Capital Punishment Cannot Prevent Murder Capital punishment has always been a controversial topic. Applied already in the ancient times, executions have always been a part of our lives. Nevertheless, more and more countries abolished this kind of penalty because they started to doubt its fairness and reliability. Amnesty International states on its website that" an average of three countries per year have abolished the death penalty since 1976 (...)." The only Western industrialized country that retains capital …showed first 75 words of 1392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1392 total…there is no justification for capital punishment. Works Cited Amnesty International on-line. "News on Death Penalty". 27 April 2000. <http://www.amnesty.org>. Bernardin. "Death penalty target of Catholic leaders." National Catholic Reporter. 16 May 1997: 1-2. Bible. Matthew 5:37-44. Peters, Jennifer L. "Should the United States Keep the Death Penalty?" Know Your World Extra. 28 Sept. 2001: 1-3. Todesstrafe on-line. "Pro und Contra Todestrafe." <http://www.todesstrafe.de>. "Two Views of Capital Punishment." Europe. Nov 2000: 1-6.