As a Christian, I absolutely support the death penalty, as I believe in the sanctity of life, and anyone who takes an innocent life should be punished.
I agree. It is a weird thing, psychologically. When you live in a culture where people are executed for committing murder, you feel oddly safer. You feel like the government has your back and validates your very existence by their harsh treatment of anyone who should off you.
i.e. it doesn’t reduce the value of human life. Rather, it demonstrate’s the culture’s high value it places on human life.