Capital punishment is the legal procedure of killing someone for their crime, which has become one of the most controversial topics today. There is nothing more final than death. So, before deciding on an issue as important as the death penalty, we must be sure of what we are doing! At first glance it may seem very simple – you kill therefore you should die – but is it really that simple? Let's take a closer look... Inadequate legal representations, racial bias, false testimony against the suspect and the cost of the death penalty is too high and should be abolished. Capital punishment was created in the 17th century in the Hammurabi Code, which contained the legal laws on the death penalty. For the first time ever, in 1608, Virginia-born Captain George Kendall was brutally hanged for betraying his own country. Since 1976, many countries (Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Nicaragua, France, Netherlands, Nepal, Poland, South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom) have abolished capital punishment, but many countries still use it, notably many states of America. Furthermore, this form of sanction should be abolished. The most important point is that sometimes an innocent person is put to death, due to the adversary's pseudo-evidence, and once that person is executed, he or she will never come back, it is an irreversible process. Since 1973, more than 140 people have been released from death row in 26 states because they were innocent. Nationwide, at least one person is exonerated for every 10 people executed. Most executions in the United States are linked to drug trafficking or murder. Furthermore, in many cases the death penalty has been abolished, there are people who have committed crimes such as...... middle of paper ......n by the Chicago Tribune, 1976 as of 1999, 12% of criminals were represented by "a lawyer who had been, or was later, disbarred or suspended – disciplinary sanctions reserved for conduct so incompetent, unethical or even criminal that the state believes that a lawyer's license should be revoked. is nothing more final than death and, as such, we must ensure that our desire for justice does not lead us to commit the very crime we wish to punish: murder. Capital punishment is not the only way to stop crime, but life imprisonment without the possibility of parole can be implemented to stop crime. There is no point in killing criminals, because if we do, there will no longer be any difference between the innocent and the criminals. Life imprisonment can also save millions of money which can be used to serve the nation against crimes committed..