How do you feel about the death penalty?

Question

The bible says, "Thou shall not kill", so does that mean that every person who believes in the bible is AGAINST the death penalty?

Wow... thanks everyone for your thoughts. It gave me a lot to think about. I can't decide between a couple of good answers, so it's up to you!

Answer 1

The bible says alot of s**t. who cares.

Answer 2

I firmly support the death penalty. When someone does something to deserve the death penalty, then that someone doesn't deserve the right to live. I don't think that it is right for the people to sit on death row for years on years, while taxpayers are paying for them to be there. And if there is irrefutable proof and evidence that a person deserves the death penalty, then they should be escorted directly there, the victims of these people sure didn't get any compassion so why should they?

Oh, and I believe they should bring back hangings. If the public doesn't want to see it, then they don't have to but if would sure save the states a lot of money and maybe it would scare some sense into people or at least scare them into not doing something so terrible. I know a lot of people will disagree with me and tell me that I'm a bad person but that is how I truthfully feel.

Answer 3

I am a Christian and I have always been against the the death penalty, which is usually not popular with other Christians.
It is not a deterrent from crime and in the New Testament Jesus said, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" I think the death penalty is a revengeful act that doesn't bring "closure" or make anyone feel better
I also think that having a view against the death penalty would be consistent with a pro-life position as well.

Answer 4

No you can still believe in the bible and not believe in everything it says. If you believe in the laws do you agree with them all? Most likely not.
How do I feel about the death penalty? Well I think death is not the answer and while people who receive the death penalty may deserve it they should be punished but not by death. Death dont solve anything for anyone involved. They should be punished so they suffer for their crimes committed death takes their life away it dont teach them anything, it don't make their victims feel any better cause they are dead.

Answer 5

I think that the time between conviction and execution is way too long. Back in the 1950s violent criminals, especially those of a particular race, were executed quite expeditiously.

From the 1960s when things started to change, the nation becoming more liberal and all, there was introduced a large lag between animalistic criminals and their eventual fate. This is, coincidentally (I think not), accompanied by a spike in crime that has never returned to previous levels.

Basically crackheads do not care about their actions: they have no need to. The death penalty is an empty threat for them as they are going to die of their addiction by that time anyway.

What needs to happen is the rest of the country needs to become more like Texas, where crackheads even as young as in their 20s are executed. That is the proper way to deal with congoids.

Answer 6

No there are plenty of bloodthirsty Christians out there, which doesn't make it right. I don't believe in the death penalty for one reason: that's getting off too easy. If I were sentenced to life in prison I would try everything I could to kill myself. Honestly. I think that would be a lot better than spending years and years at the mercy of other crazy people. I was so happy Mousaui (I can't spell his name right but the guy who was tried for consipracy to help the 9/11 hijackers) was sentenced to life in prison. #1 he wanted to be martyred by being excecuted and #2 spending 23 hours a day all by himself in a cell is much worse punishment.

Answer 7

I'm not a Christian and I don't live by the bible, but I think the death penalty is wrong. It's murder, even if it's being done to a murderer. It's still murder, and murder is wrong. Putting someone to death is playing God. It costs more money to execute a person than it does to keep them alive in prison for the rest of their life.

The California death penalty system costs taxpayers more than $114 million a year BEYOND the cost of simply keeping the convicts locked up for life. (This figure does not take into account additional court costs for post-conviction hearings in state and federal courts, estimated to exceed several million dollars.)

With 11 executions spread over 27 years, on a per execution basis, California and federal taxpayers have paid more than $250 million for each execution.

It costs approximately $90,000 more a year to house an inmate on death row, than in the general prison population or $57.5 million annually.

The Attorney General devotes about 15% his budget, or $11 million annually to death penalty cases.

The California Supreme Court spends $11.8 million on appointed counsel for death row inmates.

The Office of the State Public Defender and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center spend a total of $22.3 million on defense for indigent defendants facing death.

The federal court system spends approximately $12 million on defending death row inmates in federal court.

No figures were given for the amount spent by the offices of County District Attorneys on the prosecution of capital cases, however these expenses are presumed to be in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

This is just California we're talking about here. Just ONE state. Think of the figures the accounts of the entire country would be.

Answer 8

I do not think we as human beings have the right to kill other human beings for any reason except for self defense. I am sure there have been quite a few executions of innocent people over the years. People on death row for many years have been found innocent in recent years because of DNA testing that was not available in past years. Religion or not, I don't believe in killing others.

Answer 9

In Gen 9:6 God makes a statement against murder and for the death penalty. If you're willing to see the loss of life as a complex enough issue, then you'll have room for considering capital punishment and murder as two things that differ significantly from one another.

Answer 10

Well, I walked through prison popuation.

You got taht guts?

I ran sound for a band.

You got that guts.

Yu willing to walk from a stage, through 200 people in level 3 prisons to the mixing board in the back of the room.

They were genreally nice, but if they wanted to, they would snap my head off without even giving it a thought.

You want to pay to keep that kind of a person alive?

It's costing you tax dollars!

What purpose do they serve?

The moment they get out the rape, steal, rob and, yes, even murder.

Go live across the street from a level 3 or level 4 prison and lets see just how liberal you are!

I'll bet you don't have that kinds of guts!

I'll bet when push comes to shove you freak out when some big, huge, mass murderer has his hands on you after escaping.

I'll bet you squirm.

I'll bet you MOVE FAR FAR away the moment you get free.

Most liberals talk big until the hands of a 7 foot murder is at their throats. Then they show their true colors.

I know

I waded through them at Chino prison

Level 3 and level 4

Go move to Chino

Live in an apartment building or house down the street from that prison.

Let's see how big you talk then!

Answer 11

I'm 100% against the death penalty in every single case you can think, even for the most brutal murderer. Even for Hitler, if he had been caught alive. But I'm against it not for religious reasons. I'm against it because I think the death penalty isn't justice. It's revenge, because you're doing to them exactly what you're punishing them for doing. I mean you say "It's wrong to kill, so I'm going to kill you, so you learn." How insane is that?