Law is a method to restrict human’s behaviour and it makes the society more safety. If someone breaks the law, they have to be punished. By the gravity of the situation, the punishments are different. Among them, Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Regarding this punishment, people have fierce debates, some are against it; some are support it. Nowadays, only about 40 countries are still using the death penalty. From my point of view, death penalty is an effective punishment and it cannot be abolished.

if the death penalty did not exist, people are hard to notice how serious of killing someone; in other words, nothing could threaten their lives, because no matter what the criminals did, they do not have to die. Therefore, the crime rate could be increased. This mentality might make them imagine that “break the law just a piece of cake”, and they would do what they want to do without hesitation. However, death penalty bring fear to the criminals, a research shows that most of the criminals will express theirs penitence for the faults when they are going to be executed. In other words, they are afraid to die. In addition, the death penalty is also a tocsin for people, to warn them that never break the law. This is also a good way to decrease the crime rate. Especially for the large population counties, citizen's qualities are not at the same level. This is the reason that why death penalty cannot be abolished.

Have you ever seen the movie "saving private Ryan"? the movie was directed by Steven Spielberg. It tells us an impressively story. In the World War 2, three days after D-Day (June 6, 1944), Captain Miller and his men are received an order: the general ask his team to go the battle field and bring back a private named “Ryan”. It is because three children of Ryan’s family are dead; and the general do not want their mother to hear much more bad news, so Miller and his boys must make sure the last survived child come home safety. Finally, 6 soldiers’ dead win the Ryan’s life.

I am really moved by this movie When you see the part of Miller’s team are trying to save Ryan back, but the soldiers dead one by one, maybe you will think it in this way: Everyone has their parents, why they can offer their life to save one person? They are all fight on the battle fields, Why Ryan have the chance to go home? Why he is particular? But the war is cruel. People have no choice, they have to obey. I think the author’s purpose is to tell us “Life is precious, and people should help each other during the war.” Miller and his man use their life to save another life, if I were Miller, I will ask myself: can I make this decision? People can’t control the happen of the war, but they can decide whether they want to help others. I think I am very lucky to live in this peace century, I needn’t to face this hard situation, and I needn’t to suffer the war. I am really strong recommending this movie. From it, you will see how human nature gets to a higher level in the war.