For most crimes committed in the United States a fine, .
sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. However, the .
death penalty is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally .
right? Is it effective in deterring crime, primarily murders? Weather .
or not you agree if it is moral or not, one issue remains. The death .
penalty is not an effective way to prevent crime. .
The death penalty has existed as long as humans have .
existed. The quote "an eye for an eye" is found in the Bible. In the .
middle ages fines, public humiliation and imprisonment were .
appropriate punishments for all crimes, and death penalty for all .
murders. .
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In the United States alone there have been 4047 executions .
since 1930, and 188 were from 1977-1996. The death penalty is an .
expensive punishment, since 1976 the united states have spent 700 .
million dollars in it. Methods of the death penalty include lethal .
injection, gas chamber, electric chair, hanging and fire squad. In a .
1986 poll 70% of Americans favored the death penalty as a punishment .
for murder. .
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There have been many comparisons of crime rates of death .
penalty states to non- death penalty states. These clearly show that .
the death penalty has no effect on the rate of crime. .
Clearly this shows that the presence of the death penalty has no .
effect on the increase or decrease of crime rates. Even with the .
death penalty, crime rates continue to rise and fall in the United .
States. Crimes will be committed weather or not death .
penalty is a method of punishment. .
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Many people believe that the death penalty isn't an .
