"Capital punishment" consists of executing someone for their crimes. "Corporal punishment" consists of causing someone pain or discomfort in order to punish them or to discourage a certain behavior. Corporal punishment can consist of anything from being forced to sit in a corner, to being spanked, to being whipped or stretched on the rack.
The United States executes criminals all the time, and we've recently tortured terrorism suspects. Do you think that capital and corporal punishment work, or do they just cause people to be angrier and more violent? Explain.
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