h century, we do not make our executions as public as they did. We do not take the criminal and hang them in the streets where everyone can see them. Or we are not like over in Europe where they would execute the criminal in broad daylight and with the entire town around. It was a fanfare ritual back then. Now it is just an unseen deed done at prisons. We should bring it back into the open so that everyone can see the consequences of your crimes. When they execute someone with the electric chair they usually wait until close to midnight because then they know that not too many people will be using electricity as the chair needs thirty thousand watts, or the equivalent of four hundred seventy-five watt light bulbs turning on at the same time. And it needs more then one shock, so it drains a massive amount of electricity from the power company. What if they were to go back to the old days? Then the deterrent factor would most definitely rise because of the publicly displayed execute of the criminals. It would send out the signal that anyone who can commit the crime could also pay for it. Thats the main reason for the death penalty anyway, to tell every criminal and future criminal that youll have to pay for your crimes that you commit. As Robert Matthews a journalist for Focus an English magazine once wrote, "Some people argue that the absence of capital punishment in this country [England] is the mark of a civilized society. I believe we are rapidly becoming uncivilized. Some of the things that happen on our streets and in peoples homes certainly do not constitute civilized behavior. (Matthews, pg.s 38-42)That exact same quote can be used to describe our nation as well. Some will argue that the capital punishment is such a harsh and uncivilized way of treating criminals, but look at how they act. They do not care about the lives of those they have destroyed. They are the ones that make this nation uncivilized. They are...
