Death penatlty yoour views PETITION?

Question

My opinion may differ than yours or anyones else, thats why its MY opinion, but i do have to say this. Its good that the world is free of one evil person, but it is stupid to punish someone by killing them if thats what they are eing punished for. Than what is the lesson learned. basically you are saying "you are evil, you murderer,, so0o0 now i will kill you" Is this not one of the ten commandments.. "thy shall not kill" If you agree with me add a double star with your name on the bottom of your post, i may start a petition if i get enough stars (*) and names please sign!!!

Im not starting a petition but im getting views to see if i sould please star if u agree

Answer 1

I guess I'm pro-death.

Answer 2

It seems like an ironic end to a man's life. In Saddam's case, there was no doubt that he was a bad man. But how, especially on the beginning of the Feast of Eid-al-Adha will that help anyone? Having him rot in prison would be much of a stronger impression.

As far death penalty in the US...I think that it is an abomination of the law. Since when does a death = a death? Mistakes happen, and I wonder how many men and women have been murdered by the state because of these mistakes. I also find it interesting that pro-life people are also for the death penalty.

Kill another to forsake the life of others will not make an ounce of difference. You can't take back the past, and killing someone can only be for the sake of those who enjoy seeing him fry.

**FaZizzle (name witheld for privacy)

Answer 3

No, I do not believe in capital punishment. A society that condones killing another human does not truly recognize the sanctity of life. How is killing a human justice? Studies in many countries have shown that abuses take place far too often and the wrong person is executed. If there is a chance that even one person would be wrongly executed it would in my books negate all the other "legal' ones. Put yourself in the person's place. What would be going through your mind in the moments leading up to the injection or the shots being fired when you knew that you were not responsible for the murdered for which you were accused?

Answer 4

Morally, I don't have a problem with the death penalty. Why lock someon up when they won't serve any purpose for society. Why waste resources? These resources could be used to help other people.

The problem I have with the current situation is the random use of the death penalty. It seems that it gets used more for political gains rather than simple punishment. Also, here in the US, you get about 10-20 years of appeals before execution. This makes us feel that the defendant had ample opportunity to defend himself. Yet, Saddam had so little time for appeal. Did he get a fair trial? Probably not. The thought process of the stupid is "Well, he was guilty so why did he need a fair trial?"

Answer 5

What must be realized is that if someone gets life in prison, they are still alive. They get to breathe, grow old, eat, and do everything a living person can do. Most times, the victims of this person do not have that option. Also, there are some offenses, depending on where you live, that are deemed so horrible that person committing these crimes should not be allowed to live out their remaining days. Would living life in prison be more of a punishment than being killed, depends on what side of the fence you stand on.

Answer 6

I agree with you. Saddam did a lot of horrible things but it never makes me feel good when someone is executed. There's just something that does not feel right about it. To me we are just lowering ourselves to the same Neanderthal way of thinking. He created death. We create death in return. In the end all it's all just death and more death.

At least in prison he would been able to think about his life and maybe come to some realizations. Now that he's dead he very possibly got off light. I know the religious yahoos out there no doubt believe "god" will take care of him but we really can't know that for sure. Besides, we all die and so he would of faced that soon enough by natural causes.

TO JOYCE M: You're out of your friggin' mind! Educate yourself before it's too late!

Wow, I just read through a bunch of the responses. It is very scary to see so much ignorance and anger. It's shocking how simple minded a lot of people are.

If you use the bible as a moral authority you are truly clueless. I can't believe someone here is using the story of god parting the red sea as an example! You may as well just type, "I'm a dumb idiot" over and over again.

I'm out. Have fun with this one.

** DiRTy D (name withheld for privacy)

Answer 7

It is considered illegal by the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Therefore most of the countries that are considered civilised (USA excluded) appear to severely oppose death penalty, as this Convention has constitutional power.

I haven't given it much thought myself, but I generally think that the value of life is overrated by many people. But I accept the conclusion that many very wise people made after long thoughts and debates that the death penalty is barbarian.

Further, I had to admit that I laughed reading through the answers of this post: Americans threaten almost every extremist muslim country in the world with a war, but in the end you base you're discussions on religious grounds too :p Don't get me wrong, I love Amerika, but you gotta admit, sometimes many of you are hypocrites :p

(maybe I am a hypocrite too writing this all, while singing "Put your hands up for Detroit, I love this city!" ^_^)

Please don't feel offended lol, that's just my opinion... But the death penalty is wrong and what's even more wrong is making up arguments that are based on religious grounds!
Politics and judicial systems have nothing to do with religion, so please don't mix them! You cannot oppose the sharia law and say "God bless America" at the same time...

Answer 8

Personally, I'm glad Saddam is out of circulation and I used to be a lot more for the death penalty, but these days I'm more of the mind that to kill Saddam is the best thing that could have happened to him outside of setting him free. Think about it - if Saddam spent the rest of his miserable life sitting in solitary confinement, that would be a far worse punishment for someone like him than to put him out of his misery and turn him into a martyr.

Answer 9

The Bible says that, If a man takes another person's life, by another person shall his life be taken. That is the punishment for a murderer. Execution of criminals is not considered murder, nor is killing in war, which is a necessary evil in this sinful world.

Answer 10

When I was young I simply could not figure this out...I mean, the bible says "Thou shalt not kill" but many members of our church were members of the military who would kill people and get RECOGNITION for it? I asked my sunday school teacher where the ammendment was to that commandment...as in "Thou shalt not kill...unless it is for your country or because you killed somebody else...then it's okay." No one had an answer for me.

But then again, even in the bible there is evidence of war and death by judgement for committing horrible acts or murder...For example:

One of the most famous stories of the Bible is God's parting of the Red Sea to save the Israelites from the Egyptian army and the subsequent drowning of soldiers and horses in hot pursuit.

If killing someone was entirely wrong according to the bible would God have parted the Red Sea to bring the Egyptian's to their death? Probably not. So, I decided long ago that it is not my place to question it.

Answer 11

I do see your point...
who are we to take a life -god-
if we punish a man/woman for taking a life what lesion are we teaching them.would they not be punished more living a life in jail.
i guess you have to ask your self if said person killed or harmed your child or loved one what would you want to happen to them...
i would not want them to ever see happiness or joy again........i would want them to feel pain for the rest of their life
no tv no radio just a dark room were they and think about what they did till they died .
they get off to easy if we just kill them.
but jail its self is not much of a punishment
these days , most jails have it better than some free people do.i think they have to many rights.
when they take a life they should lose their rights as a person as a american.

thats my ansewer good or not i am not for the death penatity but im not ready to give them more than the life they took.