If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.
Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.