uld lose all rights once they commit a heinous crime and they also believe that the cost of imprisoning someone for life without parole is extremely higher than just putting them to death. They also take into consideration that the death penalty is okay by their religion. They believe that God was for the death penalty and they claim that He once killed men who crossed Him. Some people believe that there is no proof that an innocent person was sentenced to death. There has been proof that there are twenty three cases, since the 1900's, that were proven to be innocent, but it was too late (Death Penalty Facts, 2000). The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "Punishment has the primary aim of redressing the disorder introduced by the offense." If I commit a serious offense against society, I bring about a disorder, and the point of punishment is to reestablish the lost order. If I willingly accept my punishment, "it assumes the value of expiation." And it can protect you from future crimes I might commit. The Catechism thus gives three purposes of punishment: defending public order, protecting people, and moral change in the criminal. Paragraph 2267 reminds us that "the traditional teaching of the church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty" but then adds, "if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor." This appears to make a secondary purpose of punishment override the primary. That appearance has led to some fuzzy thinking. The correct meaning must be that the primary aim of punishment can be achieved short of exacting the death penalty. A single means-say, life imprisonment restores the order lost by the crime, protects society against future crimes of the incarcerated, and gives the prisoner a chance to repent.(The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
             One human right is the right to life and by taking a life away by execution is cruel, inhumane and degrading. The...