The Bible has many stories we can share for different reasons. Rather it be Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, or David and Goliath, we use the stories for lessons in our lives. Capitol Punishment can also relate to one of the stories.
             The Villagers gathered with their stones. The Criminal was a woman who was convicted of adultery. As the villagers raised their hands ready to throw the stone Jesus came and stepped in front of the woman. Looking at the angered villagers he said, “He who has no sin shall cast the first stone.” The villagers all dropped their stones.
             This story represents my opinion on capitol punishment. No one on the earth is completely without sin and almost everyone could be punished. But being the hypocritical society we are today we still go on relentlessly persecuting those who we see as lower than us.
             It’s not just Christians who protest the misuse of capitol punishment. Capital punishment goes against almost every religion. Although isolated passages of the Bible have been quoted in support of the death penalty, almost all religious groups in the United States regard executions as immoral.
             Capitol punishment also is an ineffective punishment for those who commit crimes seeing the death penalty as the “easy way out.” Scientific studies have consistently failed to demonstrate that executions deter people from committing crime. The respected Thorsten Sellin studies of the United States in 1962, 1967 and 1980 concluded that the death penalty was not a deterrent.
             When our founding fathers of America designed the Constitution which is the base of our government they had to make ten Bill of Rights for the satisfaction of all thirteen colonies. One of those ten Bill of Rights was the eighth one which said under any circumstances that the United States could not use any cruel or unusual crimes. Death penalty opponents, including many religious groups and individuals, and a g
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