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It may be a bit over the top for me to express this opinion, but here goes;

Capital punishment was instituted by God in His sacred word as the life giver, pure and simple. So why is it so difficult for us, as grateful products of His creation, to deny His judgement for those having willfully caused the death of another human.?

Compassion, sentiment, all have there place as God has well shown. Still the principle of ‘a life for a life’, even when in the womb, is inviolate and balanced if and when guilt is clearly determined – as difficult to prove as that may be, thanks to various dubious or even spurious legal arguments raised today!

However, once guilt has been clearly established, or admitted to, and was not in any way accidental, there should be no other outcome than a death sentence in my humble opinion. The means by which this is done is a much less important consideration.

There is much debate about the death penalty, but, in fact, many of those who have been given a ‘life sentence’; have expressed a preference for a death sentence over life-long incarceration! Therefore what is ‘true compassion’, yes for both victim and perpetrator; relegating a fellow human to a soul-destroying life in prison, or a just and equitable summary death? You be the judge.