'The death penalty is murder and should be abolished' do you agree?

I completely agree with the above statement.The death penalty is murder and should be abolished. Capital punishment is wrong on moral and social grounds. Life is given to human beings by God and human beings themselves have no right to take it away. Humans are fallible and decisions made by human can go wrong. Taking a life away as a result of misjudgment is the worst tragedy that can ever take place in the life of a person.
And an eye for an eye does not solve any problem rather (if followed) it would leave the whole world blind. Giving death penalty is equivalent to stooping to the level of the criminal as one is willingly taking away the life of a person.
Furthermore capital punishment is subjected to various taboos such as racial discrimination, social and financial inequality, etc. Why is it that in many countries the blacks are given capital punishment for doing crime against a white but a similar crime done by a white against a black result in no such harsh punishments? Why is it that in many societies the rich and powerful are never capital punishments but it is the poor and the uneducated that suffer from such inhumane acts? Why is it that only 20%of the capital punishment has been given to women although 40%of social crimes are done by them? Why is that many of us still justify capital punishments although many serious criminals have reformed to become responsible citizens after counseling done by physcologists in the prison?
Today Singapore has laws which award death sentence to a drug trafficker. Is such a harsh punishment just? There also have been instances in which the criminal who was executed is seen as a martyr and there are copycat crimes arising from it.Along with that there are many terrorist who are undeterred from such punishment and take revenge by striking back with greater force. Capital punishment in this case is no long term solution to the problem but is an immediate answer to a wrongdoing.
But capital punishment has its own merits also. It is looked upon as justice by the family members of the victim. It sets an example of extreme punishment given to criminals committing severe crime, so that there is no repetition of such crimes again in future. Furthermore it also saves the taxpayers’ money, who would be paying for the criminal’s livelihood in prison.
Overall capital punishment has its own merits and demerits and it depends on the perspective of the person, whether he holds the merits more important or the demerits. But definitely capital punishment is not an easy topic to debate upon and the countries should consider both sides of the coin before taking any decision on it.