Death Penalty

The Death Penalty is a very commonly debated topic in the Catholic Church today. The Catholic Church only allows the death penalty when it is the last resort. If the prison cannot control a person from hurting or killing more people that is the only time the Church accepts the death penalty. A commonly argued point is that how can the Church be so against abortion but allow people be put to death? They don't understand that the Church only accepts the death penelty when it is a last resort.