The Death Penalty

A wise man once said, " to be able to argue your point you must completely understand the point of your opponent, and to do this you must research the topic with an open mind." As an adult I have always believed in the theory of "an eye for an eye" but never took the time to examine why people were opposed to killing someone who has committed and been convicted for the crime of murder. In this paper I will show the history behind the death penalty and why people oppose it's use in today's society
The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the eighteenth century B.C in the code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon, which qualified death for twenty different crimes. The death penalty was also part of the fourteenth century B.C Hittite code, the seventh century B.C 's Dranconion code of Athens, which made death the only punishment for all crimes.…