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The death penalty has been in man’s society dating back to ancient times. There have been a variety of crimes that have been punishable by death, anything from selling beer to murder. In modern society, the death penalty, otherwise known as “capital punishment”, is still practiced almost worldwide. This is an important issue because it concerns fundamental moral and political questions about the way law and order solves a problem in society. This essay will consider arguments for continuing on with the capital punishment as part of the law and order in a country and point out some problems with these views and how alternatives are there for us to use if only we were interested and look at it through a positive point of view. It will then put forward reasons for putting the death penalty out of the picture and why it should remain that way. The people getting this punishment may have just been sentenced for their race or religion. The guilty may have been terminally ill mentally, with a positive chance of recovery. The condemned are not given a second chance to live their lives. The crime they committed which are considered unforgivable are repaid with another. It has been debated that death penalty is not immoral and it