After reviewing the arguments of those opposed to capital punishment, it only strengthens my position that capital punishment must be implemented against those convicted of immoral and counter-productive acts against society. Within the below, the reader will see why.
First and foremost, the morality issue behind capital punishment is often in question. Many believers wonder what God would want. Taking a quick peruse through scriptures, one cannot help but note the following primary examples of why the death penalty must be implemented in certain cases of senseless violence:.
"Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed." -- Genesis 9:6.
"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:12.
"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:15.
"He who kidnaps a man and sells him shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:16.
"Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death." -- Numbers 35:31.
Hand-in-hand with the scriptural morality are the benefits and values of capital punishment on our youth's education. If youngsters are told from a young age that, if they commit any crime, they will be punished by death, the crime ratio will heavily decrease. .
Another consideration is that killing a convicted criminal immediately will protect society greater in the future, while still costing society the life of the convicted. In 1985, a study was published by economist Stephen K. Layson at the University of North Carolina that showed that every execution of a murderer deters, on average, 18 murders. The study also showed that raising the number of death sentences by one percent would prevent 105 murders. However, only 38 percent of all murder cases result in a death sentence, and of those, only one percent are actually executed. During the temporary suspension on capital punishment from 1972-1976, researchers gathered murder statistics across the country.