Capital Punishment Is Murder Essay, Research Paper

All throughout the media, one hears of murders and homicides. It is a crime to kill someone, but the government “murders” people all the time without thinking twice. There is a risk when pulling the trigger that this horrible fate will happen. If it is not right to kill someone, why does the government kill people all the time?

In The Bible, there is a statement that says “Thou shalt not kill,” and yet the government believes it can punish for what it already does. It is a crime within a crime and the government should “Practice what they preach.” This has been going on for so long that most nations have created a numbness to death.

One may believe he is a law abiding citizen and follows the law to every word. This same innocent idividual could very well be put to death by the gas chamber. People are framed for crimes every day and noone notices. Naturally, people in court or in prison will go on and on about their innocence when they know well that they did it. This causes the innocent people’s claims of innocence to be discarded. One may then spend half of his life in prison or be put to death. No normal people ever take the time to think that they may be next. If the death sentence was discarded, a few lives could be saved. Technology is advancing everyday and with DNA samples and other high-tech equipment, people could be proven innocent. Most people believe that the “bad guy” kills illegally and the “good guy”, or the gas chamber, kills legally.

Children in some neighborhoods are exposed to death and murder everyday. They think nothing of it after a while. The children grow up into gun-bearing citizens with the idea that killing the “bad guy” makes him the “good guy”. This is often known as “taking the law into his own hands.” So, if the government can kill legally, why can’t a teenager take revenge for the death of his father? What makes the government so righteous that it kills legally, not including The Ten Commandments as law?

If it is not right to kill someone, why does the government kill people all the time? There is a risk when pulling the trigger that this horrible fate will happen. It is a crime to kill someone, but the government “murders” people all the time without thinking twice.

Bibliography: The Bible?