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Capital Punishment And Religion Essay Research Paper

Capital Punishment And Religion Essay, Research Paper


Capital Punishment Electrocution . . . gas chamber . . . lethal injection . . .


field shooting . . . all are forms of the death penalty used across the United


States. Some believe that when one person takes the life of another, that


person?s life should be taken as well. They should pay for what they did. But


honestly . . . is capital punishment used to make the murderer pay for what he


did? Or is it simply revenge? Capital punishment is wrong. In my opinion, it is


barbaric. It is revenge, and it teaches revenge as well. Do two wrongs make a


right? Do two murders instead of one make everything okay? We need to


distinguish the difference between our emotions and what is right. I will


admit?if someone killed someone I loved, I would probably want that person to


die. But I would be irrationally thinking, too blinded by grief and emotion to


tell the difference between right and wrong. The death penalty gives criminals a


way out. If the punishment for murder was life imprisonment, I would think that


most criminals would rather die than face the rest of their lives in jail. I


think all murderers should sit and rot in jail where they can think about what


they?ve done, and know that Hell is in their future. I think God will find his


avenge, and who are we to decide when a person shou

ld die whether guilty or


innocent? That?s not our decision. Plus, exactly how long does a prisoner wait


on death row? Moning 2 Some people wait more than 20 years! Some experts say


Congress would have eliminated the death penalty long ago, had there been more


cases. As it is, they feel that going through the entire ?law-removal?


process would be a waste of time. Capital punishment conflicts with the 8th


amendment: ?No cruel and unusual punishment.? It is cruel to murder! Whether


it is a punishment or not, it is cruel! It also clearly clashes with the 5th


commandment in the bible, ?Thou shalt not kill.? It does not say, ?Thou


shalt not kill unless you are given permission? . . . ?unless you?re


getting revenge,? etc. There is always that nagging little fact that we may


never be sure whether or not a ?criminal? is guilty. In over one hundred


cases it was found that the ?murderer was innocent, after their punishment was


taken out! The death penalty is a very controversial issue, one which nearly


everyone has an opinion. The one question everyone needs to answer for


themselves is ?Is it revenge? or is it a punishment?? There is a thin line


between one?s emotions and what?s right. Maybe there is no correct answer to


whether the death penalty is justice or murder, but it continues to be an issue


that is widely disputed.

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