A sentance of death, or forgivness????

For my second semester English final this year, our teacher told us we were going to be doing debates. i got paired up with one of my good friends and we were giving our topic, the death penalty. and my first instinct was PRO. so that's the side we took. i mean really what would happen if someone killed someone, an eye for an eye right, dirty bastards deserve every bit of it, and in reality that's what a lot of people think. But as i start to research more of it, and actually think about it....its ridiculous. here me out for a second, why would we kill people, who killed people, to show that killing people was wrong??? that completely goes against our morals as a society. when given the death penalty, it is completely inhumane...they put a wet sponge on your head, and electrocute you to death. what if you had a wife and kid at home, and you got issued the death penalty, two family's would be mourning, not just one. why cause this world more pain and suffering. god didn't put people on this earth too kill them, or kill them for killing someone. I'm not saying what they did was right, but it doesn't have to be this harsh. What in the world does this have to do with Em right?? Everything, why should i get back at people, why should i listen to the people when they are the side lines telling me to beat her ass?? that's completely un logical. i know i am Strong enuf to take all the pain on my self, why share it with someone who might not be??