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Capital Punishment Every society in history has wrought punishments upon those who have violated its laws and/or codes of conduct. From Hammurabi’s “eye for an eye” to the some Middle Eastern countries’ practice of amputating the hands of thieves, many of these punishments involve violence and pain. Some governmental systems are willing to execute those convicted of the worst crimes. The United States of America is one of the countries which feels comfortable …

…to recieve the death penalty, while the caucasian gets life in prison or an even lesser sentence. Capital punishment is a barbaric, arcane practice which has somehow managed to survive in an age of universal compassion and forgiveness. It is hard to believe that, in a society where so many advances in medical technology save lives daily, there is still a need to murder members out of childish revenge or for the so-called “deterrent factor.”