Here it is the firm belief and position that committing a crime such as murder is punishable by death. Americans should take a stand to ensure that anyone on death row is executed as soon as possible. The moral reality in an argument for capital punishment is that they know the difference between the death penalty and what happens when it is actually instituted. court. In the United States there are more people incarcerated on death row than actually executed at the time of sentencing. When the death penalty is not carried out, the families of the killed victim recognize that the value of the victim's life is insignificant and that the person who committed the crime has the opportunity to continue living while in prison on death row. Many people support the death penalty in case someone commits a violent crime, they should be put to death. Should anyone argue that if he takes a human life, he can live in prison, serve a sentence and live, not die immediately by lethal injection or any other form of capital punishment? The argument that anyone in prison is not punished and put to death is a crime in itself. Many believe that capital punishment is cruel and unjust. Although others would claim the opposite, saying that if you have committed murder, you will be put to death. In America anyone can have the right to believe that someone should live even if they have committed murder, especially if they have asked for forgiveness and all has been forgiven. Can it be justified that if someone commits murder and then asks for forgiveness they should be allowed to live and not be punished? Justice must be served here on earth as well as after death... middle of paper... otherwise he disobeys God's way in committing premeditated murder or manslaughter should be put to death immediately. Works Cited Adams, Cindy. “The death penalty as a just punishment”. Is capital punishment a deterrent or is it a partial trial? September 3, 2008. May 30, 2010 < http://penal-system.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_death_penalty_as_just_punishment>. Andre, Claire and Manuel Velasquez. “Capital Punishment”. Our duty or our ruin. May 12, 2010. May 30, 2010. Colson, Charles W. “Capital Punishment.” The Rutherford Institute. November 11, 2002. May 30, 2010. Steiker, Carol S. “Capital Punishment and American Exceptionalism.” 2005. May 30, 2010 < ww.stonybrook.edu/.../American%20Exceptionalism%20Revisited-rev.pdf>.