Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can ever kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people again. Some statistics indicate that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then …showed first 75 words of 1515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1515 total…that killing is a way to solve problems? I would personally say no. I think that in no way it would ever be ok for anyone to die unless it is just there time to go. People have to die sooner or later. It is just like saying that we should put all people that smoke in jail because that is attempt of murder to themselves. Smoking kills just not as quickly as a gun.