For :
It is the Ultimate Warning:
He may have no intention of killing anyone in the process of robbing them, but is much more apprehensive about the possibility if he knows he will be executed. Thus, there is a better chance that he will not break and enter in the first place.
It Provides Closure for Victims:
A system in place for the purpose of granting justice cannot do so for the surviving victims, unless the murderer himself is put to death.
It Is All That Would-be Criminals Fear:
He might have done it a month before his execution, when all hope for clemency was gone but he was afraid of death. How many would-be murderers have turned away at the last second purely out of fear of the executioner’s needle?
Believe It Is the Best Answer to Murder:
Without capital punishment, it could be argued that the justice system makes no provision in response to the crime of murder, and thus provides no justice for the victim.
Against :
Teaches the Condemned Nothing:
This is the punishment, and most people do learn from it. In general, no one wants to go back. But if that child grows up and murders someone for their wallet or just for fun, and they are in turn put to death, they are taught precisely nothing, because they are no longer alive to learn from it. We cannot rehabilitate a person by killing him or her.
It Does Not Discourage:
If it does not dissuade, then it serves no purpose.The warning of life in prison without parole must equally dissuade
criminals.
It Is Hypocritical:
If the goal of any punishment, as stated above, is to teach us those things we should not do, then the justice system should more adequately teach the criminality of killing by refusing to partake in it.
It is the Ultimate Warning:
He may have no intention of killing anyone in the process of robbing them, but is much more apprehensive about the possibility if he knows he will be executed. Thus, there is a better chance that he will not break and enter in the first place.
It Provides Closure for Victims:
A system in place for the purpose of granting justice cannot do so for the surviving victims, unless the murderer himself is put to death.
It Is All That Would-be Criminals Fear:
He might have done it a month before his execution, when all hope for clemency was gone but he was afraid of death. How many would-be murderers have turned away at the last second purely out of fear of the executioner’s needle?
Believe It Is the Best Answer to Murder:
Without capital punishment, it could be argued that the justice system makes no provision in response to the crime of murder, and thus provides no justice for the victim.
Against :
Teaches the Condemned Nothing:
This is the punishment, and most people do learn from it. In general, no one wants to go back. But if that child grows up and murders someone for their wallet or just for fun, and they are in turn put to death, they are taught precisely nothing, because they are no longer alive to learn from it. We cannot rehabilitate a person by killing him or her.
It Does Not Discourage:
If it does not dissuade, then it serves no purpose.The warning of life in prison without parole must equally dissuade
criminals.
It Is Hypocritical:
If the goal of any punishment, as stated above, is to teach us those things we should not do, then the justice system should more adequately teach the criminality of killing by refusing to partake in it.