Should the death penalty be abolished

I will go over each of your arguments one by one. ARGUMENT 1: “You said that most people would want someone who murdered someone else to be put to death. Wouldn't it be hypocritical to do punish someone by doing the exact same thing to them that they did to their victim?” I said many would, not necessarily most people. It would not make us hypocritical because execution is killing for a serious crime. Murder is a murderer being angry enough at people to kill them. Execution kills those who are perceived to be guilty, murder deliberately kills humans who are known to be innocent. If John’s friend punched him, John should have the right to punch him back. John punching the initiator is okay because it is retaliation on the basis of a previous action. Execution is just a retaliation. ARGUMENT 2: 4% is a small number “How would you feel if you were one of those people?” I probably would pray out of desperation. I wouldn’t believe in heaven (right now) but I would play on the safe side if I knew I was going to die and convert out of desperation. “How do you think your family would feel if they found out you got the death sentence for doing nothing?” They wouldn’t feel anything if they are not told of the wrongful execution. “If this is the case, then shouldn't we just kill every religious person as they will have a hope of an afterlife?” No. This is what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews and what Saint Patrick did to the Pagans, although for different reasons. The bible says most Christians will go to hell anyway, so it would be counterproductive. “Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it. 14 But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.”(https://www.biblestudytools.com...). ARGUMENT 3: My opponent claims that states with the death penalty tend to have higher homicide rates. This is true because of another factor. This factor might be economic differences. The states without the death penalty tend to have a higher GDP per capita than the states with the death penalty. This makes the people in the anti-death penalty less likely to commit crime. Also, what about Japan and South Africa? My example may be more legitimate because the difference in homicide between Japan and South Africa is higher than the homicide difference between the pro death penalty states and the anti-death penalty states. ARGUMENT 4: "it is hypocritical to do the same thing someone else did to you." No, it's not. Execution is killing a guilty person as a punishment for a crime, murder is killing an innocent person. ARGUMENT 5: If it's expected that the family could be sad if their murderous family member got executed, then they are simply not told of the execution. ARGUMENT 6: "Let me point out that this is by far the cruelest, most immoral thing you could ever do to somebody and would HANDS DOWN make innocent deaths that much worse than they already are." Actually with all that money gotten from public execution ticket prices, the state would be able to subsidize more accurate trial cases that would make it even more rare for an innocent person to get executed. ARGUMENT 7: "Someone has to do the job of executing evil-doers" That person would be someone who supports the death penalty and therefore would have no problem with executing people that they felt deserved it.