Originally Posted by RevrseTheCurse04

Capitol punishment is the one issue that I am undecided on. While part of me says that it is wrong to end human life in an act of revenge the other part of me questions why we should let a person who commited heinous crimes live? In reply to the cost of keeping a person in prison I have heard figures that show that after the numerous years in court and after all the appeals have been used by those on death row the cost of this is signicantly more expensive than sentencing a man to life in prison. However, in certain circumstances I feel very strongly that the person who commited the crimes should be given the death penalty as a retribution for the crimes commited. However, I feel that this penalty should be used sparingly and only under the most extreme situations.