The "eye for an eye" theory has been applied by people who have misinterpreted it to their own advantage. " Let one without sin cast the first the first stone." In the Old Testament murder, sticking father or mother, kidnapping, cursing father or mother, harming a pregnant woman, knowingly owning a violent ox that kills someone, sorcery, bestiality, working on the Sabbath, adultery, human sacrifice, homosexuality, blaspheming the name of the Lord, false prophecy, worshiping false Gods, disobeying a priest, disobeying a parent, raping a betrothed woman, and losing your virginity before marriage were all punishable b

y death. How many of us would still be alive today if this was the method that we followed? We live in modern time and should have modern punishments that fit those times. Not barbaric and heathen punishments such as the death penalty. The death penalty is the ultimate revenge, and "vengeance is mine saith the Lord".

Some people justify the death penalty by saying that executing a prisoner compared to keeping them in prison for the rest of their lives is better for the economy. The cost to the state of funding appeals, hiring excessive staff for the execution and suicide protection of the convicted murderer prior to the execution would more than pay for incarceration for the duration of the inmates life. Others say the death penalty provides us with safer communities. This is very misleading and gives us a false security. Canada's homicide rate has dropped 27% since the abolition of capital punishment in 1976. Studies done in 1996, in states with the death penalty had a murder rate of 7.1 - 9.7 per 100,000 people compared to a homicide rate

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