death by an act of God, may flee to a place which I will set apart for this purpose. But when a man kills another after maliciously scheming to do so, you must take him even from my altar and put him to death."
This is religious evidence that one need not be God to exact a fitting punishment for the crime of murder.5
These are just some of the evidences that supports the argument in favor of capital punishment. If a person that opposes the death penalty would argue the point that in the 5th commandment in Exodus 20:13, which states: "Thou shall not kill" But the fact is, if we translate
this from the original Hebrew version it simply states: "Thou shall not MURDER." And there is a big difference between murder and punishing someone by death. In murder someone takes away the life of a human being for no valid reason. But in punishing someone by death, we do this because they committed a crime that is against the eyes of men and the eyes of God.
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