"Capital punishment feeds the cycle of violence in society by pandering to a lust for revenge. It brutalizes us, and deadens our sensitivities to the precious nature of every single human life." - Most Rev. David B. Thompson, Bishop of Charleston, S.C., December 3, 1998 After centuries of universal implementation, capital punishment remains an intensely debated issue. Whilst one execution takes place somewhere a murder is being committed, and the question still stays the same: will …showed first 75 words of 973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 973 total…have killed innocent people to death, may deter others from committing such crimes, but the risk of killing innocent people out weighs. By killing an innocent person not only have we allowed a killer to walk free, but we have also created another victim. Killing a person who has killed maybe a way of compensating the victims family, but how do we compensate families, who's loved one have been killed by the state of law?