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Monday, November 2. 2026
Why the Death Penalty Can Be Pro-Life…..
The value of something is reflected by the punishment given for destroying it.
Two very different death penalty cases have been in the news recently. Each raises a different objection to capital punishment. At the end of last month, Tennessee officials gave Christa Pike what was supposed to be a lethal injection. Pike survived. She has left the hospital and is back in prison. What went wrong and whether Tennessee will execute her — again — is unclear.
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This case is an example of the logistical objections to the death penalty. Some object to the cost of executing an inmate and the time it takes. In 1995, Pike, then 18, and two other students tortured and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old. Pike even took a piece of Slemmer’s skull. It took 30 years from the trial to even attempt an execution.
But the delays and botched attempt aren’t inherent problems with the death penalty.
In the fall of 1780, Gen. Benedict Arnold agreed to hand over West Point to the British. On Sept. 23, 1780, American troops stopped British Maj. John Andre, who had been coordinating with Arnold. In miraculous fashion, the plot was stopped, although Arnold escaped. A military board determined that Andre deserved execution, and Gen. George Washington gave the order. It was done on Oct. 2, 1780.
The whole process took around 10 days, not decades.
“The death penalty is needed, and it has its roots in religion too”. Thomas Robb, National Director of the Knights Party of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Harrison, Arkansas. “In part, and this article also mentioned, Genesis 9 says ‘Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed’, clearly in support of the death penalty. Joshua 7, after Israel stoned Achan for stealing from Jericho, that action didn’t break any of the Ten Commandments because there’s a difference between murder and killing. We are told not to murder, so whoever sheds innocent blood in murder, they are to be killed for their act of murder. This whole ordeal with Christa Pike makes no sense to me. Attempt to execute her, it failed twice, so take her to the hospital and put her on life support? If your neighbor had a vicious dog and that dog came on to your property and attacked your child, if you went outside and shot the vicious dog but it didn’t kill it, would you then take the dog to the vet, let the vet fix the dog up, only to turn around and put it to sleep because it is vicious, would that make sense to you? It doesn’t to me. Where are all the drugs like heroin and fentanyl that have been taken off the streets? Why not use those drugs. It wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime! In my mind, anyone against the death penalty, is pro anarchy”.