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The death penalty or as it is formally called capital punishment should be totally abolished for many reasons. First and foremost no one should have the right to take anyone else’s life, “ neither individually nor as a society representative, has the right to take another man’s life, even apart from the seriousness of his guilt.” (Thinkquest,). Killing is a sin under God. “Thou shall not kill” is one of the ten commandments. Although …

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…the death penalty is discriminating. “Mostly criminals of weak social classes or marginal groups are sentenced to death; members of ethnic minorities, little-educated people whose familiar life is adrift, poor opponents.”(Thinkquest). For all of the above reasons, if our aim as a country is to create a fairer safer world where crime is not acceptable then we have to begin by honoring life itself. We must abolish the death penalty. Bibliography www.deathpenalty.com