CAPITAL PUNISHMENT –Mr. Positive:

Is capital punishment really necessary? Of course not, it is definitely not necessary in a land which has won its independence under the leadership of a man who believed in “forgive and forget” and whose preaching of non-violence made people realize that killing cannot be a solution to evil. Evil has to be eradicated, it can never be killed. And the only way to eradicate it is through love and peace, not death. This is exactly what Jesus says in the Bible. If a criminal is sentenced to death, then what is the difference between the criminal and judge who gave the judgment to kill him? What is right in the eyes of the criminal may be wrong in the eyes of the law. Also, forgiving a criminal is the worst punishment he can get. Even suicide is a crime. When we do not have the right to take our own lives where do we have the right to take someone else’s. Giving a death sentence is like catching a wild animal from the forest and killing it just because there is a possibility that it might come to our house and kill us. And even for the animals there are organizations like the Blue Cross!!! No one in this world is a sinless person. Each of us has innate criminal qualities. So there is no point in punishing someone just because he was innocent enough to get caught doing the sin. Everyone in this world is god’s child. He created us and only he has the right to kill us. We cannot create our own rules for right or wrong and give death sentences