There are four main reasons for punishment: rehabilitation ( to return someone to a former status), reformation ( to reform or recreate an individual), deterrence ( to deter others or to deter the person punished), and retribution (an eye for an eye). The death penalty is a punishment to a person in which the person is put to death for a very serious crime they have committed, usually when they take another person's life. Our state and federal …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

…showed last 75 words of 935 total…ople will be put at ease knowing that justice was served to the murderer and that he is now dead. These are just a few of the reasons that lead me to believe that the death penalty is not only a suitable sentence for a convicted murderer but a must! It all comes down to one thing: if someone kills an innocent person, the same act he has done deserves to be done to him.