A strong case can be made in principle for capital punishment. Those who commit vicious crimes destroy the basis on which a moral community rests and forfeit their rights to citizenship and even to life itself. More than 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times, most of them in the early 20th Century. By the 1930s, as many as 150 people were executed each year in USA. I think that the nation should still actively …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…which can actually help and improve the way of life in our society. The death penalty is definitely needed because an example must be made to those who commit crimes, and they can not get away with killing someone, and spending the rest of their lives in an institution paid by the people's tax dollars. This way society is showing it is not going to go soft on criminals who victimize and frighten the community.