Not in a million years will the death penalty become ethical. It goes against all my teachings. I have spent my life traveling around trying to teach some of my wisdom. Life is a precious gift and it doesn't end when you die; it just begins. If you kill someone your consciousness could be born into the paths of animals, hungry ghosts or hell-beings. I you think that that person has done something unethical, then he/she will receive his karma. Karma is one of the basic principles in my teachings: they will receive what they deserve. We do not have the right to kill; others have the right to live as we do. Instead, we should take that person out of his/her ignorance and teach him what has been his mistake and how to make it right. We should feel compassion and care for him. We need to show him that there are other ways to do things. For example, lets say that he killed a little boy. How can killing the man make it right? It doesn't. So, instead, we should enlightened him so that he then goes into the paths of gods and heavenly beings. We need to teach him that there are ways to live a happy life in harmony, without hurting others. Also, that he could live a complete truthful life, instead of feeling all those emotions that made him kill the boy. That his hatred towards the child can be conquered by love. Instead of killing the man, we should show him how to purify his heart and to be righteous in his actions. After all that, the man will be able to live in peace with himself.
-Gautama
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