Should Capital Punishment be Legal?

PHI103 Informal Logic Andrew Stave 04/20/2020

Introduction Death penalty has been around since 18th Century BC, death was often cruel and included crucifixion, drowning at sea, burial alive, beating to death, and impalement (Reggio, 1999). Over the years the methods used, and the types of crimes capital punishment was implemented on changed. However, the notion of capital punishment has become more and more controversial. Just in 2019, 22 people were executed nationwide (CNN Editorial Research, 2020). As of 2020, death penalty is legal in 29 states. After 20 plus years of declination in support of capital punishment, in 2016 both the Democratic and the Libertarian Parties changed their views on the matter and...