Capital Punishment - Buddhism For Against Buddhists support its use if it is the law of the land CP is regarded as part of the karmic consequences for a murderer Keeping law and order is seen as more important than Buddha’s teaching Belief by politicians that CP is necessary for retribution or deterrence value All killing is wrong - it goes against teaching of 8 fold path Compassion and non violence to all beings is central– including criminals CP can hardly be called compassionate Karmic consequences will stay with a person into next life – karma sees that justice is done CP creates more bad karma