Death Penalty: Target for Aggression
             "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
             In modern civilization, there exists the concept of punishment for committing a crime. This concept began with the earliest forms of civilization and has grown into a very organized system. Under the well-known pretense of "an eye for an eye" methods used today include electrocution, lethal injection, and the gas chamber. These methods and the principles show the inhumanity of the death penalty. Upon examination, human beings must abolish the death penalty because it is ethically wrong, kills innocent people, and does not deter murder.
             Christianity and other religions provided the background for the lying down of laws in this country. A direct correlation exists between the Ten Commandments found in the bible and the Constitution of the United States. God's words in the bible, "Thou shall not kill," transcended into modern society making it illegal to commit murder. The death penalty simply sends the wrong message to all. The practice contradicts its own ethics by trying to justify the taking of a human life, after already condemning murder. The mindset of those in favor of it is that killing a convicted murderer will in some way cancel out the crime and heal the wounds of the living victims. The government in this manner confuses the word "justice" with the word "revenge." By using this method of punishment, the government actually promotes revenge, which in turn condones the hateful crime of murder in the minds of its people.
             Any innocent being easily sympathizes with another innocent being, and when the government convicts one, the other feels that they suffer the injustice as well. Everyone agrees that the death penalty holds the title for the ultimate punishment.
             Therefore, when the courts send an innocent human being to die, it should be known as the greatest injustice done ...