DEATH PENALTY IS WRONG

DEATH PENALTY IS WRONG
The death penalty has faced much opposition as of late. Many think that it is a morally acceptable punishment while others think it is wrong and immoral. Why does the system execute murderers? According to the law, those convicted of murder are supposed to be executed. The law is not always right but we have to obey it. The President himself supports the death penalty but that does not mean it is right. If it were right to execute murderers, then it would be okay to rape rapists. But this is not the case because raping a rapist will only cause someone else to degrade his/herself by doing it. If the criminal justice system seeks to achieve justice, then the Bush government should abolish the death penalty because it is injust, expensive, it condemns the innocent to die, it's racist and it punishes the poor in the society.
According to the law, executing murderers prevents them from commiting the crime again but is it just? It is killling a murderer and...