Capital Punishment The death penalty dates back to colonial times, where American colonies inherited this system of law from the British. When European settlers came to the new world, they brought the practice of capital punishment with them. Of course each of the colonies had it's own criminal code. In early Puritan Massachusetts, the list of capital crimes included witchcraft and adultery. While in Pennsylvania limited the death penalty to crimes of treason and murder. …showed first 75 words of 2904 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2904 total…should be approved. This way society is showing it is not going to go soft on criminals who victimize and frighten the community. This way the tables are turned and the criminals are the ones who are frightened for their lives, it may sound cruel to some people but at least there is one less person who is out there to victimize them and that person will never be able to hurt anyone else again.