Death Penalty

The Death Penalty The death penalty is a punishment, given by a court, to be carried out for a serious crime that has been committed. Since it is the most serious kind of punishment, it is called capital punishment (Mappes and Zembaty, 108). I do not believe this is the right verdict for the following reasons: it is inhumane punishment, fails to deter crime, kills innocent people, and the true ethical answer is found in the …

…to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.” Matthew 7:1 says, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” God is the only true one to judge. The death penalty should be abolished, and we should find punishments that are not based on revenge or cruelty. The system can not prove it is equally fair and avoids all errors.