Running head: Capital punishment debate Capital punishment debate Capital punishment debate University Student Id Course Date Introduction For a long period of time, capital punishment has been viewed to be part of the human culture. The importance of capital punishment is that it deters people from committing perilous crimes and also the easiest way of liberating the public from the dangerous lawbreakers (Cohen-Cole, et al., 2008). Currently, the majority of the individuals are still confused if capital punishment is appropriate to form part of the criminal justice system. Even though some of the Christians believe that this issue is clarified in the bible, some of them think the Old Testament law was replaced by the New Testament ethic of love. This paper explores capital punishment with both arguments for and against being discussed to support the claim. Background For several centuries, the death penalty has been incorporated in the criminal justice system of the United States. Capital punishment has been viewed to be a controversial aspect. In 33 states, the death penalty was legalized but in 19 states it was abolished (Phillips, 2009). The criminal justice system of America is usually based on aspects of fairness, integrity, and equality whereby all the crime offenders are treated equally. For the case of heinous crimes, the criminals deserve capital punishment. However, the death penalty is viewed to violate the 8th amendment because it puts restrictions on excessive fines (Dardis, et al., 2008). Currently, the issue of capital punishment is still being debated. The execution methods included beheading, beating, burning, drowning and hanging. More cruel methods were impalement, boiling, and crucifixion. Capital punishment is highly supported by numerous verses found in the Old Testament. However, there are several arguments which are against the death penalty. Majority of the Christians do not actually believe that capital punishment was initially witnessed in God`s acts after the Ark was disembarked by Noah. Apart from the creatures which were on the Ark, all other animals and human beings were eradicated by God. As a result of the violence which was witnessed in the entire world, God found it important to start a new human race using Noah`s family. Therefore, God put capital punishment into action by beginning a new civilization (Phillips, 2009). In addition, capital punishment was used by God in dealing with the sins committed by the Israelites. In general, God Himself engaged in capital punishment either directly or indirectly as a way of disciplining those Israelites who endangered Israel. Arguments against Capital punishment Capital punishment is a miscarriage of justice In the case of the wrongful execution, the executed innocent individual cannot be unexecuted. Therefore, through capital punishment, justice can b.