Should the U.S. abolish the death penalty? The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. Methods of execution have included such practices as crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, impaling, and beheading. Today capital punishment is typically done by lethal gas or injection, electrocution, hanging, or shooting. For most of history, it has not been considered controversial. Since ancient times …showed first 75 words of 1144 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1144 total…hate the society will never survive, therefore, the death penalty should be abolished. Works Cited 1. Acker, James R. America's Experiment with Capital Punishment. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1998. 2. Death Penalty Curricula for High School. 1 Nov 2001. Michigan State University Comm Tech Lab and Death Penalty Information Center. 28 October 2003. <http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu>. 3. Kronenwetter, Michael. Capital Punishment. Santa Barbara: Contemporary World Issues, 1993. 4. Lester, David. The death penalty: issues and answers. Springfield: C.C. Thomas, 1998.