Secular Opinions for Capital Punishment.

Question 1

+ Retribution

Answer 1

Execution is the ultimate retribution and compensation for killing other.

Question 2

+ Price

Answer 2

Execution is cheaper than keeping a prisoner in prison for life at the states expense.

Question 3

+ Deterrent

Answer 3

The death penalty acts as a deterrent. It is likely to stop most people from committing the crime in the first place.

Question 4

+ Society

Answer 4

Society can be free of its most dangerous people.

Question 5

+ Victims families

Answer 5

Execution helps bring satisfaction and closure to victims families.

Question 6

Reasons for:

Answer 6

\+ Retribution
\+ Price
\+ Deterrent
\+ Society
\+ Victims families

Question 7

• Sanctity of Life

Answer 7

Human life is important and should not be taken in any circumstances. Life is sacred; no one has the right to kill another person.

Question 8

• Not a deterrent

Answer 8

A UN survey in 1988 and 1996 found no evidence that capital punishment acts as a deterrent. Capital crimes do not seem to drop in countries with the death penalty.

Question 9

• Wrongfully

Answer 9

They have been many occasions of innocent people wrongfully executed.

Question 10

• Martyrs

Answer 10

Terrorists who are executed could end up as martyrs encouraging others.

Question 11

• Not the worst punishment

Answer 11

Execution can be seen as an easier sentence than imprisonment. Life in prison is a greater deterrent to many criminals, which is why some try to commit suicide.

Question 12

Reasons against:

Answer 12

• Sanctity of Life
• Not a deterrent
• Wrongfully
• Martyrs
• Not the worst punishment