The imposition of capital punishment has been debated on for almost a century now , and it still is today . The debate continues but has become more intense in fact , the Supreme Court of America itself disallowed the death penalty in 1972 in the case of Furman vs . Georgia only to reverse its decision later in Gregg vs . Georgia in 1976 . This shows the ambivalent nature of the court , the most learned in the law , on the death penalty issue this indecisiveness stance is more apparent in the common man position on the issue . As the debate rages , the arguments for the pro-death penalty stance begin to outweigh the cons against the imposition of the death penalty .The abolitionists of the death penalty argues that death penalty is uncivilized and brutal to the assailant accordingly , in proposing “arguments in the death penalty , there are two lives to think about .Too much emphasis is placed on the convicted murderer , the one being executed , and the victim is all forgotten (prodeathenalty .com ‘ If we are to scrutinize the arguments proposed by the abolitionists ,much importance is given to the convicts they forget that the victims suffered in most brutal and heinous ways when they are murdered yet , it is as if the murderers are the victims here worthy of care and compassion from the society that they have offended . Lori Ornellas , an aunt of a murdered nephew , explained that a criminal on death row has a chance to prepare his death , make a will , and make his last statements , etc . while some victims can never do it . There are many crimes where people are injured by stabbing , rape , theft , etc . To some degree at least , the victims ‘ right to freedom and pursuit of happiness is violated . The death penalty is meant to deter the commission of crimes . If a person plans about murdering another person , he must think twice or thrice about doing it and the consequences that will befall on him when he is captured . The fear of death is a major deterrent to committing crimes . Thus , “capital punishment is not excessive , unnecessary punishment , for those who knowingly and intentionally commit murder in premeditation , to take lives of others . Even though capital punishment is not used so often , it is still a threat to the criminals (prodeathpenalty .com ‘ Still , there are other reasons why we should impose capital punishment to perpetrators of heinous crimes . One advantage of death penalty is that it is not costly . Accordingly , “money is not an inexhaustible commodity and the state may very well spend our limited resources on the old , the young and the sick rather than the long term imprisonment of murderers , rapists , etc (richard .clark32 .btinternet .co .uk ‘ To support this argument , F . Kim stated that the death penalty is economical . It costs 59 a day to house an inmate , or 21 ,535 a year .There are numerous programs that depend on America ‘s tax dollars where the funds could be better spent . One sure…