The Death Penalty Is The Punishment Of 
The death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime. At first this seems like a justifiable punishment, especially for a capital crime such as first-degree murder, genocide, treason, and espionage. Yet I can name at least four more reasons why the death penalty can be opposed, added on to the reasons Mr. Moore stated of “the death penalty is far more expensive than life imprisonment without parole; the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime; the death penalty is implemented in a racially unbalanced manner; the death penalty has been carried out on innocent victims.”
First Albert Camus says in opposition to this punishment, “We know enough to say that this or that major criminal deserves hard labor for life. But we don't know enough to decree that he be shorn of his future—in other words, of the chance we all have of making amends.”
Keep this in mind.
1) Even the guilty have the right to live.
What gives us, as human beings, the right to strip a man/woman from their life? When they become convicted do they lose their unalienable rights of, life, liberty, and property? AWR Hawkins made a point when bringing up the constitution: Jefferson understood "unalienable rights" as fixed rights given to us by our Creator rather than by government. In a word, the government did not give them and therefore cannot take them away, but the government still strains at ways to suppress them. Is the death penalty not taking away one of our unalienable rights? I don’t believe anyone has the right to play God.
2) Religious reasons against the death penalty.
Cain, the first murderer, was not put to death but marked with a sign in which he displayed while wandering the earth. What does this say about Christ’s view on punishment? This question is supported by the New Testament story about the woman who faced execution by stoning in which the punishment was responded with, "He that is without sin among you, let him cast
First Albert Camus says in opposition to this punishment, “We know enough to say that this or that major criminal deserves hard labor for life. But we don't know enough to decree that he be shorn of his future—in other words, of the chance we all have of making amends.”
Keep this in mind.
1) Even the guilty have the right to live.
What gives us, as human beings, the right to strip a man/woman from their life? When they become convicted do they lose their unalienable rights of, life, liberty, and property? AWR Hawkins made a point when bringing up the constitution: Jefferson understood "unalienable rights" as fixed rights given to us by our Creator rather than by government. In a word, the government did not give them and therefore cannot take them away, but the government still strains at ways to suppress them. Is the death penalty not taking away one of our unalienable rights? I don’t believe anyone has the right to play God.
2) Religious reasons against the death penalty.
Cain, the first murderer, was not put to death but marked with a sign in which he displayed while wandering the earth. What does this say about Christ’s view on punishment? This question is supported by the New Testament story about the woman who faced execution by stoning in which the punishment was responded with, "He that is without sin among you, let him cast