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The Importance Of Capital Punishment

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Capital punishment, commonly known as the 'death penalty' is a highly controversial topic throughout the world. Capital punishment is the punishment of death by execution. This can be practiced in many brutal ways such as public hanging, lethal injection and death by firing squad. Interestingly, the death penalty is still used in 58 countries around the world with countries such as U.S.A, China and Japan still executing criminals and sometimes innocent criminals. With the death penalty being abolished from New Zealand in 1989, the debate whether this decision has had a benefit on our country still lives on today. I am interested in this topic because I believe in justice for all humans whether they are a criminal or not. At first I thought that the death penalty was the best solution to determine justice but after researching many sources my first thoughts have been questioned. Capital Punishment is not what New Zealand needs. Capital Punishment is not the correct method for New Zealand’s criminals. New Zealand should keep the death penalty abolished because there are other alternatives for punishment that don’t involve brutal murder such as life imprisonment and parole. I have gathered six key sources of information to back up my argument