Is to kill sinned? Is it correct there to be death penalty in the United States?

Answer 1

Yes there is and we use it!

There comes a point where protecting our children and society as a whole out weighs the basic beliefs of killing and sin.

We also have the best justice system in the world to prevent any mistakes.

Answer 2

Whether or not it is a sin, the death penalty does not make sense for practical reasons. Here are answers to questions about the system with sources listed below. Some people who answered before did not include the facts.

What about the risk of executing innocent people?
124 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence.

Doesn't DNA keep new cases like these from happening?
DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides. It is not a guarantee against the execution of innocent people.

Doesn't the death penalty prevent others from committing murder?
No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that do not.

So, what are the alternatives?
Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

But isn't the death penalty cheaper than keeping criminals in prison?
The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process. Anytime the death penalty is a possible sentence, extra costs start to mount up even before a trial, continuing through the uniquely complicated trial (actually 2 separate stages, mandated by the Supreme Court) in death penalty cases, and subsequent appeals.

What about the very worst crimes?
The death penalty isn’t reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??

Doesn't the death penalty help families of murder victims?
Not necessarily. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

So, why don't we speed up the process?
Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

Answer 3

Supposedly it is a sin to kill, if you go by the Commandments, but then God took it upon himself to kill at will so it is a rather hypocritical pronouncement.

The death penalty is a state matter, not Federal. Some states use the death penalty and some don't. Personally, I don't think is is used enough. The scum-bucket mother-rapers are the last of the dregs of socity that no one needs and should be zapped into the netherworld without a lot of hoo-haw.

Answer 4

"Thou shalt not kill" is frustratingly vague. What about self defense (and how exactly would that be defined)? Wartime? Abortion? Does that include killing animals? Taken to the extreme, it would mean that weeding (killing plants) is a sin.

It is true that there are many Bible passages (especially in the OT) that support capital punishment, often for relatively mild offenses:

- Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)
- Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16)
- Breaking the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14 & 15)
- Disobedient children (Exodus 21:15 & 17; Leviticus 20:9)
- Homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13)
- Not being a virgin on your wedding night (but only if you're a woman - Deuteronomy 22:13-22)

But, there are many passages (esp. in the New Testament) that are ANTI-death penalty. For example, Matthew 5:38-39 insists that violence shall not beget violence. James 4:12 says that God is the only one who can take a life in the name of justice. Leviticus 19:18 warns against vengeance (which, really, is what the death penalty amounts to). In John 8:7, Jesus himself says, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

There are many, many practical problems with capital punishment (that I won't get into here), but purely from a moral standpoint, I can't imagine that Jesus would support it. True Christians shouldn't, either.

Answer 5

According to Jesus we should forgive and try to help people but if we did that then what would we do with all the prisons?.Most prisoners are in prison for drugs and they could be treated instead of put in a place to learn hate and learn how to commit more devious crimes to get drugs but this makes too much sense and there is too much compassion involved.Jesus would not agree with the death penalty He taught that it was wrong to return bad for bad.Yes it is a sin to kill.Yes the death penalty is wrong.And Yes Jesus said it And yes the system is screwed up.When you go against God all kinds of bad things happen.We are living it in this country right now.

Answer 6

Most states in the United States use the Death Penalty. Come to Texas. We have the "Express Lane" on Death Row!

Answer 7

To murder is sin, that is the shedding of innocent blood on purpose including abortion. The death penalty is not murder because it punishes the guilty. Accidental deaths is not murder because it was not done with the motive to harm.

Answer 8

To kill is to sin by many reliegons. and in some states of the USA there is still the death penalty.

Answer 9

Yes, it's correct.
A more correct translation of "Thou shalt not kill" is
"Thou shalt not murder." English uses the words kill and murder interchangeably, but that's not true in the Hebrew.

God, who gave us the Ten Commandments also authorized human government, and capital punishment:

Answer 10

Yes. Those that are against the use of the death penalty like to give their money to keep convicted child molesters, rapists, and murderers healthy for the rest of their lives.

Answer 11

Murder is a sin. Torturing innocent victims and then killing them is a sin. Certain atrocities such as these deserve the death penalty, IMO.