The document discusses the debate around whether capital punishment should be banned or allowed. It defines capital punishment as the killing of a person as punishment for an offense. It then lists several types of capital punishment that have been used, such as electrocution, lethal gassing, stoning, and hanging. The document argues that capital punishment should be banned because all human life is precious, people can contribute positively to society and their families, and an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind, as Gandhi said. It concludes that people can change after being imprisoned for their crimes and that the death penalty should be abolished.