Many people have been taught from birth that killing, stealing, lying, and cheating are wrong. Most of us have been taught right and wrong from a young age, but how can we follow that example if our country doesn't? If killing is wrong, why do states continue to allow it in the United States? Capital punishment kills; it's taking a human life, yet we act like it's the perfect punishment or the right thing to do. Just because someone killed doesn't mean it's right to take their life; that just means more murders and more murderers. We might as well call ourselves the killers. No matter the motive or severity of the crime, taking a life should never be the conclusion, nor a decision worth considering. Capital punishment is cruel and unnecessary punishment; it should be illegal in the United States for multiple reasons. Capital punishment is terrible and inhumane. The death penalty is not only unconstitutional, but it takes a human life. It is not fair to punish criminals by doing to them exactly what they did to their victim. “The punishment for rape cannot be rape. Whoever steals is not punished with theft. It is not necessary, therefore, to punish the murderer with death... Capital punishment is a barbaric residue of an uncivilized society." (The death penalty should be that you take You can't kill a murderer to prove that killing is wrong; this is hypocrisy at its best. You can't believe two things at the same time; It's horrible to be the only one who decides whether a person lives or dies, then why do it Not only is the death penalty wrong, but in the situation of... middle of paper... family member.Works CitedQuotes“Abolish the death penalty”. Amnesty International. 9 April 2014. Web. 9 April 2014. “ On the death penalty.” National Coalition, 9 April 2014. Web. 9 April 2014. “Case against the death penalty”. death.” OADP. 8 April 2014. Web. 8 April 2014. “Should the death penalty be allowed?” 3 March 2014. Web. 8 April 2014 “10 reasons to oppose the death penalty”. Focus on the death penalty. April 4, 2014. Web. April 4.2014