Part 1 of Essay
Throughout history, societies have always debated how to punish those who commit crimes. Capital punishment has always been a common choice for the crime of murder. Over the 200 years of the existence of the United States, the issue of the death penalty has become one of the most controversial issues of all. Capital pu ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... tool, . It is true that the death penalty is becoming increasingly more popular and widely used in the United States. Ever since the death penalty was ruled constitutional again in 1976, the rate of executions per year has risen tremendously fast, especially in the last few years. There were no more than 30 executions nationwide in a single year until 1992, and that number jumped up to 74 in 1997 (“Execution” n.pag.). These 74 executions in the 38 states in which capital punishment is legal are the most in an ....