Savannah Lamb, in her essay, “An Eye for an Eye,” explains that death is a divine thing, not something that must be done by human hands . Lamb supports his claims by explaining that the death penalty is a barbaric act of murder, and we teach our children that two wrongs don't make a right. So why do we contradict ourselves by sentencing people to the death penalty? The author's goal is to suggest a better way to punish the criminal without sentencing the accused to death. The author writes in a formal tone to the reader.IntroductionImagine that a close friend or someone you know has been brutally murdered and raped and the only suspect the police have is you, but you know that you are innocent. The judge sentences you to life in prison and death by lethal injection. Suddenly everything changes. You are not that person people know and love. You are a cold-blooded killer for society. Now imagine sitting on death row for ten years and your time is finally up. You walk down the hall to meet your death face to face. Your future awaits you in a room where you are held by long leather straps to a hard metal table and a needle is thrust into your arm, slowly killing you for a crime you did not commit. You sat in a cement room for 10 years. No one to talk to, no family, no friends. The only thing you feel is the hatred and anger that has been building up inside you for so long that you forget what it's like to love, to laugh, to feel any emotion and now you feel this poison flowing through your body, the only other feeling you feel. I've had it for 10 years. You feel the injection coursing through your veins, inflaming your insides more and more with each beat of your still beating heart. Everything goes silent, the room goes black, your heart slows down and...... middle of paper ...... final ban on cruel and unusual punishment and guarantees of due process and equal protection under of the law. the law. » (American Civil Liberties) Capital punishment goes against the moral codes that members of society are supposed to respect. So who is the real murderer here? The death penalty is an effective deterrent to crime “The eyes of a psychopath are a frightening sight. I have looked into the eyes of many a cold-blooded murderer and wished them dead. (Landau) The death penalty is used against rapists, murderers and other serious crimes. Many people say it works very well to keep crime down. The death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment used primarily against the poor and minorities. “Twelve percent of Americans are black. Thirty percent of them are on death row” (Préjean) The death penalty has long been used against the poor and minorities..