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Not true. While a criminal is in the process of committing a crime, chances are that he is not contemplating what his .
punishment will be for his actions. More than likely his thoughts are upon getting what he wants, whether it be .
something tangible, such as money, or something as valuable as one's life. There have been studies done in areas by .
criminologists who have been trying to find a direct relationship between use of the death penalty and the murder .
rate. Their results? Negative. They have failed to discover any connection between the two. Therefore, use of capital .
punishment will not affect the crime rate of an area in any such way. .
The third and possibly the most important reason why capital punishment should be eliminated is because what is .
stated in the Bible. The sixth commandment specifically says "Thou shalt not kill." If someone is executed, our .
court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. John 8:7 says, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." .
This supports the idea that only a man who is not a sinner has the right to eliminate someone from this Earth. Many .
feel the only person or being who is without sin is God. They also believe that He is the only existence who has the .
right to take someone's life, or "cast the first stone." Which in turn means we as humans are not entitled to that .
privilege. .
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The use of capital punishment in today's society is an incredibly controversial issue which will require a great deal .
of contemplation to answer the questions: to kill or not to kill? Many feel that the annihilation of this practice will .
solve a large number of the problems and questions about the death penalty that haunt our society today.Jennifer .
Barnett .
AP US History .
6th period .
September 6, 1994.
Capital Punishment.
Capital Punishment: a.k.a. the death penalty. To kill or not to kill. This is an extremely controversial question in .
today's society. The number of people who are for it still believe in the saying, " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a .
