Capital punishment is the penalty of death for a crime. It has been part of the world's criminal justice system since the time of Babylonia's Hammurabic Code. The system of capital punishment is full of injustices and inequalities. All the arguements for the death penalty ared filled with holes. Today's reality is far removed from the days of Hammurabi. Today, the death penalty is not a deterrent, as many claim; in fact, it is costly, …showed first 75 words of 339 total…

…showed last 75 words of 339 total…poor. They were represented by stat appointed lawyers who weren't competent. Also, juries in rural areas are more likely to impose a death sentence than those in urban areas. The death penalty is racist. If the victim is white, the chance of a death sentence is five to ten times greater tahn if the victim was black. Governments should not use the deth penalty until it is able to treat all of its citizens equally.