The Debate On Capital Punishment What act by the United States government kills almost a hundred people every year? The United States Department of Justice legally executes criminals who commit certain crimes. The crimes for which a person can be executed for are named Capital offenses, thus the name Capital Punishment. The debate over capital punishment originates in the seventeenth century and still continues today. Many different arguments shine throughout the debate which I will …showed first 75 words of 2460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2460 total…come to your own conclusion on this issue. Works Cited Stewart, Gail B. The Death Penalty. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1998. Flanders, Stephen A. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. New York: Facts On File, 1991. Williams, Mary E. Capital Punishment. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1998. Jacobs, Nancy R., Alison Landes, and Mark A. Siegel. Capital Punishment-Cruel and Unusual? Texas: Information Plus, 1996. "Capital Punishment." World Book. Volume 3. 1989. History of the Death Penalty. 8 July 2000 *http://www.essential.org/dpic/history1.html*