III. Support for capital punishment

Capital punishment, the execution of criminals by the state for heinous murders, is the only acceptable form of punishment for such behavior. Although the opponents of capital punishment believe this to be immoral and non-productive, advocates of capital punishment have proven this to be a cost effective, and ethically correct deterrent of future murders.

Many opponents of capital punishment believe that the justice in the American legal system is obstructed by the sentencing of black Americans by a racist and biased jury. For example, "if the murderer is black, it is more likely that he will get the death penalty t

han if the murderer is white" (Winsor 3). While many people believe this, the statistics say something very different. In the United States, sixteen out of every 1000 whites arrested for murder are sentenced to death while twelve of every 1000 blacks arrested for murder are also sentenced to death (2). Of the black inmates on death row today, only 1.1% have been executed, while for white inmates the statistic is 1.7% (2). Based on this data, obviously, one can see that racism in the sentencing of black offenders is not an issue.

Guilmette, Tom. Home page. 23 Nov. 1998. .

Winsor, Hugh. "Debate on Death Penalty Placed on Hold." Globe and Mail April 1992.

This verse makes it clear. Capital punishment is what God demands for the murder of a human being by man or beast.

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