eably take back what a robber took by force. It would be wrong to imprision someone that illegally imprisioned someone else. It would also be wrong for the police to drive over the speed limit to persue someone who was speeding. The death penalty is a deserved and just punishment for murder. It does deter some murders, which saves an unknown number of innocent lives. These reasons are why, through all the controversey, three-quarters of Americans continue to support capital punishment. Works CitedThe Bible. King James Version.Brownlee, Shannon, Don McGraw, and Jason Vest. "the Place For Vengence." U.S. News and World Reports 16 June 1997: 24-32.Hertzburg, Hendrick. "Burning Question." The New Reublic 20 February 1989: 4+.Norton, Mary, et al. A People and a Nation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Inc, 1990.Turner, Richard. "Death-Penalty Taboos." Newsweek 30 June 1997: 83.Van Den Haag, Earnest, and John Conrad. The Death Penalty: A Debate. New York: Plenum Press, 1997.Winters. Paul (ed.). The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc, 1997.Worsnop, Richard. "Death Penalty Debate." CQ Researcher. Vol. 5. 10 March 1995: 193-213....