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Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
April 22, 2001 - 04:14 AM
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It´s very upseting to see that states still decide to take away the lifes of people who have committed a crime. What are your views? Do u think that it is morally right? What kind of messages does such a society give to its children?
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Disgusting!
April 22, 2001 - 05:01 AM
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I have done a ton of research about the death penalty for some of my law classes, and the more I study the more disgusted i become with the death penalty. Some of the stories I have read about mistakes having been made, only to have been uncovered after the innocent have been killed have reduced me to tears. Anyone who is pro death penalty should try and imagine what it would be like to know with all your heart that your mother or father was innocent and then watch them sit on death row due to a legal mistake.....it happens more than you can imagine. Until we have an absolutely infallible justice system (something that can never happen), we must never ever ever sentence anyone to death. Even if we had a perfect justice system, who are we to say "you deserve to die!". I mean does killing the murderer make the situation better? NO!!
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hmmm
April 29, 2001 - 11:34 AM
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I find it a bit worrisome that no one other than myself has an opinion on this incredibly controversial topic. Doesn't indifference just bug you? Anyway, I think that if enough people took a stance against this barbaric, illogical, immoral and disgusting form of punishment, we could rid ourselves of this ridiculous practice.
Think about it for a moment, is there any other law where the punishment is equal to the crime? Do we beat wife beaters? Molest child molesters? Rape rapists? Do we steal the belongings of thieves? Of course not....it is absurd to do it, and the same holds true for those wanting to punish murderers.
It is way more expensive to kill a convicted murderer than it is to keep him/her in prison for the rest of their lives.....why? (many people don't believe that this is true) Because most cases where a person is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death is appealed at least 6-10 times....costing the public millions and millions of dollars. Plus the fact that in almost all of these appeals, legal aid workers are used because, lets face it, most of these murderers aren't the most educated, wealthy individuals who could afford the best representation. Right?? Right.
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HMMM
May 1, 2001 - 02:02 AM
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Rene Descartes said that if the death penalty was to become a fair and just punishment for murder, it should only be used in crimes where the murderer told the victim the exact time, date and method of their death and then kept the victim locked in a cell with nothing more to do than think about when and how they were going to die.
I'm not trying to defend criminals, but rather humanity, because the death penalty is so incredibly cruel.
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
May 1, 2001 - 03:12 AM
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Most people in the US view the death penalty as "rightous vengeance" or "a life for a life". They seem to need closure, yet do not realize the message that society sends. Of course, after the loss of a loved one, many do not think of any broader implications. They want the loss of that person avenged.
A change in both attitudes and the law is necessary.
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
May 1, 2001 - 11:52 AM
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Clarence Darrow gave an eloquent plea against the death penalty in several of his cases. He also addressed prisoners in a speech that even today sounds quite radical. It can be found in the book "Attorney for the Damned."
In the US, we have become so afraid of crime that we cannot think of alternatives. "If we can just imprison enough or execute enough then crime would go away." Somewhere I heard a definition of insanity as doing the same thing yet expecting a different outcome...
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death penalty
May 7, 2001 - 10:10 AM
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There is a definite place for the death penalty in this world and it should be re-enforced on those who are killers.
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unbelievable
May 9, 2001 - 02:33 AM
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it upsets me and it outrages me to c such crule things happen in society. and i should mention that i believe that the death penalty also contributes in the killings that took place in the Columbine school and other schools in the US and England. if a society teaches children or teenagers that "it's okay to kill if they're bad" ,because that is the message that comes across such a horrible action, then a teenager is going to believe that it is okay to kill someone if they teased or upset him.
doesnt killing the killer makes u just as bad as he is? vengeance is not the way to solve grief, and killing the killer only puts u at the same level he is. and societies where the death penalties do exist have not had less crime, actually there seemed to be more crime in those societies! when the legal system has flaws and no morals, the obviously the society is not gonna be ideal.
of course, i cannot speak for the family of victims. if someone hurt my family i'd want them dead...but after i'd get over the grief and mourning im sure that i'd rather c the killer behind bars for the rest of his life, than dead due to a weak legal system.
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
May 9, 2001 - 08:15 AM
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I think you would feel worse if you knew that the killer was in jail and then got released and when he got out. He killed again. It shouldn't have to be affecting you personally to realize that they are dysfunctional human beings and cannot control themselves.
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death penalty
September 18, 2003 - 05:04 AM
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Doesn't anyone believe in God anymore?
Even as a small child I still never thought that the death penalty was a good thing. What's going on with the world
if people think that taking a human life into their own hands is okay? Don't you people think that God and only God is the One that makes the decision about when He (and only He) thinks it's time for someone to die?
To top it all off there are way too many people being put to death that are innocent. I heard as story last night about a man that was convicted of robbery and sentenced, he later escaped and was hiding in a vacant house next door to a family that was brutally murdered. They searched the vacant house looking for clues and that is where they found the fingerprints of one Kevin Cooper. ( the robber)
They hunted him down and eventually found him and arrested him for the murder of the family. He has been on death row since 1986, convicted of a murder that was almost impossible for him to commit. There is no evidence that he
did this terrible crime other than the fact that he was hiding out a mere 100 ft away from the murdered families home. This is just one of the few stories that make my stomach turn. And before I forget, Is the death penalty a deferent for future murders? Check the statistics. The answer is NO!
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
September 18, 2003 - 08:00 AM
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Well... I have two viewpoints about this:
I am against the death penalty because it takes away a person's life, and two wrongs never make a right.
On the other hand, it quickly ends the misery of having to spend the rest of life in jail, which is even more miserable, from what I have heard.
Personally, I think that the prisoner should have the option of whether they want to die or not...
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
September 26, 2003 - 05:50 AM
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Deat penalty is imposed in the Philippines. Most always say that it is an effective deterrent. I don't think so. Most statistics would show that it has never been a deterrent. Would-be criminals do not think about the penalty. What they are afraid of is a swift arrest and the promise of an expeditious judicial process. The death penalty also perpetuates a cycle of violence. The way I look at it, it's state violence.
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Infalable
September 28, 2003 - 11:05 AM
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If we knew 100% sure that the person convicted did it, but that's impossible. There's cases that after a decade have been aquitted.
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yall people are right
October 7, 2003 - 11:59 AM
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i realize people do some bad stuff in this world but no human has the right to judge another human, that's only in our god's hands. self defence, war.......maybe, but imagine yourself sitting in a court room and hearing people and the judge talking about a murder you never commited. and there isn't a darn thing you can do about it cause someone made up the idea to let a judge and jury decide the fate, "end" of your life on earth. but all in all, if the people are christians they will go to heaven and live eternally.
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Re: Death sentence-what are your beliefs?
October 8, 2003 - 05:57 AM
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Jail is not nearly the miserable exsistance it once was. It's basicly there to protect criminals from themselves, and us from them.
But don't you think we've evolved beyond the Eye for an Eye, (and for some more clishes) Two wrongs dont' make a right etc etc.
There is only one thing for capital punishment. Money. Much cheeper to killed off the offender then pay for their jail cell.
Does anyone know which countreys still have the death penalty?
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