Yes, the death penalty is humiliating for the criminal and can provide some sort of closure to victims' families, but it is also unethical, expensive and n This is not 100% accurate. The use of capital punishment is barbaric and definitive. Killing someone is a horrible thing, even if it is politically permitted. "Hate, revenge, and anger will never heal the emptiness of a lost loved one. Forgiveness is the only way to begin the healing process, and that won't happen in a revenge-driven world".