2006-07-21 19:14:08 · 11 answers · asked by butch 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
no murder is intentionally taking the life of an innocent
capital punishment is taking the life of the guilty, it is ultimate justice.
2006-07-21 19:18:02 · answer #1 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you looking for the legal reasoning, or the moral/ethical reasoning?
Legally, capital punishment is the government acting on the behalf of it's people, for the benefit of it's people to administer the most severe punishment that is possible to a criminal. Therefore it can't be murder.
Morally? Hard to say. Even the bible conflicts on this, with passages claiming an eye for an eye, and others saying that any killing isn't right.
Personally, I don't think religion should even come into the picture. After all, more people have been killed in the name of God or religion than have been executed for crimes against the state or it's people
2006-07-22 02:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally, i believe that they are, however, the best justification that I can come up with is that since society has given them the authority to act on behalf of society, certain things are morally acceptable. Even if a random person off the street would not be allowed to do that same thing, since it is a decision made by the society or its representatives, then it is allowed. For example, we empower the members of our police and armed forces to kill in certain situations, but even then we have rules governing their conduct, this makes their conduct acceptable, even if it would not be accepted if some random person did the same. However, it is my personal belief that lethal injection is morally wrong, no matter the circumsances.
2006-07-22 02:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not murder, it is punishment... You would never know who to charge anyway because in Illinois before stupid governor ryan put a moratorium on the death penalty...When you are given the lethal injection there are three different people pushing buttons to give you the injection. This way no one knows who actually gave the injection that was lethal to the suspect.
2006-07-22 17:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by Country Girl for Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he is just doing his job as authorized by the law. Most people think that one of the ten commandments says, THOU SHALT NOT KILL. That is a wrong translation. What it really says, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT MURDER. There is a big difference. Murder is a selfish crime based on something you want to do. But to kill someone to protect your family country or self is a different thing.
2006-07-22 02:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Killing someone is not "murder," it is homicide.
Homicide is the killing of one person by another. (Justifiable or not is irrelevant, it's just a definition of sorts.)
Murder is the UNLAWFUL killing of another.
Therefore, a legally ordered execution is a homicide, but not a murder, per se. ALL murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murder.
Regardless of how you feel about this issue, those are the current definitions of the terms homicide and murder.
2006-07-22 02:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by hrh_gracee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparently, if a person is executed by the state, the state is absolved from "murder" when it's verdict is execution.
"Murder" is defined as the killing of one person by another - in a non defense type act.
2006-07-22 02:19:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really support the death penatly...but there are time when I think it should be allowed.
No I don't think they are murderers because they HAVE to do it..it's court ordered
2006-07-22 02:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is murder the other is execution
2006-07-22 02:18:48 · answer #9 · answered by Mohammed R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, yes but it's legal.
2006-07-22 02:18:17 · answer #10 · answered by spa_wellness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋