More on capital punishment

Abolitionists may contend that the death penalty is

inherently immoral because governments should never
take human life, no matter what the provocation. But that
is an article of faith, not of fact. The death penalty honors
human dignity by treating the defendant as a free moral
actor able to control his own destiny for good or for ill; it
does not treat him as an animal with no moral sense."

1. The death penalty gives closure to the victim's families who have
suffered so much.
2. It creates another form of crime deterrent.
3. Justice is better served.
4. Our justice system shows more sympathy for criminals than it does
victims.
5. It provides a deterrent for prisoners already serving a life sentence.
6. DNA testing and other methods of modern crime scene science can
now effectively eliminate almost all uncertainty as to a person's
guilt or innocence.
7. Prisoner parole or escapes can give criminals another chance to
kill.
8. It contributes to the problem of overpopulation in the prison
system.
9. It gives prosecutors another bargaining chip in the plea bargain
process, which is essential in cutting costs in an overcrowded court
system.
Law Should Provide Justice: We follow the law so that we get justice
when what happened to us is unfair! Even the victims ask for mercy, plead
for their lives, but if the criminals show no mercy, why should the law be
merciful to the criminal? I think that the death penalty too, is lenient when it
 comes to justice. At least the guilty criminals get time to say their last
words, make a will, mentally prepare themselves for death. Did the
innocent victims get a chance to do so? If you knew that you would be
killed instantly after committing a murder, would you kill?

Bible quotes

Exodus 21:12 says, "He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to
death." Do you wish to honor God? Then you must support the death penalty,
because God commands it.
Revelation 13:10 says, "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
saints."

"Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he
shall surely be put to death." -Numbers 35:31

Genesis 9:6, God states: "Whoever sheds MAN'S blood, by MAN his blood shall
be shed."