Editing Capital punishment (section)

===Religious views===
{{Main|Religion and capital punishment}}
The world's major faiths have differing views depending on the religion, denomination, [[sect]] and the individual adherent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicmoraltheology.com/death-penalty-development-a-conditional-advance-of-justice/|website=catholicmoraltheology.com|title=Death Penalty Development: A Conditional Advance of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=[[s:A manual of moral theology for English-speaking countries/Book 6#195|Book 6: Part V. The Fifth Commandment]]|title=A manual of moral theology for English-speaking countries|year=1925|publisher=Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd.|first=Thomas|last=Slater S.J.}}</ref> The [[Catholic Church]] considers the death penalty as "inadmissible" in any circumstance and denounces it as an "attack" on the "inviolability and dignity of the person."<ref name="Taylor Graham-2021">{{Cite web |last=Taylor Graham |first=E. |date=2021-06-03 |title=The Death Penalty Is a Failed Sacrifice |url=https://www.hprweb.com/2021/06/the-death-penalty-is-a-failed-sacrifice/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Homiletic & Pastoral Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Povoledo-2018">{{Cite news |last1=Povoledo |first1=Elisabetta |last2=Goodstein |first2=Laurie |date=2018-08-02 |title=Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty Unacceptable in All Cases |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/europe/pope-death-penalty.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Both the [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] and [[Islam]]ic faiths support capital punishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-103.html|title=Bahá'í Reference Library – The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Pages 203–204|website=reference.bahai.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Siting the Death Penalty Internationally|first1=David F.|last1=Greenberg|first2=Valerie|last2=West|date=2 May 2008|journal=Law & Social Inquiry|volume=33|issue=2|pages=295–343|doi=10.1111/j.1747-4469.2008.00105.x|s2cid=142990687}}</ref>