Capital Punishment

"An execution is not simply death. It is just as different from the privation of life as a concentration camp is from prison. It adds to death a rule, a public premeditation known to the future victim, an organization that is itself a source of moral sufferings more terrible than death. Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated could be compared. For there to be an equivalency, …

…of all, not all of our government officials are unaffected by crimes concerning race or prejudices, and, thus, innocent people are still condemned to die. Second, capital punishment does not deter future criminals for committing these heinous crimes. Capital punishment must be abolished. It is very sad that some people are disturbed enough to commit such violent and hateful crimes, but having the power to kill does not make the situation better by any means.