cAPITAL punishment?

When a person takes the action of killing another human being, does that person deserve to continue living? If not, do they need to be punished and “reformed”? What does that look like, prison? Three square meals a day and having a roof over your head does not sound like punishment for that level of crime. So would that mean that death is the ultimate punishment? Many people would argue that death is too easy, or that is not our place at all to sentence someone to death. However, by removing someone from the earth that has willingly taken another human beings life, you are insuring multiple things. First you are insuring that they cannot ever take the life of another human being and that they no longer pose a threat to society. Secondly, a standard is being set by saying that when a person chooses to kill another person, that persons due punishment is death. Maybe this will not always deter people from killing one another, but I can guarantee you that a lot more killing would take place if there was no punishment whatsoever. The argument many people use against capital punishment of “why do we kill to show killing is wrong”, is weak because the one thing most people do not want to do, is die. So by setting this standard, it not only shows how wrong murder is in the eyes of the justice system, but it also hopes to make some would be killers think twice before committing the act of murder.

Whichever side you choose, for or against the death penalty, I think we can all agree that murder is wrong. Many grey lines start popping up when dealing with drugs, alcohol, etc, both those are all best left to be interpreted by individual cases.