What do pros and cons of capital punishment have in Common?

Both positions seek to address justice.

Pro capital punishment seeks justice in the form of revenge (eye for an eye); anti capital punishment advocates seek justice in the form of imprisonment rather than death. Both sides acknowledge the misdeeds of the guilty but prescribe different forms of punishment.

More and more people, on both sides, are revisiting this subject based on how the system actually works. If the issue is dealt with from a strictly moral or religious point of views, there would be little chance of a good dialogue. You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid a terrible punishment to ask if the death penalty prevents or reduces crime and to think about the risks of executing innocent people.

124 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and isn’t a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that don’t.

We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

Sometimes people against and for it both are trying to get the most revenge possible. Some people think it hurts the guilty most to kill them-- others to make them suffer.

I'm not really sure if that's what you're asking?

Some people are bad, and should be punished, an eye for an eye. Just think how bad things would be without this deterrant. Too many doogooders I feel.

Justice. But really, only God will judge them...

Nothing.