criminals are wicked,they deserve punishment.pls.give your opinion.?

Question

I PERSONALLY OPPOSE THIS .THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO REPENT

Answer 1

I personally think that you have put all criminals under 1 umbrella. This is not the case. Pedophiles, multiple rapists, and murder's where there is no repent IE Huntley, Mira hindley, Fred west. These people should be used instead of animals for research into cures of illness.

Car thief's etc should be used to collect refuse, wearing coats saying what they had done. We should not be paying people to do the jobs that these people could do.

As for terrorist's who were born in this country. Well they should be hung in the tower for treason. (as for who would kick the box away. How about asking the family members of the victims who are left behind.)

Answer 2

What's hard about this is that crime, as we know it, is a part of society. What we know of as wrong is wrong because we are told so.

Pick up a copy of the magazine Free Inquiry, the Aug/Sept. issue. There is an article in there which discusses morals and that there are only 3 which are generally univeral and have been, over time, codified into law. They are: Don't murder, don't lie, don't steal. That's all there is to it - those seem to be the 3 major offenses which humans anywhere just do not like. So, the persons whose partner has a felony of drug charges - there is nothing inherently wrong with drugs - it's how one uses them which is the problem. Therefore, we are taught to think that he, as a felon with drug charges (is there a chance of getting them expunged?), is a bad person BECAUSE he was caught, not because he did it.

So, some criminals might be wicked and do deserve punishment. Many crimes, though, are pretty run-of-the-mill and are a natural part of society. That's not to say we should open our arms and doors to accepting crime, but keep in mind that no matter how hard anyone tries, there will be crime. Should people who commit crimes which are questionably bad recieve as harsh punishment for something such as murder, or grand larceny (think the Exxon scandal - they were true criminals and should have recieved a punishment which fits their crime)? No, they shouldn't.

Crime is a natural part of society. Read anything about Kohlberg's theory on morality. No society has existed completely crime free. How people are punished should depend on the crime and if it really ever hurt anyone or had the potential to.

Answer 3

There are so many variables associated with criminality that it is very difficult to assign total responsibility to an individual criminal. Crime is concentrated in certain areas, and it is unfair to say that these people are any more wicked than someone else. For these crimes to go unpunished, however, would have even more negative effects on society. Punishment works to reinforce the norms, and the lack of punishment would lead to the breakdown of the norms. So, even though I believe criminality is a consequence of social conditions, I feel that punishment is the only answer if the government is unwilling to fix the true causes of crime. It's easy to blame people for being evil, and focusing on individual responsibility, but it's a lot harder to emphasize social responsibility which would ultimately lead to the betterment of society.

Answer 4

There was this victim of horrific childhood abuse.
He was young and looked like a victim.
Then he got some whiskers, and suddenly he was labeled an offender.
He was only playing out his lifes scenarios.
Man punishes the action
God punishes the intention
No. Criminals deserve to pay thier dues, but more important is the need to show a little more understanding and wisdom in judging the individual and not the crime.

Answer 5

Yes, they deserve punishment. But they also should be given a chance to repent, which would mean that criminals who get punished will have their sentences reduced, if they behave well in prison.

Answer 6

Yes they should be given a chance to repent. However, more than two chances is one too many. My boyfrined, like many others has a felony related to drugs since he was in his early 20's. Now he is in his late thirties and still being treated by like he just committed a crime yesterday by employers, police, and all who judge him before getting to know him.

Life for him has never been easy. Every time we have a traffic stop extra back up is used, we get the car searched, everybody ID, unesserialy questioned, and many times just humilated b/c they assume a felone is always dangerous. It had at one time created a problem for our child. One of our childs teacher sat on the jury that helped convict him and she always acted scared for her life when we attended school functions (PTA, christmas, room parent), and not to mention she told all her co-workers.

Emotionally, my boyfrined is damaged b/c his emotions switch from trying to be a good moral citizen, to anger, to self pitty, depression, to back to himself. Not mention what this in turn does to his health.

People do change and we should treat them accordingly of how they live today.

Answer 7

I think good people deserve to be protected from criminals.

My ex's brother was in and out of jail for 30 years, each time he was released he created another tragedy, ruined another life.

How bout if these people are allowed to just repent, and move next door to you?

Answer 8

i don't evaluate a assassin, the only people who get the death penalty, to be in basic terms a criminal. If somebody dedicated premeditated homicide then the known public protection desires to get carry of greater attention that giving that convict a obtainable 2d probability. i'm against the death penalty yet I have no situation with life with out parole.

Answer 9

Your question is too broad to even begin to address.