Capital Punishment Question, Part 2. ??? (see details)?

Question

I think we all have great sympathy for the victim of a crime, and their families. However, my question is this...

Do you ever wonder about the families of the condemned, and how they are dealing with their loved ones impending execution??

Please elaborate as you wish.

Bula'ia Aratyme....Good morning to you also.



In fact, a good morning to you all, and hopes for a wonderful day.

Hillbilly...I can't justify it. I don't even understand it.

platinumn.... a special than you for taking the time to answer my question. My heart is with your family.

deemark....thank you so much for taking the time to answer. My heart is with your family.



For those of you who have been in this situation, I thank you for your insight, and I hope that I have not opened any wounds.

smileycat....neither can i.

Answer 1

I am family to Farley Charles Matchett who was put to death by the state of Texas on 9\12 of this year. I'm not trying to take anything from the families of the victims, but it was very hard for my family knowing when and where our loved one was to be put to death, we all had hope that some act of God would turn it around for a changed man, but it wasn't his will. The good that came out it all is that Farley got to make good with his Personal Saviour and knowing that i know he is in a better place than you or me.

Answer 2

The value of human life is on a sliding scale through out the world, the value placed upon it in America as well as Western Nations doesn't reflect the value set upon life in the rest of the world. I've seen People die from natural causes and after they're gone everyone goes about their business, sad sure; grieving; of course; but life always goes on for the living; it's the way we are as Humans. It must be much the same if a family member is executed, we as humans can accept anything; we have to; because in this realm anything can happen. We bounce back pretty quick too, just skip a few meals and see how worried You are about someone elses demise. That's callus, I know; but it's also factual; I've starved before and I didn't think to far past my hunger. We're hard wired to go forward and survive, whatever family members get involved in or are punished for; we go on. I don't see the merit in Capital Punishment, it's too easy for the perpetrators of these terrible actions; I'm more in favour of life in prison; that way they can repent or suffer; or both; and their family knows they are still alive. Good question, thanks for asking it.

Answer 3

No one wants to admit that there child has done something so unforgivable that they deserve to die, but if they are honest with themselves did the person that there son or daughter kill deserve to die either no parent can process the fact that there child is going to die not the victims or the condemned this is an impossible thought process a victims parents don't no there child has died until a policeman rocks up on there door step the parents of the condemned some times have years to wait suffering this process i think is wrong if someone is sentenced to death then so be it get on with it waiting on death row for sometimes years is just punishing the families

Answer 4

I'm against it, mostly for practical reasons. Capital punishment isn't effective in in reducing crime, it costs a whole lot more than life in prison, and worst of all, risks executions of innocent people. The worst thing about it. Errors: The system can make tragic and irreversible mistakes. In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Texas for starting the fire that killed his children. Modern forensics has shown that the fire was accidental. Willingham was innocent. There wasn’t even a crime. Over 130 other wrongfully convicted people sentenced to death have been exonerated. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. Obviously, if someone is convicted and later found innocent you can release him from prison, but not from the grave. Crime reduction: The death penalty doesn't stop others from committing murder. Homicide rates are consistently higher in states and regions with the death penalty than in those without it. The most recent FBI data confirms this. Alternative: Life without parole, on the books in 49 states (all except Alaska), also prevents reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty. Costs: The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. The high costs of the death penalty are for the complicated legal process, and the largest costs come at the beginning, for the pre trial process and for the trial itself. The point is to avoid executing innocent people. Who gets it: Contrary to popular belief, the death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

Answer 5

just wanted to put in my 2 cents woth. I think Capital punishment is mostly wrong. Spending millions on attorneys though appeals etc. the cost of prisoner upkeep etc. I think it is all a racket. A very profitable racket. Correctly run it would go like this. If the jury determined the defendant was worthy of death they would take him out back and the jury would be handed rifles and they would pull the triggers and if for some reason they all missed then he would go free. There would be very few who were deamed worthy of death in that way of doing it.
Yes if I found a person worthy (fat chance that would happen but possible) I could and would pull the trigger.

Answer 6

I do wonder about them and hope they are getting counseling.

But I honestly don't have large amounts of sympathy for them. Usually, the family has a great impact on how children turn out. Somewhere along the way, they contributed to the problem their family member has become. If not, then they probably were not that close to the murderer to begin with.

Answer 7

There is always the feeling that the condemned person is not guilty, so they feel a great injustice is being done.

I feel for their loss as well, but back to the original point, some crimes are so heinous, the person has earned the privilege to be executed.

Some one disrespects you and you go home and get a gun and kill someone on the street that you think is the person, but is, in fact, someone else.

This is how you handle yourself? You have abrogated your rights at this point. This is the caliber of crime that I feel gets the needle.

Answer 8

Yes, I've thought about how horrible it would be to be the mother of someone on death row. Being a mom, I don't know how you can see your child as anything but that little person who was so sweet and funny and kind (it's making me cry thinking about it, and I don't have any criminal children). I can't imagine how hard that would be, perhaps trying for the rest of your life to figure out where you went wrong as a parent, if you could have prevented it. Knowing that the state is going to kill your baby (they're always your baby, nomatter how old they get, or what they've done). It's got to be just as hard as being the mother of a victim, don't you think? All of the grief of loss, plus a nice heap of guilt on top of it?

Answer 9

I always have the most sympathy for the so-called perpetrator.

I see all people as basically good and I hurts me to think that the events of that persons life led them to think that hurting someone was the best choice they could have made.

It makes me wish that I could have been in a position to help them and make them feel loved when they were forming their world view.

I feel this as almost a personal failure that we live in a society that allows so many young people to feel so unloved in their formative years. We all need to stop thinking so much about ourselves and take some time to look around at the young people in our lives and be sure that they are getting the love and respect that they need.

love and blessings Don

Answer 10

Yes, if any person in the family commits mistake, the whole family has to suffer, just as the whole family enjoys on good deeds of a family member...
Vedic Literatures says that the Family is jointly responsible for the proper upbringing of every member and hence has to face consequences if it has failed.
If a Crime is commiteed, its not only the family, but the whole society, the whole nation faces the consequence.

Capital punishment is recomended in vedic Literatures to stop this crime. The person who has killed wrongly, has developed karma to be killed in return and if a system awards Death to such criminal it is not in fault.

The Family of such criminal has also to suffer the loss of such criminal..