One can not use the Bible to support the abolition of capital punishment without twisting it badly. (religion-online.org)
Indeed, this is the reason why Scripture and Christian tradition uphold it, a fact which suggests that if anything, it is the abolition of capital punishment which threatens to cheapen life. (firstthings.com)
Thomas Upham, one of the more mystically inclined of early Holiness teachers, wrote in 1836 the important Manual of Peace, opposing the military chaplaincy, advocating «tax resistance,» and calling for the abolition of capital punishment. (religion-online.org)