In fifty-five countries in the world the capital punishment is still applied. States decide whether a person has the right to continue living or not. It is an issue that continues to be debated. There are those who support it and others who consider it an excessive sanction.
One of the focal points of the discussion is whether a human has the right to take the life of another. This from the point of view of a religion such as Christianity would be completely inconceivable.
I am of the opinion that a person's life should not be taken under any circumstances, not even when committing serious crimes such as war crimes, where the lives of many human beings are affected.
Those who defend the capital punishment justify it by arguing that it sets an example that can prevent criminal acts.
According to this, the fear of losing one's life should curb the behavior of criminals. However, in countries such as the United States, where the capital punishment exists, crimes continue to be committed that end the lives of innocent people. Increasingly, we are seeing more and more press reports of people shooting innocent people in schools, streets and shopping malls. The death penalty is doing nothing to stop this type of crime.
The real reason for maintaining the capital punishment seems to be economic. It is much cheaper to take the life of a criminal than to keep him imprisoned for twenty, thirty years, or for the rest of his days.
I recognize that there are people who are irrecoverable, with a mind so damaged that it only causes harm to others. This is the case of those murderers who enjoy watching people die, who have made death their main source of pleasure. These types of people will never recover and are a danger to society. But even in those cases I consider that they have the right to continue living, imprisoned yes, and deprived of social contact. I believe that this is a greater punishment than taking their lives.
Another reason why I do not agree with the capital punishment is the possibility of error. No judicial system is exempt from making mistakes.
There have been cases of people sentenced to long prison terms for legal errors, for tampering with evidence. Later it is proven that they were innocent and they are released, correcting in a way the mistake made. If the same person had been condemned to the death penalty nothing could have been corrected. While one is alive there are possibilities of correction, but death ends everything.
I live in a country where justice is not impartial. Where the law is applied according to certain privileges. There are many situations where people are imprisoned for the simple fact of thinking differently.
For us it would be terrible if the capital punishment existed, which would undoubtedly be used to get rid of "political enemies". This happens in other countries with situations similar to ours, where Democracy almost does not exist and where justice is applied without respecting due process or human rights.
Fortunately our legislation has a tradition against the capital punishment and it has been respected. So far no reform of the legal system has been proposed to incorporate it. I believe that in my country most of society is convinced that it would be a great mistake to give the State the power to legally end people's lives.
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