Capital Punishment

Although the death sentance has been abolished in this country, it is still done in some parts of the world, including some states in America, a so-called civilised country. More than 60% of the worlds population live in a country where executions take place. These countries include the People's Republic of China, India, United States and Indonesia. It is unlikely that any of these countries will outlaw capital punishment soon. The execution of criminals is something that every society has done. Crimes that resulted in capital punishment included murder, treason, espoinage. In some countries, it also included rape, adultary and incest. Religious crimes can also mean the death penalty. Around the mid 1800's, countries around the world began to ban the death penalty. The United Kingdon banned it in 1973. The only exception was treason. It was abolished completely in 1998. The most recent country to ban the death penalty was the Repunlic of Burundi in 2008.

We live in what we like to call a civilised world. So why then, do we still find it okay to execute people? There is nothing civilised about that. I supposed that some believe in an eye for an eye. But that makes you as bad as they are. You've taken their life against their will. That amounts to nothing more than murder. And what if they've made a mistake? What if they have the wrong person? People have been esecuted before and it has turned out that they were innocent. Could we really do that? Condem someone to death, not knowing if we really have the right person? The death penalty should be banned in every country. We call ourselves civilised? Humane? We're nothing more than murderers.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/international-death-penalty/death-penalty-statistics/page.do?id=1011348