Capital punishment – is it required?

That is a very hot topic in my country right now. In my opinion, the only benefit from capital punishment would be to put a decline on the growing population. I don't believe it serves any good purpose and it is just an extra way to sin. Why should one be judged by man. I understand imprisonment but when you take it to the point of killing the person, what exactly are you proving. I don't think it will act as a detergent for criminals thinking of doing their bad deeds as I'm pretty sure most crime is only premeditated to the point of action. I always think it would be better if the government took the criminals they have locked up and sent them to fight the wars going on in the world since they like to kill or whatever they like doing.

Beg your pardon I don't think it is a good idea to send people with criminal mindset to war fields.  They may even use that an opportunity to take revenge with the ammunition they got.  Keeping them in prison is a good idea but history says something else.  We have a number of incidents before us where people hijack planes to free their counterparts from cells. So we would be invitiing more trouble by doing so.

I think capital punishment should not be abolished altogether.  If the person is a danger to society like a terrorist, serial killer or rapist there is no other way.  Yes it is not a remedy for all crimes but at least we can save lives of innocent people.

I did say it was my opinion, didn't I? What revenge exactly would they be taking? They will be forced to fight for their country and actually give back to the community and somewhat pay for their sins instead of being killed in in what you will call 'justice'. That is no justice and that is just an easy way out. If I had to choose death or life imprisonment, I would obviously choose death.