Death PenaltyHistorically, the death penalty was used as the harshest punishment available if a person disobeyed the laws or committed murder. The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the judicial execution of a prisoner for an extremely serious crime. The violent crime rate in the United States is one of the highest, even though the American penal system is one of the harshest in the world. The courts have generally considered their task to be to adapt the sentence to the crime committed. Thus, the sentence should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by citizens and victims. The sentence must not only be appropriate but also deter the perpetrator from reoffending. This should serve as deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation and restitution. The subject of controversy concerns the form of justice adopted and the determination of the effective method between different models of punishment. Also included is the debate on the question of the death penalty as a form of punishment for high-profile crimes. Should the criminal justice system take a more lenient approach and abolish the use of the death penalty for capital offenses, or should it embrace a more restorative form of justice? This article argues for the use of the death penalty in the criminal justice system as a form of punishment for those who commit the most serious crimes. The first reason why the death penalty is a justifiable form of punishment is that it ensures the protection of the public. The death penalty ensures that offenders facing capital punishment will never return to the streets. Additionally, the death penalty fills potential gaps associated with the legal and penal system in the middle of the article......f Decency: Popular Culture and Capital Punishment. New York: Lang Peter, 2004. Bradley, C. “The Juvenile Death Penalty and International Law.” Duke Law Journal 52.3 (2002): 487-535. Gavrilă, Adina. “Should we abolish the death penalty? Arguments for and against centuries-old punishment. Journal for Communication and Culture 1.2 (2011): 82-98. Hodgkinson, Peter and William Schabas. Capital punishment: strategies for abolition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Johnson, Jeffery and Colleen Johnson. “Poverty and the death penalty”. Journal of Economic Issues 35.2 (2001): 517-523. Mandery, Evan. Capital Punishment in America: A Balanced Review. New York: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2011. Neumayer, Eric. “Abolition of the death penalty and ratification of the Second Optional Protocol. » The International Review of Human Rights 12.1 (2008): 3–21.