death by the Christian God and by his followers as a
             form of punishment within the Old Testament of the Bible. Since then, it
             has been a common occurrence for Christians to use corporal punishment as a
             means of improving society. After all, if killing people is God's way of
             dealing with crime, it must be effective if nothing else.
             Beyond the underlying religious reasons, the death penalty is
             considered a practical choice in a complicated criminal justice system. In
             theory, it is far less expensive to kill a criminal than to house and feed
             them for the rest of his or her natural life. Many people feel that it is
             completely unfair that hardworking citizens are paying tax money to support
             criminals in prison for years. Instead of attempting to rehabilitate
             criminals in prison, would it not be a better solution to use that tax
             money on programs that would help to prevent children from becoming
             criminals at all' Unfortunately, in an attempt to make the capital
             punishments appear more acceptable to those who are opposed to the death
             penalty, the system is slowed down by long amount of time spent on death
             row before execution, and by countless appeals processes, which actually
             make the executions more expensive than regular prison terms. If
             executions were instead performed more quickly and speedily without so many
             delays, it would in fact be much more economical.
             Another argument for the death penalty is that, all else aside, it is
             an effective solution to crime. Crime is not a pretty thing, so it does not
             have a pretty solution. "According to Anthony R. Scott, chief of the
             Holyoke Police Department, in Holyoke, MA, There are those who deserve to
             die. It may not be politically correct, but the purpose of the death
             penalty it is to take vicious people out of society forever so they will
             not plague society again.'" (Ballard) It may be necessary to combat
             violent crime...