Capital punishment’s validity in the legal system...

Capital punishment’s validity in the legal system continues to be questioned but has been a huge part in human society and the legal system for centuries to restrain dangerous criminals and crimes. Later on, the death penalty as a punishment became a crime in itself, a crime against humanity thought by many, because killing, is killing no matter what. And it is wrong.To this day the argument continues. First of all, the death penalty seems somewhat barbaric and violates the â€Å"cruel and unusual† within the meaning of the eighth Amendment. This kind of punishment also sends the wrong message for what is trying to be accomplished: why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong. Another kind of punishment for criminals is life†¦show more content†¦This method was affirmed by the Supreme Court as constitutional. Yes, this way may be much more humane but it still doesn’t change the fact that the U.S is killing someone and taking a life away. Cap ital punishment violates the right to life, which is the most basic of human rights, undermining human dignity that is inherent to every single human being no matter what crime was committed. Death today is not how it was a long time ago. Do two wrongs make a right? A big argument dealing with capital punishment is that when someone kills another person, does that give you the right to kill that person. Yes murder is a serious crime, but how do we expect it to be looked down upon if it’s what we are doing to our criminals. Is it really up to us? To kill a person who has killed is a continued cycle of violence. Expressing this doesn’t make the crime go away, it contaminates the good and shows that you must fight back. Capital punishment feeds the cycle of violence in society by pandering to a lust for revenge. It brutalizes us and deadens our sensitivities to the precious nature of every single human life. Most Rev. David B. Thompson, Bishop of Charleston, S.C., Decembe r, 1998. Killing people that may serve as a threat to society may save individual citizens lives but the chances are higher for loser innocent citizens sentenced to the death penalty, which is also more common than