The death penalty is revenge?

Question

All punishment has an element of revenge in it.
In order for ANY punishment to have value, it must be at least as bad as the crime, or else crime pays. (steal $5million and pay $5 thou fine, why not steal? pay $5 million for stealing $5 thou, better not steal!)
40 yrs ago, a youth that stole a car for a quick joyride might see 20 yrs in prison. car theft was relatively rare.
today it is a few months at best. That crime is rampant!
give a killer LIFE? no way! give them death!
Remember if the death penalty is on the books, the CRIMINAL chooses to be punished by commiting the crime that brings that punishment upon him
The Bible says that the law is not written for the just, but for the unjust and lawless.
The bible (new testament) is pro Death penalty (not eye 4 eye tooth 4 tooth) but it states that the king does not hold the power of the sword for no reason
(the government hold the power of death when warranted

God said "thou shalt not murder! he did not say not kill" do a little, just a little research into the original languages, ok??
That commandment is explained several times and in several ways, so there exists NO confusion on that issue. only poeple who are IGNORANT (LOOK IT UP, I AM NOT INSULTING YOU), try to erroneously use that one!

Answer 1

The death penalty is not revenge. Instead that, it is the punishment assigned a person after having been found guilty of a crime by a jury of his peers

.There are laws that determine what crimes and under what circumstances a person may be eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted.

This may not be a matter of "revenge" by the state - but might felt so by the victims' family. Finding an individual guilty and later putting him to death provides a form of closure for the victim's family.. In some states, most prisoners only get life imprisonment without any opportunity for parole.

Answer 2

Oh boy, here we go, the death penalty does not deter as most murder is not premeditated, it is usually a crime of passion, when emotions are out of control. It is also a racial issue as more blacks and other races, beside caucs, are put to death. It is also a very expensive way to extract retribution, these figures are 15 years old so apply the cost of living increase, but 15 years ago it cost $30,000 to incarcerate for life, life being 20 years, and most of this money went to the community that housed the prison in the form of jobs, however, it cost $2.5 MILLION to put someone to death. That money went to lawyers, so you do the math, Einstein. Also, there has been many, many people put to death who were innocent, can you imagine being put to death for something you did not do? Would you be willing to volunteer your life cuz they couldn't find the real guy? Before he left office in Illinois, Governor Ryan comuted all death penalty cases in Illinois because so many were innocent. (Proving innocence after conviction is very, very difficult for reasons I won't state here. The very next month I was speaking on a panel to our state reps. for the need for money for addictions treatment centers, they, of course told us there was no money so I asked if we could have the money we saved by not killing people, just the innocent ones. That should free up some money, but as it happened Gov. Ryan and his predecessor, Gov Thompson, took all the money...and now may go to jail. Hmmm!!!

Answer 3

The death penalty does not work as a deterrent, but it does address the issue of the value of life. Life is so precious that:

1. We can not risk a murderer taking another life

2. there is no other penalty that will make up for the taking of an innocent life.

This is not an issue of religion (unless you want to argue the idea that the value of life is debatable and a matter of religious belief)

Answer 4

First of all, not everybody cares what the bible says because we're not all Christians. Second, it doesn't really matter what people think about the death penalty. The fact is that is does not work as a deterrent. If it doesn't work, why is our government spending money to keep it in place? That's the reall question.

Answer 5

Death penalty is not revenge, it is justice. If a mass murderer kills 100 people, including entire families, revenge would be killing the murderers family, relatives and friends until you reach the same number of people killed. Justice is taken out only on the person found guilty of commiting the crime.

If Bin Laden is captured and sentenced to capital punishment, it will be only him, not the Bin Laden family. That is justice, not revenge.

Answer 6

Tell that Bulls**t to Ronald Ryan who was hanged in Australia when it was lawful here many moons ago, he was found to be not guilty of the crime they said he committed as after he was hanged another man admitted to the crime and said that the now dead Ronald Ryan had nothing to do with it.

Answer 7

Plain and simple. Death Penalty is not revenge. If you do a crime that deserves the death penalty then you should get death.

Answer 8

God also is supposed to have said, "thou shall not kill." I don't remember the next words being, "except if...."

Is he having trouble making up his mind?

We got rid of 'murder by the state' some 40 years ago

People who 'want to kill people' are sick

Answer 9

Yes, it pretty much is revenge. Mankind will eventually develop beyond it. (It seems obvious Jesus would oppose the death penalty as well.)

Answer 10

Yes....i agree.