Capital punishment serves no real purpose. The issue of capital punishment has always caused heated debates. Some people think that it is the best way of punishment for some severe crimes; others suggest that such sentence is too soft. I firmly believe that the death penalty is unnecessary in the modern world. Let us start by considering the facts. Firstly, death is an effortless way to avoid moral suffering for the prisoners. Secondly, for some crimes, such as a terrorist acts in public places, that kill a lot of people, capital punishment is too soft sentence indeed. But some people do not share my opinion. They think that if a person killed someone, he or she deserve death too. And moreover, these people are also indignant with the fact, that the prisoners are contained with the means of common citizens. To a certain extent it is right, but we should not disregard the fact that prisoners are also a rather good source of free labor. That is why we cannot say that staying in a jail is a resort for them. According to the article in yesterday’s Guardian, in some jails the prisoners are forced to work so hard that they would prefer dying instead. Taking everything into account, I can say that there is no single answer to the issue of capital punishment. As for me, capital punishment is too easy for some severe crimes.