Capital punishment, or the death penalty as it is also known, refers to executions sanctioned by the state. The most common forms of capital punishment include electrocution, gas, firing squads, lethal injections and hanging. Despite the abolition of the death penalty in Australia, horrific crimes often prompt renewed debate about the appropriateness of the death sentence as a penalty. I firmly believe that Australia should re-introduce capital punishment, however it should only be implemented on …showed first 75 words of 839 total…

…showed last 75 words of 839 total…reason why nations and governments exist is to defend their decent citizens from vicious criminals. There will come a time when all the nations in the world will realise that capital punishment, like the military and the police force and taxes, are an unavoidable result of every civilized society and it will no longer be a question of whether or not a nation should have the death penalty, but rather how it should be used.