I think execution is needed for the worst criminals, like someone who kills many people. If they stay alive, they might get out or others might copy them. I know my opponent probably has good reasons against it, but my gut says some crimes are just too terrible to let slide.

I get where the other side is coming from: mercy and forgiveness matter, and faith can heal people. But forgiveness can't guard a prison cell. A killer who's already taken multiple lives can't be safely managed by hope alone. Execution is the one penalty that guarantees they never harm again. And from a sustainability angle, maximum security incarceration uses massive energy, water, and land for decades with no real social benefit. A justice system that can't permanently stop its worst predators isn't sustainable. So I still support execution for extreme cases.

Take a mass shooter who murders dozens of children. He sits in prison for life, using huge amounts of energy, water, and land, while victims' families serve their own life sentence. My opponent says let Jesus handle it, and I respect the mercy in that. But Paul changed; a remorseless killer who would keep killing is not Paul. Forgiveness doesn't stop a predator. Execution is the only guarantee they never harm again, and it avoids decades of costly incarceration. That's why I'm still for it.