1a Argument- Lex Talionis, the principle that the punishment should fit the crime. 1b Evidence- Lex Talionis states “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and arm for an arm, and a life for a life.” Proponents of the death penalty argue that criminals should have to pay for there crime as barbarically as they committed there’s. 1c Citation - Capital Punishment: Life or Death. University of Texas. http://www.cwrl.…showed first 75 words of 1039 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1039 total…Evidence- As barbaric as the crimes the felons were convicted of, the death penalty is not cruel, and certainly not unusual. Thirty-eight states support the death penalty, and use it to punish the most heinous crimes. The death penalty is no crueler than the crimes committed; the inmates are even treated to a last meal. That’s more than a victim gets. 10c Citation- Dan Lewerenze. 2 Feb. 95. <www.spud.ksu.edu/issues/hart1-2.htm>.