If someone murdered your only child, wife or your closest friend, what punishment would you want for the criminal? If you were simply asked your opinion about capital punishment, how would you respond? What reasons would you give for your answer?
Recent polls show that 75 percent of U.S. citizens favor the death penalty. Yet the U.S. Catholic bishops, along with many other Christians and Jews, have spoken out against capital punishment. Beyond polls and statements, powerful scenes dramatize opposing viewpoints: people protesting a death sentence with candlelight vigils, while others gather as if at a party shouting, "Kill the scum!"
As a Christian I am in opposition to the death penalty, as a person seeking justice I would support it. God has said that vengeance and judgments are to be reserved for Him and in several cases He has demonstrated an unwillingness to enact the death penalty; i.e. Cain murdering Abel, Paul killing Christians, David murdering Uriah - then taking his wife.
In my own country because of the high level of violent crimes that are committed here people are calling for the reintroduction of the death penalty. Do you believe that the death penalty is an effective deterrent to people who would commit senseless killings?

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