Since 1976, in the U.S alone, a total of 1414 people that have been deemed too dangerous to remain in society, and have been forced to prepare their deathbeds early, loosing their lives via a judicial ruling by a supreme court. Although, capital punishment is by no means a new idea to be presented in human history, our moral adaptation through time has brought it back onto the a scale of controversy, questioning its integrity and effectiveness in the world of today. Capital Punishment, although continuing to be an active form of discipline in modern day, has outstanding drawbacks to its performance. It has, in over half of its applications, endorsed wrongful prosecution, in-humane killing tactics, and it costs the states millions per year just to execute an offender. With the consideration of the following factors, one would be obliged to agree with the statement that Capital Punishment should very well be abolished.

Throughout its lifetime, Capital punishment has seemed, in many cases to be the most sane and respectable thing to condemn on a person, deserving of such direct discipline. For example, a case held in 1977 that had eventually resulted in the accused's death, was the case of Coker v. Georgia, an alleged murderer, and rapist. In 1974, he was given several sentences on murder, rape and assault charges. He then 3 years into his sentence, escaped Georgia prison, and after breaking into the home of Allen and Elnita Carver, raped Elnita, and stole the family’s vehicle. Cover was convicted of rape, armed robbery, and other offenses, and in June of 1977, was put to death via lethal injection. It was spread over a total span of 4 months and 1 day, and it became the backbone of many cases, like the 2007 Kennedy v. Louisiana case. This case, like the majority of others similar to it, is one people would have a hard time disagreeing with, and most definitely puts