Capital Punishment: A Means of Cleaning up the World Capital punishment, or the execution of a criminal, was once a common activity throughout the world. It became ordinary in the Middle Ages and was inflicted for a large number of crimes. Because the methods used then, such as burning at the stake and slow strangulation, were not democratic, capital punishment slowly died. It returned, however, with methods such as lethal injection and the electric chair. …showed first 75 words of 1635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1635 total…of Chicago. Thirty-three days after his arrest Zangara was executed (Matthews 39). In the past judges did not waste time or money with appeals and the capital punishment process had fewer problems. If the capital punishment process was sped up, the United States could be cleaned up. By doing away with appeals and numerous court cases, judges could be more efficient. Added up this means fewer taxes and a cleaner, safer world. Now, who opposes that?