The death penalty dates back to the 18th century. Criminals have received many punishments over the centuries such as hanging, quartering and burning. Today the death penalty consists of lethal injection. The death penalty is a controversial topic because some people are for the death penalty and some are against it. There is no consensus for or against the death penalty. Although there have been many studies on the immorality of the death penalty and whether or not we should limit the death penalty in some way or just completely abolish it altogether. It seems that more and more people are moving towards abolishing the death penalty, but the courts want to keep it because they argue that it is an effective fear tactic and can prevent future crimes. The death penalty is inhumane, biased, arbitrary, and an unsuccessful fear tactic, so it should be abolished. The death penalty is inhumane. One could say that the death penalty is inhumane because it takes a person's life in the form of revenge. For example, families of victims tend to be angry towards the suspect and want the ultimate revenge which is the death penalty. People have no right to want a murderer to be put to death because it is inhumane to decide another person's fate and lowers us to the level of the suspect. It could be said that the attitude of the families of the victims on this issue is understandable and that others should not judge them for it because the families act out of anger, but people do not have the right to decide whether another person lives or dies . For example, no one has the right to judge another person except God. An average person should not place himself before a higher power. In the World Medical Jour... halfway through the article... it talks about how the death penalty can prevent some criminals from committing wrongful acts, but not most of them. In conclusion, the death penalty is inhumane because it goes against the Constitution and violates the Eighth Amendment by providing cruel and unusual punishment to people who have been put on death row. People on death row are abused both physically and emotionally. The death penalty is also an unsuccessful and arbitrary fear tactic because some criminals will commit a crime regardless of what the consequences are, and it is arbitrary because it is a random selection process for who will be sentenced to death and who will not be sentenced to death. . The death penalty is also skewed because men and African Americans are more likely to be sentenced to death. The reasons stated above are just some of the reasons why the death penalty should be abolished.