DC SNIPER To Be Executed in 2 Days

Commy

catefrances wrote:

Its Evolution Baby wrote:

My mom is staunchly against the Death Penalty so I know where that position comes from with equal value for human life and therefore calling equating the act of capital punishment equal to Murder.

I think that we as free thinking humans can pass judgment with the severity of the action. A death of a lover caught in bed with another person is not the same as killing 17 people for fun. Once a murder leaves the realm of being in the moment and becomes a planned assault then the death penalty is up for debate.

Someone mentioned we put down dogs and cats for humane purposes only...well we put them down if they are rabid too.

Also the extreme violent criminals are the ones who end up figuring out a way to kill again in jail even in solitary. Sometimes a human just doesn't have a soul and its a very scary and dangerous thing.

i think as deep thinking humans we should come up with something better than killing our own. justifying murder is just not something i can condone. i can seek to understand trhe mindset of a killer(and quite often do)... but when the state kills its own citizens thats where i have the problem... theres no reasoning imo. cause he/she deserves to die isnt a reason for me. and says more about the society than the person being executed.

very true.


the idea the state has the power to murder its own citizens not only says a lot about how it operates....but says a lot about how much the citizenry is willing to put up with.


1 more for all the lazy americans.

Byrnzie

Its Evolution Baby wrote:

Sometimes a human just doesn't have a soul and its a very scary and dangerous thing.

They're called politicians.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i dont have a moral problem with killing a cold blooded murderer.

but the problem is the court system is such joke and the process of execution so ridiculous that the death penalty should probably be done away with. the fact is innocent people are being executed. i dont have enough faith that the problem can be corrected.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

killing is wrong. it doesn't matter if it's government-sanctioned or not. murder is murder. case closed.

CJMST3K

Johnny Sitar wrote:

killing is wrong. it doesn't matter if it's government-sanctioned or not. murder is murder. case closed.

...so, you're a vegetarian like me!

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

Johnny Sitar wrote:

killing is wrong. it doesn't matter if it's government-sanctioned or not. murder is murder. case closed.

says you.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

MrSmith wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

killing is wrong. it doesn't matter if it's government-sanctioned or not. murder is murder. case closed.

says you.

nope. says any moral person.

Kel Varnsen

MrSmith wrote:

i dont have a moral problem with killing a cold blooded murderer.

but the problem is the court system is such joke and the process of execution so ridiculous that the death penalty should probably be done away with. the fact is innocent people are being executed. i dont have enough faith that the problem can be corrected.

That's part of the reason I am against it. I mean killing someone for a crime is one thing, but on top of that you leave that decision up to 12 morons stuck on a jury? That doesn't really seem like that great an idea to me.

Plus with the death penalty a murderer dies in prison, with life in prison a murderer dies in prison and on top of that spends the rest of his life time being punished as well. Can anyone explain how the first option is the worse form of punishment?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Kel Varnsen wrote:

MrSmith wrote:

i dont have a moral problem with killing a cold blooded murderer.

but the problem is the court system is such joke and the process of execution so ridiculous that the death penalty should probably be done away with. the fact is innocent people are being executed. i dont have enough faith that the problem can be corrected.

That's part of the reason I am against it. I mean killing someone for a crime is one thing, but on top of that you leave that decision up to 12 morons stuck on a jury? That doesn't really seem like that great an idea to me.

Plus with the death penalty a murderer dies in prison, with life in prison a murderer dies in prison and on top of that spends the rest of his life time being punished as well. Can anyone explain how the first option is the worse form of punishment?

people seem to have this somewhat skewed notion of what prison life is like; they think prisoners get to sit around and watch Oprah all day on big screen tv's and eat lobster for dinner. if any of these people have ever visited any prison, they'd know it ain't no picnic, and being in jail IS punishment.

JonnyPistachio

CJMST3K wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

killing is wrong. it doesn't matter if it's government-sanctioned or not. murder is murder. case closed.

...so, you're a vegetarian like me!

good one...

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

Kel Varnsen wrote:

MrSmith wrote:

i dont have a moral problem with killing a cold blooded murderer.

but the problem is the court system is such joke and the process of execution so ridiculous that the death penalty should probably be done away with. the fact is innocent people are being executed. i dont have enough faith that the problem can be corrected.

That's part of the reason I am against it. I mean killing someone for a crime is one thing, but on top of that you leave that decision up to 12 morons stuck on a jury? That doesn't really seem like that great an idea to me.

Plus with the death penalty a murderer dies in prison, with life in prison a murderer dies in prison and on top of that spends the rest of his life time being punished as well. Can anyone explain how the first option is the worse form of punishment?

i'd take death over life in prison. but i know some idiots wear it like a badge of honor and adapt pretty well to it.