I decided to revive this thread after 4 days because I found an article I think all of you would like to read. It's a long article, but well worth the read. The article is HERE.
It's for reasons such as this article that I don't believe in the death penalty. The problem with sentencing someone to death is that the above (please see article) type of scenario has happened atleast 14 times since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated (innocence found through DNA testing after their death) ...so until we find a better way of processing evidence and records, the death penalty should be banned or abolished. How many innocent people have to be killed before that is understood? BTW - I believe there have been more then the 14 innocent people stated above ...those 14 case just happened to have fluids from the crime scene still "sound" enough to perform DNA testing on.
Morally, how can we condone killing a person when that's the reason they are being killed? Does it show that WE are valuing life? NO, therefore why should we expect them to? Murder for murder is not the way to teach right from wrong.
Financially, it's more expensive to keep someone on death row then it is to keep a person incarcerated for life, so that argument goes down the tubes.
What IS the justification of sentencing someone to death? An eye for an eye? Is that the society we want to live in?
An eye for an eye, but you better make **** sure you got the guy who poked the eye out.
That's the problem, our justice system is fallible. They haven't made sure that "they got the guy who poked the eye out" 100% of the time. If you are dealing with someones fate, you better make sure you are 100% correct, not 99%, or even 99.9%.
Really. So if your mom killed someone, you would want her to die?
I agree with you Grandslam ... I wouldn't want any one of my family or friends to suffer through the death penalty, therefore, how can I justify wanting other peoples friends and family to suffer a fate that I don't want to experience?
I agree with you Grandslam ... I wouldn't want any one of my family or friends to suffer through the death penalty, therefore, how can I justify wanting other peoples friends and family to suffer a fate that I don't want to experience?
