"More than 4,500 people have been executed in the United States since 1930. There is no way to know how many have been executed in U.S. history because executions were often local affairs, with no central agency kept track of them (Maloney, 1999)." Over 4,500 people were executed and that doesn't even include the unreported deaths. Decades ago, death penalty cases were in many cases not even reported. For many years, people have rationalized the death penalty as "an eye for an eye" (2010). This "eye for an eye" statement no longer provides any excuse for killing human beings. The controversial idea of ​​whether humans are rational enough to decide someone's life or death has been called into question. Human beings have absolutely no right to judge someone else's life. Therefore, to protect the last right of man, death penalty should never be allowed in any form of punishment across the world. Although many claim that the death penalty is a reasonable punishment for the murderer who says "an eye for an eye" and argues "the punishment must fit the crime", this is simply an act that denies the ultimate right of human beings. The statement itself is a contradiction. If the "eye for an eye" principle were applied equally to every crime, this could be considered reasonable. But people who have stolen something go to prison for a while for what they do. Instead of stealing something from them and letting them go, we put them in prison and let them do their part. The "eye for an eye" principle should be questioned because it is not applied equally to all situations. Furthermore, whether the punishment fits the crime is not something we [humans] can decide. To support this point, even in this country of the United States, we are different... middle of paper...doesn't make people better than those murderers. The practice of the death penalty makes society murderous and this also makes us murderers. Works CitedGill, K.(2010). ). Pros and cons of the death penalty. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://uspolitics.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i/death_penalty_2.htmhttp://uspolitics.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i. /death_penalty_2.htmLawes, L. warden of Sing Sing prison in New York in the 1920s and 1930s Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.antideathpenalty.org/quotes.htmlMaloney, J. (1999) The Penalty of death. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.crimemagazine.com/cp101.htmMillett, F. (2002). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from https://www.msu.edu/. ~millettf/DeathPenalty/Paternoster, R.(1991) Capital Punishment in America Retrieved May 26, 2010, from www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5000459741 - Similar