Yes, the death penalty provides a means of punishment to those offenders who have committed crimes so heinous that other forms of punishment prove to be insufficient in castigating the criminal. In all of capital punishment cases, those being sentenced to death have committed murder, whether it be of one person, or hundreds of people. Murderers that kill innocent people, not in self defense or for a rational reason, do not deserve to live out their lives with their only punishment being confined to a cell, where TV is still available and they are fed regular meals. Instead, these violent offenders deserve the ultimate penalty for committing murder; they should be sentenced to death.
Also, some of the crimes that these felons commit are so horrible that no other punishment really is severe enough. Furthermore, the death penalty is only used in extreme cases, not for a petty theft or any other minor crime or felony; it is used on criminals who have murdered on purpose. Thus, Hammurabi's Code should take precedence: if someone kills someone, they should be killed, too.
Citation: Kronenwetter, M. (2009). Capital Punishment. The New Book of Knowledge®. Retrieved February 16, 2009, from Grolier Online http://nbk.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=a2004545-h
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