Capital punishment

Capital punishment is a harshly charge for the one who convicted a crime. There are several reasons why I say this. First, “eye for an eye” is not always worked. According to the current Texas Constitution, “only the crime of ‘capital murder’ or a second conviction for the rape of someone under 14 is eligible for the death penalty.” Looking in the bright side, putting capital punishment on someone does not solve the crime of that person. Of course that person needs to pay for what they have done. If we execute that person, then he/she does not have time to think about what he/she has done, and he/she may not feel guilty for what he/she has done either. Texas Government should change from execution to life time prison. Putting people in prison for life is a good way to get that person pay for what they have done, also, time for them to re-think and regret, guilty of what they have done. Life time in prison also keeps them from convicting any other crime, so we don’t have to worry about them either. Second, killing someone is a crime and against religious even if that person is a good or a bad person. As a Catholic, I believe in the second life, the life after death. People will pay for what they have done now when they die; either they will be in heaven, or they will be burn in hell. In that case, why do we need to execute them now to get our hand bloody? Why don’t we let the second life execute them? Third, the cost for execution is relatively high. The cost per execution for drugs used is $86.08. That’s true. Base on the statistic in 1991, “the Texas criminal justice system estimated the cost of appealing capital murder at $2,316,655. In contrast, the cost of housing a prisoner in a Texas maximum security prison single cell for 40 years is estimated at $750,000.” That is a huge difference. Why would we waste our tax money in capital punishment? The Texas Government should eliminate capital punishment, and making life in prison is the highest charge for any crime. In that way, we can save money for other disaster, and as a human being, we don’t kill each other.