termined that they will murder no matter what the penalty is. If this was true it was also true of the Thuggees but still the fact that death penalty can eliminate repeat offenders is ignored. A number of lives were saved after the execution of the Thuggees. Most opponents of death penalty claim that repeat murderers are rare. But, just ask them even if six percent of all murders can be stopped and forty five lives can be saved every year just in North Carolina alone whats the problem in executing the murderers. Thus, the enforcement of death penalty can surely save the lives by stopping repeat murders. Retribution - an eye for an eye and a life for a life, is justice. Capital punishment is a method of retributive punishment. It is the best possible retribution against a murderer. One man killing another man is not a human act, but how could we allow a murder to kill innocent people and go to court and not get put to death for it? Thus, capital punishment is necessary to ensure the priceless value of human lives and retribution is a justification for capital punishment because it is an injustice to tolerate criminal behavior such as murder. According to Justice Potter Stewart "The instinct for retribution is part of the nature of man, and channeling that instinct serves an important purpose in promoting the stability of a society governed by law".As every coin has two faces so also this issue has its pros and cons.The opponents of death penalty have brought forward the moral issues concerning it. According to them respect for life forbids the use of death penalty. The opponents think that capital punishment is unfair to people of other races, classes or mental abilities but just ask these people when a loved one is killed who would think that the murderer had a low IQ, was black instead of white or was poor instead of rich. Afterall a murderer is a murderer. The opponents of death penalty should consider the follwing written by Ernest ...
