Is the Death Penalty Ever Moral?

C1 – Advanced

Capital punishment or death penalty is a practice whereby a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime.

Supporters of the death penalty say it is an important tool for sustaining law and order, inhibits crime, and costs less than life imprisonment.

Detractors of capital punishment say it is not a disincentive to committing crime. They say life sentence is a more severe and less expensive punishment than death.

Are there circumstances under which a murderer deserves the death penalty? In other words, should capital punishment be abolished or not?

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you agree with capital punishment?
  2. Which is worse, life imprisonment or the death penalty?
  3. Do you think the victim’s family should be able to choose the method of execution?
  4. Is the death penalty a deterrent to violent crime?

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