Role of capital punishment in modern criminal punishmentCapital punishment has long continued to be used as the primary punishment for convicted criminals. However, this has been the subject of controversy in recent years and is considered an inhumane mode of punishment in the modern era. This is due to the various legal difficulties she faces and the methods used to carry out the sentence, which include, among others, the use of the firing squad, lethal injections and the electric chair. However, those who support capital punishment argue that revenge is the only way to achieve justice, while those who oppose it consider it completely wrong for the state to take a citizen's life ( Neubauer and Fradella, 391). Capital punishment plays virtually no role in reform, or rather in reform. reduce murders and other cases of violence in the modern world. In fact, most countries around the world have abolished the death penalty. This decision to abolish capital punishment is perhaps due to the problems with this system of criminal punishment, the morality of the punishment and the methods used to carry it out being the main problem. This led to questions about whether capital punishment had any meaning in today's society. The cost of executing prisoners in prisons has been used as one of the reasons for ending capital punishment. For example, data from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) in the United States shows that it is less expensive to hold a condemned person for life than to execute them. The majority of costs are accrued during the trial level. Thus, many support life imprisonment because it costs taxpayers less than the life sentences imposed on them. The issue of cost has even led to the abolition of the penalty of... middle of paper ...... penalties for homicide should be very harsh than the existing death sentences because they do not serve the purpose Therefore, given the costs and other legal challenges facing the capital punishment system, the death penalty serves no function for society as a means of reducing homicide and crime. violence in our contemporary society. It would therefore be correct to conclude that capital punishment does not play a significant role in deterring serious crimes. Further research should be conducted to propose alternative punishment systems suitable for capital offenders. Works Cited Marzilli, Alan. Death penalty. New York, NY: Infobase Publishing, 2008. Print. Neubauer, David W. and Henry F. Fradella. American Courts and the Criminal Justice System. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning, 2009. Print.