Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the legally authorized killing of a person as a consequence of the crime committed. Some people have said that this punishment is ineffective and immoral, …show more content…
He argues that in situations such as Adolph Eichmann, who was complicit in the Holocaust; Hideko Tojo, who was in part responsible for Pearl Harbor, the rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March, and the bacteriological experiments on U.S. prisoners of war, the death penalty is necessary due to the immorality and inhumanity of the actions these men were responsible for. These actions, for most moral, able-minded humans, are heinous and atrocious, and thus, warrant the worst punishment for the suffering they caused. Fein argues that capital punishment is a good punishment when used correctly, for the most horrible crimes, and when the proper safeguards are in place. People like Adolph Eichmann, Hideko Tojo, as well as anyone who commits murder, rape, treason, torture, kidnapping, larceny serially, callously and without repentance, can be considered people who are threats to the well-being of society and the idea that life is precious and a human right. These are the cases in which the death penalty are necessary, as these people have disregarded and given up their right to life by taking it from