Where do we Start The teachings of Jesus if one truly believes in them it is very hard to justify retaliating to violent people by using violence in return For example when Jesus was killed on the cross he said Forgive them Father for they know not what they do Luke 2334 ID: 376518
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Capital PunishmentSlide2
Where do we Start?
The teachings of Jesus – if one truly believes in them, it is very hard to justify retaliating to violent people by using violence in return.
For example, when Jesus was killed on the cross, he said: “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do” Luke 23:34.
This suggests that Jesus knows the harm they are doing to their soul is more than the harm they are doing to Jesus. Slide3
Administration of Penalty
Studies have shown that the death penalty is becoming disproportionally administered to minority community members. See the relationship between people that are convicted and people that are jailed and tried.Slide4
The Catholic Church teaches if “bloodless means are sufficient to defend against the aggressor and to protect the safety of the persons” then capital punishment should not be used in order to “better correspond to the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.” CCC 2267Slide5
What Does That All Mean…?
If the community is able to detain the person who does a crime without killing them and still keeping the people safe, then they should not be killed. Slide6
Let’s Talk Numbers
A common misconception about capital punishment is that it is used as a more “cost-effective” way to deal with prisoners who are sentenced to some prison members sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of bail or parole.
Actually, capital punishment is MORE expensive. For example, California will spend $5 billion on capital punishment in the next 5 years. If abolished, the US would save tens of millions of dollars per year.Slide7
Disadvantages
A dead prisoner has no chance for reform
The penalty of killing an innocent person cannot be corrected
Enormous, unhealthy publicity is attracted by these cases
Alternatively, the abolishment of capital punishment would end the cycle of violence evident in the process. Slide8
What Does
The Pope Say?
The justification for the death penalty is getting slimmer and slimmer, now that modern society is now able to stop criminals without killing them due to more advanced justice and prison system.
This quote from
Evangelium
Vitae says: “Modern society in fact has the means of effectively suppressing crime by rendering criminals harmless without definitively denying them the chance to reform (through the death penalty).” (John Paul II, P.27)]Slide9
In Conclusion…
Capital Punishment is not only morally wrong, but more expensive as well.
The cons greatly outnumber the “pros”
For further reference:
Evangelium
vitae -
http://
www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.htmlDeath Penalty Focus - http://www.deathpenalty.org/section.php?id=13Slide10
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