It is the firm belief and position here that committing a crime such as murder is punishable by death. Americans should take a stand to ensure that everyone on death row is executed as soon as possible. The moral reality of the argument for capital punishment is that they know the difference between the death penalty and what happens when it is actually implemented in the first place. court. In the United States, there are more people on death row than those actually executed at the time of their conviction. When the death penalty is not carried out, the families of the murdered victim recognize that the value of the victim's life is insignificant and that the person who committed the crime has the greater life to be able to continue living during his or her life. incarceration on death row. Many people argue in favor of the death penalty, in the event that someone commits a violent crime, they should be put to death. Should anyone argue that if you take a human life, they will be able to live in prison, serve their time and live, without immediately dying by lethal injection or any other form of capital punishment? The argument that anyone in prison should not be punished or put to death is a crime in itself. Many people believe that capital punishment is cruel and unjust. Although others would say the opposite by saying that if you have committed murder you will be put to death. In America, anyone can have the right to believe that someone should live even if they have committed murder, especially if they have asked for forgiveness and all has been forgiven. Can it be justified that if someone commits murder and then asks for forgiveness, they should be allowed to live and not be punished? Justice must be done here on earth as well as after death ... middle of paper ... or whoever disobeys God's way by committing premeditated murder or manslaughter must be put to death immediately. Works Cited Adams, Cindy. “The death penalty as just punishment.” Is capital punishment a deterrent or is it a biased process? September 3, 2008. May 30, 2010 < http://penal-system.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_death_penalty_as_just_punishment>. Andre, Claire and Manuel Velazquez. "Death penalty." Our duty or our destiny. May 12, 2010. May 30, 2010. Colson, Charles W. “Capital Punishment.” The Rutherford Institute. November 11, 2002. May 30, 2010. Steiker, Carol S. “Capital Punishment and American Exceptionalism.” 2005. May 30, 2010 < ww.stonybrook.edu/.../American%20Exceptionalism%20Revisited-rev.pdf>.