By definition to punish is " to cause undergo pain, loss; to impose a penalty" (Webster's New World Dictionary) Capital punishment has been around since approximately the eighteenth century, and back in that day death was not the harshest punishment available from law enforcement; Instead many of the people were tortured so bad, they would rather die then undergo the pain. Many people were burned, stoned, and beheaded.

Still in today's society, the United States in particular practices capital punishment quite often. The Declaration of Independence tells us " Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." How does the government secure these rights? Governments prohibit interference with rights by law, and to make the legal prohibitions stick; governments threaten punishment to anyone who violates them. (Van den Haag, 53) When the law violation is very serious, the punishment can conclude in death. Capital punishment has become one of the biggest debating...