When a man is caught stealing another man's wallet, he is punished for his crime. He may be fined or sentenced to jail. It is up to a judge or jury to decide. When a man murders another man, he also needs to be punished. We live in a country that uses the death penalty and the penalty should stay in affect so the killers cannot be let out of prison to go on a killing spree. There have been many arguments about the death penalty: one being the cost and the second being killing of the wrong people. Both of these arguments have been shown to favor the death penalty, the Bible even shows in favor of the death penalty.
Many people claim that the death penalty costs more than life without parole, but they are wrong. Granted, the initial costs of the death penalty do cost more than the life imprisonment cases. The criminals that receive life without parole are sentence
The claim people make that there is no testament in Bible that supports the death penalty is false. In Genesis it says that God spoke and said, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed." Which means if someone kills a person that someone will be killed as punishment. In Exodus, it says that God spoke and said, "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall be surely be put to death." This verse alone says there shall be a death penalty.
In the many criminals that are said to be innocent only 80% have shown no evidence to support their innocence. Of the criminals that are supposedly innocent and are executed only equals about .14%. This goes to show that it is unlikely for an innocent person to be executed. There have also been many complaints that the death penalty is racist. However, it is not racist, because whites have been executed more often
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