When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is bombarded with the news of arrest, murders, homicides, and other such tragedies. There are many things that I don't agree with in today's society, but out of all the wrongdoing that takes place, I believe murder including the death penalty is the worst of them all. I am strongly against the death penalty because it violates God's rules, it costs the tax payers too much money, and it's a cruel and unusual punishment.
             First of all, I do not support having the death penalty because it violates religious beliefs. Many religions, such as my own Catholicism, follow the rules that God sent to use through the Ten Commandment. One of the most important of those ten states, "Thou shall not kill." If you executing an individual that clearly violates this commandment. Murdering any person no matter what the individual has been convicted of is a mortal sin. Therefore executing someone should not be made an exception of God's rule.
             In addition, my next reason against the death penalty is that tax payers waste too much of their money with the death penalty. The average death penalty case is appealed three times. This means that the tax payers must pay for the same trial to be heard three times. This is a very expensive practice. Also, the average convicted murdered spends 12 years in death row. If supporters of the death penalty are positive enough to kill the person for committing a crime, shouldn't the supporters be confident enough to execute them in a timely manner? Why spend the tax payers money keeping these inmates in jail for so long? Tax payers money should go to a better society, not to accommodate the prisoners that are going to end up dead.
             Finally, the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment. To extinguish a person's life is cruel no matter what why it is administered. Many states believe it is ok to execute someone since they have upgraded ...