This essay states that the death penalty is an effective punishment in some respects. It gives both fact and statistics and proves a very good point.

Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can ever kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people again. Some statistics indicate that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. There is nothing wrong with the …

…that killing is a way to solve problems? I would personally say no. I think that in no way it would ever be ok for anyone to die unless it is just there time to go. People have to die sooner or later. It is just like saying that we should put all people that smoke in jail because that is attempt of murder to themselves. Smoking kills just not as quickly as a gun.