hanged to reduce the pain and suffering involved in executions. They have been changed to fit into the modern definition of humane. The successive restrictions regarding the death penalty have made it a more fitting punishment for the crimes that it is allocated. When society believes that the death penalty is not a justifiable punishment it will let its lawmakers know and the death penalty will then no longer exist.I believe that the death penalty is an acceptable punishment for severe crimes and I believe that society shares this point of view or it would eliminate the death penalty.1)The laws of a country are representative of its people beliefs.2)Congressmen pass the laws.3)Congressmen respond to what the public wants.4)The death penalty exists because Congress allows it.5)If the public finds a law to be unacceptable it tells its government.6)The government would lift the law.7)The death penalty still exists.8)Therefore, society finds the death penalty to be acceptable.My view comes from a very logical perspective. When people dont want something they do away with it if they have the power to do so. In this country today, we as the public have the power to have laws made and changed. We have made the death penalty a punishment reserved for those crimes that we feel are the most heinous but we have not completely done away with it. This must mean that the majority of our society still believes that it is an acceptable punishment. If the truth is that we dont still believe in the death penalty then we ourselves are at fault for not taking actions to change it. The objection might arise that some states so not have the death penalty and this shows that our society is finding it to be unacceptable. This may hold true for some states. However, 70% of the states in this country do have the death penalty and that is a great majority. The fifteen states that do not have the death penalty have a majority that does not approve of i...
