Capital Punishment Capital Punishment is a issue that many people have strong feelings about. For myself capital punishment is an issue that I feel has two sides to it. Many people think that capital punishment is inhumane and barbarous, so is it? Capital Punishment has been around since the 1700’s. Capital punishment was used very often in the Middle Ages. Most forms of capital punishment were abolished in the 1800’s. In 1972 the Supreme Court banned …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…how a trial goes how do we really know when a person is guilty or not unless they plead guilty. Capital punishment in that case is impossible to apply fairly and accurately. Those who are on death row could not afford the best attorney’s to defend themselves in court. So there was not much of a fair trial for the defendant. In the year 2001 sixty-six people were executed and nineteen fewer in the year 2000.