The Death Penalty is Ethical

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or disproven thus far. The FBI Uniform Crime Report from 2009 showed that the highest murder rate was in the south and accounts for over 80% of executions. However, the death penalty does stop the convicted murderer from ever killing again. Advocates of the death penalty argue that would-be murderers are “not in their right mind” when they decide to take another human’s life. Therefore, most murderers do not think about the death penalty at the time the crime is committed. If murderers do not have any respect for human life that means that they really do not fear the death penalty. Limitations are place on the death penalty when it comes to criminals that are mentally disable or a juvenile.
Capital punishment is also ethical because it protects citizens from criminals under the Constitution. Many would argue that capital punishment violates the eighth amendment of the U.S. Constitution in the sense that it is “cruel and unusual punishment”. In 1967 the U.S. Supreme court made ...

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