The controversial topic of Capital Punishment.

Capital Punishment should be abolished Evidence suggests that the death penalty does not prevent people from committing crimes. It is a cruel and cold- blooded form of punishment and there have been instances whereby people were sentenced to death then later found to have been innocent. The most common methods of execution are hanging and shooting. Countries like the U.S. use electrocution, gas chambers and lethal injections to dispose of the convicted. Some countries, …

…that would require dozens of legal killings each day.' The United Nations began urging worldwide abolition on the grounds that every human has an inherent right to life.' It can be seen that there is no logical reason for reintroducing capital punishment. The fact that there is no evidence to support the view that it deters criminals, that it is irreversible and an inhumane punishment suggests that capital punishment should be abolished worldwide