. Capital punishment has over the years been practiced by most societies, though the issue has raised controversy with many people arguing that capital punishment is morally wrong and each and every individual deserves to live as well as a second chance to correct his mistakes. On other hand other people favor capital punishment for murderers, saying that it is morally right to punish them for the crimes they committed without any sympathy or compassion. Discussion Kant arguments in relation to Capital Punishment The recent decision by Kitzhaber, the Governor of Oregon on capital punishment where he publicly declared a moratorium on carrying out executions in his State can be termed as morally right from the human perspective