Comment:
It is said, "Capital punishment is not a deterrent to murder." The main objective of capital punishment is not deterrence, but punishment. In the first place, it is not called capital deterrence. It is called capital punishment because the state has the God-given right to punish the murderer for his crime. Second, the deterrence argument is a farce in a land where the death penalty is so sparsely used (Ecclesiastes 8:11; Numbers 35:33). If the extreme punishment were consistently and regularly carried out, we might see that deterrence is very much a factor!
Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Genesis 9:6, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."
"…the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it" (Numbers 35:33). |