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An issue that has continually created tension in today's society is whether the death penalty serves as a justified and valid form of punishment. The rapid increase in the national crime rate over the twentieth century has brought about endless debate on this topi ....

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.... . But those who believe in the opposition of the death penalty are often misled. They should consider the following cases that underlie the support for , for it is certainly the only way to deal with the cruelty of crime that has infected our society. Some people say it is barbaric to take someone's life through electric chairs or gas chambers. They now have lethal injection where the person doesn't feel any pain. They also say it is religiously wrong to take another persons life. But the Bible calls for a penalty of death for more than thirty different crimes. The Bible states, "Whosoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood be shed" (Genesis (9:6). ....