Capital punishment remains a topic of debate, with people remaining in disagreement over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Since cruel and unusual punishment is defined as torture or deliberately degrading punishment, the death penalty does not fall into this category in any way. The death penalty in our society deters potential violent offenders from committing crimes, saves the government money, and ensures that offenders will not commit these crimes again. The United States should use the death penalty because it is economical and continues to serve as a deterrent to potential offenders. Consider that the Constitution states that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shall not be taken away without due process of law. Perpetrators of brutal and heinous crimes have failed to apply this right to the victims of their crimes. Why should the government take their rights into consideration when the victims' rights mean so little to them? People always put forward the idea that killing is wrong in every sense of the word, but they don't want to punish the people who commit the crimes. If a person is so insensitive to human life and doesn't care about what happens; are sick enough to harm someone else, they should also pay the price with their lives. Violent criminals will always exist in society and the death penalty will only gradually decrease these numbers, but every violent criminal who does not exist in society makes society safer. place. Placing these criminals in prison with a life sentence does not deter them from committing another crime. This simply allows them to plan, plot and carry out the next murder, escape or worse. The majority of people who commit heinous crimes that call for the death penalty...... middle of paper ......shment: A Defense", an article in The Death Penalty: Pro and Con written by Ernest Van Den Haag, shares this: “Abolitionists seem to place more importance on the life of a convicted murderer, or, at least, his non-execution, than on the life of a convicted murderer. the lives of innocent victims who could be spared by deterring would-be murderers. To completely eliminate violent crime, a stricter use of the death penalty would be a big help. Society as a whole must hold these people accountable for their actions and make an example of their crimes. Capital punishment remains the most powerful moral act that can show society that these heinous crimes have consequences..