As of January 1st 2022, 2,436 people sit on the death row in the United States. Capital punishment is defined as the state-approved killing of a convicted offender as punishment for their crimes (Hood). Although the death penalty remains abolished in Canada as of 1976, it is currently legal in 27 states in the USA (“Death Row USA”). Conversations regarding the morality of capital punishment continue to persist, and have sparked an ethical debate regarding its true implication. By using an ethical rationalist and utilitarian lens, it can be justified that capital punishment is a cruel and…