Capital punishment is the legal sentencing of death as a punishment for what is considered a "capital
crime". Capital crimes range from the obvious crime of murder to rape and other crimes that are deteremined worthy of the ultimate punishment by a judge and jury. Legal authorities have been engaging in this act for hundreds of years. Although the current methods of execution are much more humane than preivous years, the dipute between the whether or not capital punishment is moral or immoral has been in existence for almost as long as the practice itself.
Captial punishment is one of the most controversial elements of the United States judicial system. Although it had in existence for hundreds of years, in the last few decades, its morality has been repeatedly questions and put on trial. Society had decided that it isn't just to allow the legal officials to play God, to decide who lives and who dies. One would think that because there are so many that are so adamantly opposed to the practice of capital punishment, this procedure would have been revoked and deemed out dated and obsolete years ago, but the fact is while there are quite a few that are against the detah penalty, just as many are very much for it.
Capital punshiment was first established as a away of dealing with criminals, the crimes worthy of that punihsment included everything from petty theft to murder. As times changed, the crimes deemed "capital
" also changed. During the Salem Witch Trials, the mere act of being accused or even suspected of witchcraft resulted in that individual being sentenced to the death penalty.
During the early years of capital punishment, authorities cared very little about appearing humane. Methods of this punishment included "breaking by wheel" ...