For or Against Capital Punishment?

DodgeFB said:

When they call the police and say I killed my kids, as far as I am concerned they did it. I think the people that put killers back on the street should be held accountable when they kill again. Charge them with murder too.

You don't have to keep telling me who made humans. But in her case I think she left the ranch when she killed her kids. AS for me, I would rather just get the death penalty than go to prison as a "baby killer".

Short of God coming right up in my face and telling me I am wrong, I don't see me changing my opinion. I have had real life experience in my family that could make me go either way. And I never wavered at anytime. I had a family member that was thought to have killed someone. And it was proved they did not. And I have had more than one of my family raped and beaten. One was thrown out of a moving car in Louisville after three days of this abuse. And guess what, the bastards are walking free today.

So just don't waste your time trying to convince me how God made them and that society should take resources that could be used for "good" people and waste them on killers and rapist.

I would kill them and stand before God today if I could.

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chuck schmidt said:

You have lived an extreme life and it has imposed an extreme view on you. I am sorry. I suggest you read the Bible. There is an answer there for each of us, and IMO it is never exactly the same for any two people. God Bless.

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GOP said:

I am very for capital punishment.

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chuck schmidt said:

How do you feel about all the people DNA is discovering were innocent?

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GOP said:

I feel they should never have been punished in the first place and that the and the court has done a very bad job. That risk will still exist with or without capital punishment. But that shouldn't stop real criminals from getting what they deserve.

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GOP said:

And why should we care about what is "best" for the criminals? What about what is the best for the victims, the victims family and friends? For a lot of people, including myself, it's quite reassuring to know that a person who killed a relative, a friend etc., can never do harm again. Let's start treating victims with respect, instead of focusing on the criminals all the time.

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GOP said:

What I meant was from a court and from the victims point of view, we shouldn't think of the criminals so much, and rather focus on how the victims feel.

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GOP said:

Of course not. In situation where this occurs the innocent person should be released immediately. But you also have to remember when people are on death row, they wait very long before they get their final punishment as in comparison to jail, they lock them up right after a court case.

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GOP said:

I feel they should never have been punished in the first place and that the and the court has done a very bad job. That risk will still exist with or without capital punishment. But that shouldn't stop real criminals from getting what they deserve.

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GOP said:

No no I understand that, and the situation around capital punishment is a complex one. It's difficult to say, as you just did, which is which. But my reasons for being positive to this solution for criminals is not because I want to kill people, it's because I want the victims in society to be absolutely 100% that the person who has done things criminal act can never do it again. And there is only one way of making sure of that, through capital punishment.

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GOP said:

We waste much more money on keeping jails for criminals then we do for giving them the capital punishment.

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Delta said:

I just had this discussion with a few of my friends the other day... whether we were for or against capital punishment.

One of my friends said that he's against it because being put in prison for life is the worst punishment anyone could have. I disagree with this - a lot of the times murderers etc. don't serve their full sentence and get off on parole. They get free room, free meals, free education, etc.

For me, I think if someone kills someone, they should be sentenced to death in the same way they murdered the person. None of this, "we're going to peacefully kill you with an injection." If you want to knife someone and let them bleed out, then you get knifed and bled out.

We're far too easy on our criminals.

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David said:

Brainwashing them or rearranging their brains so as to make them passive works as well if you can get past the ethical issues. do it right and it's even reversible if it comes out their innocent.

As I said, it's all about practicability. why kill/imprison someone who could work?

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D'il y a bien longtemps said:

That's a good point. We have much that could be done by inmates. They certainly could earn their keep. And I'd rather not see someone innocent put to death, even though it's rare, I'd rather err on the side of caution. I kind of like this idea of yours, though it could get out of hand and to too far.

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