I wonder what is going on exactly.
2006-09-04 15:42:35 · 6 answers · asked by Jackie...boy 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think that it is warped for people who are educated and in good sound mind to kill people who are obviously sick. That is why they do such horrible things in the first place. Now don't get me wrong they should be punished. But most murders were brought up in a dysfunctional home, abused sexually, verbally, mentally, in almost every way. Picture a 6 year old being beat, hungry, neglected. A lot of them was never taught respect, love or educated. Their lives were hell from the begining, what they did learn was hate, abuse, hunger, and disregard for human life. These people come into the world go thru hell as children grow up to be a menace to society.Then kill, and we want them to go the electric chair? Why not just do away with them as children. That is a sick thought. There has to be a better way. We know why they kill. But what is the excuse of others who committ the murder, in the name of justice.
2006-09-04 18:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by dancinintherain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you know that capital punishment does not reduce the crime rate. In countries that abolished it during the 20th century, such as Britain, there is no evidence of this causing a rise in what were previously capital offenses.
Psychologically, capital punishment is a cause of unhappiness, as I know from having met a man on death row and his family in the US. And it does nothing to help the friends and relatives of a murdered person 'heal' -- vengeance is not emotionally satisfying beyond a brief "high". It is said that some people appreciate the sense of "justice" being done when their loved one's killer is sentenced, though again I hypothesise that this is a temporary high. The real need after murder is to come to terms emotionally with what happened, ie both the loss and how it came about, and I suspect that accomplishing this is an internal emotional and cognitive process that has little or nothing to do with what happens to the killer.
There is a US organization called "Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation". They say "Reconciliation means accepting you can't undo the murder. but you can decide how you want to live afterwards." www.mvfr.org
2006-09-04 15:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. The only solution I can think of to avoid human tragedy is the fair distribution of the riches of the Earth, and global education at all levels. We are not animals playing 'survival of the fittest' anymore. Crime has a reason. Capital punishment deals with the consecuences. Not with the causes.
2006-09-04 15:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by Viel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a solution to human tragedy, but catharsis knowing punishment has been meted out to a criminal when the crime was horrendous enough to deserve removal from the tribe, permanently.
2006-09-04 15:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by Dane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Capital punishment is not a solution nor is it a deterrent, nor was it ever meant to be those things.
It is a punishment, no more, no less.
2006-09-04 16:00:00 · answer #5 · answered by Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, that's just humanity,an eye for an eye
2006-09-04 15:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by tanya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋