A good argument paper supporting capital punishment same CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Introduction Capital punishment is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since the early 1800's most executions have resulted from convictions for murder. The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, and treason. There is a lot of conflict between people about whether or not capital punishment is effective in discouraging crime. In the early 1990's, 36 states …showed first 75 words of 2290 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2290 total…be killed. But murdering another person won't bring the other one back, and two wrongs don't make a right. I think it would be worse to spend the rest of your life in a cell than to go through hell for a few minutes but then be over with it forever. Therefore, I think that a good alternative to receiving the death penalty would be a life sentence in prison with no chance of parole.