Should we have the death Penalty? (Con is against death penalty)

Rebuttals: You stated that "this is morally wrong as stated by the Bible in Exodus 20:13" The passage states, "Do not murder." However, the death penalty is not murder, but capital punishment. Murder is in cold blood, the death penalty is a punishment. Besides that, the Bible actually recommends the death penalty in passages 22:18-20 "A sorceress may not be allowed to live. Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be executed. Anyone who sacrifices to any other God must be destroyed..." This is the death penalty as punishment for their actions. Also Leviticus 20:2 "...they must be stoned to death by the people...(for sacrificing their children to Molech). So as you can see, the Bible does not really say that the death penalty is morally wrong, but rather right. Now, my arguments. I. People do deserve to die. The death penalty Is only instituted for murder or (in rare cases) the rape of a child. Yes, this does unfortunately happen, and these people do deserve a death penalty. Allow me to call Alton Nolen to the witness stand. "An Oklahoma man who allegedly went on an angry rampage last week after being suspended from his job at a food processing plant was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty for beheading a fellow worker with a knife, a prosecutor said. "Alton Nolen, 30, is accused of killing Colleen Hufford, 54, and of stabbing and injuring a second co-worker, Traci Johnson, 43, at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Okla., on Thursday. He was stopped only after the company's chief operating officer, Mark Vaughan, who is also a reserve sheriff's deputy, shot and injured Nolen in his arm and abdomen with a rifle. Cleveland County Prosecutor Greg Mashburn said Nolen has been charged with first-degree murder. Mashburn said he might seek the death penalty in the case. He said Nolen would be arraigned after he is released from the hospital. Mashburn said Nolen, who had recently converted to Islam and has tried to convert some fellow workers, shouted some "Arabic words" during the attacks. He also said Nolen had "some sort of infatuation with beheadings." "It seemed to be related to his interest in killing someone that way," Mashburn said. "Other than that, it seemed to be related to his being suspended earlier in the day."--USA TODAY This man was cutting peoples heads off. Of course he deserves the death penalty for this heinous crime. Also, Allow me to reference the horrible 21 Nazi War criminals in the Nuremberg Trials who were responsible for the death of 6 million Jews and other heinous War crimes. 11 received the death penalty.The Sentencing and Execution of Nazi War criminals. In November 1945, twenty-one men sat in the dock of a Nuremberg courtroom on trial for their lives. The group represented the "cream of the crop" of the Nazi leadership including Herman Goering, Hitler's heir apparent until falling out of favor in the closing days of the war, and Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputy who had been in custody since parachuting into England in 1941. (A 22nd defendant - Martin Bormann - had escaped capture and was tried in absentia). Each defendant was accused of one or more of four charges: conspiracy to commit crimes alleged in other counts; crimes against peace; war crimes; or crimes against humanity. Specific charges included the murder of over 6 million Jews, pursuing an aggressive war, the brutality of the concentration camps and the use of slave labor. The judges represented the major victors in the war in Europe - Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. The defendants all proclaimed their innocence, many declaring that they were just following orders or questioning the authority of the court to pass judgment. The verdicts were announced on October 1, 1946. Eighteen of the defendants were found guilty while three were acquitted. Eleven of the guilty were sentenced to death by hanging, the remainder received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life."-http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com... If there was no death penalty, these crimes would go as "20 years to-life imprisonment" or go unpunished. The death penalty is a just punishment for those committing horrible acts. II. Conclusion. We should have the death penalty because some people deserve it and, contrary to your point, it is not morally wrong. The Bible supports it. By saying that the death penalty's morally wrong you are saying the bible is morally wrong. Obviously not! The Bible is all about strict morality! So we can conclude that since God commands The death penalty it is a moral practice. And for those of you who do not believe in God, look at the men that have received the death penalty! Horrible crimes were committed by them! They deserve the death penalty. We need to keep this punishment in practice so that criminals can get what they deserve! Good luck with your next argument Thadeus.