Capital punishment

Capital punishment

Introduction
Capital punishment is the execution of someone as punishment. Capital punishment can only be executed by a state, if any other organization would kill someone it’d be murder. In the western world, capital punishment has been abolished almost everywhere. Countries that do still execute capital punishment are for example Iran, Thailand, Pakistan and China. From Out of all of the countries in the world, China executes the most people. However, China doesn’t divulge any figures, so these numbers are based on estimates. There’s only one big exception: the United States. The US is the only western country that still hasn’t abolished capital punishment.

Controversial
Capital punishment is controversial, and opinions differ widely. Supporters say that if you kill someone, you don’t deserve to live. Besides that, it deters people from killing someone, because they know it they could pay for it with their lives. It should also provide closure to the victims’ families. How can a family’s vengeance better be subdued?
Opponents argue that life is so valuable that even the worst criminals have the right to live. It’s often said that you can’t teach that killing is wrong by killing. Is it even a necessary thing, to killing murderers?

US/NL
Why How can a country that calls itself leading in freedom and human rights have not have abolished capital punishment? A country Countries like The Netherlands did that many years ago. The US is a much more liberal country. American Dream means in fact that you shouldn’t rely on other people, but fight to get to the top yourself. In many ways the US is conservative, even though that’s changing. People can carry guns and when you lose your job, you shouldn’t count on the government to help you much.