Capital punishment has created a controversial topic for thousands of years. Non-supporters argue that the death penalty is inhumane. Supporters agree with the 1790 B.C. king of Babylon, Hammurabi. His law states, "an eye for an eye and a life for a life" (Ellis and Esler 40). "A life for a life"...
An issue that has been constantly a problem to our society is to whether use the death penalty to deal with criminals. Whenever the death penalty is applied to a criminal, a colossal debate arises between the two social groups that support and disagree with such punishment. In these recent years, c...
Society had gone on for a long time without a formal set of rules. The societies did well but never did great. This was because there was no set formality in society. So Hammurabi decided that he needed a set code to keep a strong society. Many people may not know it, but they have heard part of Ha...
