as cruel and unusual punishment. The methods of execution include electrocution, hanging, firing squad, lethal injection, and the gas chamber. The most widely used form of execution has been electrocution. With this method of executing a prisoner, the individual is strapped to a chair along with electrodes attached all over the...