Running Head: Effectiveness of the Death Penalty Effectiveness of the Death Penalty [Writer`s Name] [Institution`s Name] Effectiveness of the Death Penalty The death penalty has become one of the most sensitive topics under public discussion with increasing demands from human rights organizations for its complete abolition. On the one hand the international opinion is increasing shifting towards a world without death penalty, on the other many nations and some states in the United States are not ready to abolish it and still consider it a strong toll in reducing the number murder cases. The history of crime in the United States and other parts of the world has proved that death penalty has always been an effective deterrent against it. The effectiveness of the death penalty is a reality. For the United States which is always criticized by many countries in the developed world and human rights organizations for its support to capital punishment, controlling crimes has always been a daunting task. Obviously the criticism of the country by its closest allies, especially its partners in Europe, — where nations cannot become components of either the Council of Europe or the European Union unless they agree to abolish death penalty — is an embarrassment. The major issue in the death penalty is that whether it is useful in reducing the cases of murder cases or not. The United Nations, Amnesty International and many other in...