The Death Penalty

When a man is caught stealing another man’s wallet, he is punished for his crime. He may be fined or sentenced to jail. It is up to a judge or jury to decide. When a man murders another man, he also needs to be punished. We live in a country that uses the death penalty and the penalty should stay in affect so the killers cannot be let out of prison to go on …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…said, “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall be surely be put to death.” This verse alone says there shall be a death penalty. I feel the death penalty is important. If we did not have it there would be a lot more killers running around. And it all comes down to Exodus 21:23-24, “And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.”