Capital punishment is a complex issue.

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Capital punishment is a complex issue. It isn't simply a question of how to punish criminals. When the death penalty is debated, people will bring up racism, sociology, economics, and politics: racism because more minorities are executed; sociology because our neighborhoods and our class structure play a part in both producing and punishing criminals; economics because poverty plays a part both in the reasons for crime and in the ability of people to defend themselves in the legal system; and politics because the "war against crime"- including the death penalty is debated in political campaigns and may even be a reason that someone is executed, or, less often, pardoned.

You don't need to evoke faith or religious belief to oppose the death penalty. Many groups that are not religious in nature disagree with lawmakers and oppose the death penalty for a variety of reasons.

First, they argue that it costs more to execute a prisoner than it does to lock someone up for life. Studies have suggested that this is true, mainly due to the cost of legal proceedings. The legal appeal process to which a convicted prisoner is entitled can