The Death Penalty

It is truly difficult to argue against your own position on a controversial topic, especially one I feel as strongly on as capital punishment. So here it goes.... In a scenario where a suspect has raped and killed an innocent victim and the jury is on the fence whether he deserves the death penalty, my vote would go for capital punishment. There is no greater fear in life for most people other than death, which makes it the best consequence. It is similar to George Orwell's 1984, where Winston is tortured by is greatest fear in order to gain the truth. If a person takes the life of another human being, not only does he murder that person but they also destroy the lives of anyone close to that person. It is similar to the Code of Hammurabi, which has the basic principle of "an eye for an eye". If you are convicted of murder whether it be one person or a mass killing, the death penalty should always be a possible consequence. If potential murderers knew that the consequence of killing someone may be that their own life may be taken from them, it would deter a lot more violence.