Perspectives on the Death Penalty

The death penalty is a highly controversial topic in our society. I believe that using Jesus' teachings he would be highly against the death penalty. Jesus was never a believer in causing any violance. He would try to get his point across peacefully even when people did not believe he was the savior. The death penalty is causing harm to others. Concluding that Jesus would have not approved in the death penalty. I also do not approve in the death penalty. I believe that two wrongs do not make a right. Just because another person did the wrong thing by killing someone else it does not give us the right be as equally wrong and kill him. I rather have the individual stay in jail for the rest of their lives, so they can thinking about the choices they have made. I think that that would be a more Christian way of acting towards someone doing an act that warrants the death penalty.