The Moral Issue of the Death Penalty

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a legal process of punishment for crime. The Church views capital punishment as wrong and not necessary. It also believes that it is acceptable in only certain situations, which according to the pope is "when society has no other means of defending itself" (The Gospel of Life, number 56). Even though the death penalty is believed by many to be inhuman and wrong, the Bible seems to …

…may consider it now because they know that they will still be able to live on after they performed the crime. The death penalty can be used as a way to scare anyone who would be thinking of performing a serious crime from committing it. And if they do decide to still commit it, then that was their choice and we must give them the punishment that they deserve for choosing to go against nature.