do you think the morales case..the leathal injection violates the 8th admendment? of cruel and unusual punishment..some say the sedatives makes you unconcious ,,but some say you feel it?..what do you think..lots of detail please..
2006-09-30 06:27:35 · 9 answers · asked by girl 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think all forms of murder constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
It is illegal to kill.
Plain and simple.
Who does the killing or how the killing is done makes no difference.
What does it matter if you feel it if you are going to be dead soon? Painless or not, you will still be dead. That is cruel.
2006-09-30 06:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by niuadolescent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's fine. Capital Punishment is NOT a crime because it is committed within the interested the people at hand. We do the same thing during a war. Do we punish our soliders for killing an enemy solider? No, because they did what they had to do. We can't keep all of these dangerous men locked away forever. There's always a possibility of escape and then there's the money it takes to PAY for these guys to keep on living and eating everyday. Also, there's even more money out for paying the guards to keep a close eye on these guys because they are espically dangerous. I don't believe there's any pain or any cause of hurt when you get a leathal injection. It's the cleanest, most efficient way to solve a problem. (And yes, that's a little cold but these guys have no concious they have no problem commiting cold-blooded murder.) The only way a person could even be sentenced to Death is when there is a VERY VERY VERY slim chance of them being innocent.
2006-09-30 13:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by ♪♫ Sara ♪♫♪ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you talk about cruel and unusual punishment I think what the real question is; does the punishment fit the crime? We don't want to inflict more harm on a person then they did on someone else, and we don't want to inflict a punishment that is rediculous and is in now way representative of the crime. If we are going to error on punishing someone to harshly or not harshly enough, we should always error on the side of not harshly enough.
If you are being put to death, it is because you have been found guilty of basically the worst crime we have. You basically had to have killed someone on purpose with malice aforethought. If you did that, there is no way you could have done it in a more humane way then lethal injection.
Therefore I would say that lethal injection is a punishment that fits the crime, and by default we are being less cruel to you then you were to the person you have been convicted of harming. As long as those two conditions are being satisfied then I'm ok with lethal injection.
2006-09-30 13:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by Batman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a person that works in the medical field, I know from experience that sedating an individual stops them from knowing what is going on, and feeling the pain. When people have been sedated during surgery, they will tell you they didn't even know what was happening or feel it.
I would say that lethal injection is more a moral issue than a "cruelty issue". Some will argue that what the individual did to cause himself to get where he is was "cruel and unusual". In most cases, the individual that is being put to death by lethal injection is actually being treated more humane than the person he harmed.
Animals that are put to sleep, do not feel the pain. They are put down by medications that do not cause them pain, just removes them from the world. Many people think letting an animal suffer is more cruel than putting it down.
I don't necessarily believe in the death penalty, but I don't think of Lethal injection as cruelty. It is probably one of the least cruel of death sentences.
2006-09-30 13:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by sheristeele 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the whole idea of capital punishment, the way it's administered today, is a farce. Punishment is supposed to serve as a deterrent to those who would commit crimes. Executing a murderer the same way you'd put down a favourite pet just doesn't compute in my brain. Where's the example for all the would-be murderers to learn from. If we are going to take the step of actually killing someone as punishment for a crime, it should be a public spectacle and it should be as rotten and as distasteful as it could possibly be. Everyone should have to watch it and learn from it. If we are not willing to do that, we shouldn't be executing anyone. Put them someplace where they can perform some sort of labor for the rest of their lives, that would benefit someone. Lethal injection, what a joke. Do you think that he's going to suffer from the pin prick? Oh My!!!
2006-09-30 13:40:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When person violates the laws of a society they are rejecting that society. As such they give up the rights granted under it.
as to the capital punishment side of it, Joss Whedon writing the character of Malcolm Reynolds in Serenity said "If some one tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back."
Quoting a movie may seem light hearted, but the fact remains that the job of a society is to do for its citizens what the citizens need done, and are unable to do themselves. If you or I were to lead a a mob into the home of John Wayne Gacy and shoot him up with an overdose of Morphine that would be wrong as we are acting without sanction. however If he were given a fair trial, found Guilty and we all got together and watched it, Then I'd bring the beer. Our systems and society are by no means perfect, but I have yet to see better.
2006-09-30 14:15:11 · answer #6 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me cruel and unusual punishments stopped when they abolished the rack and burnings at the stake.
I am not in favour of capital punishment for several reasons, but I find it hard to consider an injection as a cruel and unusual punishment.
(and I am saying this as a person who is afraid of needles and flinches everytime she has a bloodtest)
2006-09-30 13:35:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lethal injection is usually a painless process..sedatives are administered if it is the wish of the one awaiting death..i believe certain crimes..crimes against humanity don't only deserve death require execution...a final meal and chance to commune with the convicts spiritual adviser, priest, pastor is also offered...humane treatment is dictated by the law...regardless of the inhumane crime and or behavior of the individual...
2006-09-30 13:41:32 · answer #8 · answered by David H, Raiser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An eye for an eye. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
2006-09-30 14:20:03 · answer #9 · answered by mrcrib65 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋