How come Texas is Pro life, but they also have the death penalty?

Answer 1

Because they're hippocrits.

Answer 2

Texas now has life without parole on the books. They are experiencing a small decrease in the number of death sentences.

Life without parole does keep brutal killers off the streets. One can only hope that Texans can now focus on the facts about the death penalty. It is difficult to believe that Texas are intrinsically vengeful people or any less capable than the rest of us in learning the facts.

Here are some hard facts about the death penalty-

It is not a deterrent- states with the death penalty have higher homicide rates than states that do not. People who commit murder do not think they will be caught, let alone punished, that is, if they think at all.

The death penalty costs much more than life sentences. Much of the extra cost comes before conviction, in fact even before trial. (In my opinion, we should spend the extra money for victims services where it is really needed.)

Life without parole is on the books in all but two states (Alaska and New Mexico.) It means what it says. It is no picnic to be locked up in a tiny cell for 23 of 24 hours a day, forever.

Over 120 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. (In the overwhelming number of these cases, the evidence was not DNA. DNA is not a miracle cure for wrongful convictions). The exonerees had spent many years on death row before being found innocent. Speeding up the process would guarantee the execution of an innocent person. It is human nature to make mistakes.

Once someone is executed for a crime the case is closed. If the wrong person was convicted, the real killer is still out there.

Death sentences can be very hard on victims’ families. The process takes a long time and they are forced to relive their ordeal over and over again, in courts and in the media. Some murder victims’ family members have said that although they support the death penalty in theory, they do not want to see it in the case of their murdered loved one because of how the process affects families like theirs. Life without parole is swift and sure and rarely results in appeals.

Last of all, opposing the death penalty does not mean you excuse or coddle criminals who commit brutal and depraved acts. They must be punished severely. But we need to use common sense based on the facts.

Answer 3

Deuteronomy 19:21: 'Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.'

In other words, if a man murders a man, he should be put to death. But ask yourself this, what man has a baby, still in his mother's womb, murdered? Is the fetus guilty of murder? Is he guilty of harm? Why then, should the law allow him to be put to death?

Acts 10:9-13: 'About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."'

Animals, do not sin. Animals are beasts, who walk the earth, obeying God. God has a purpose for animals, to nourish our bodies. Animals are below humans. In the beginning, God gave man and woman charge of all the creatures. First God gave Adam, and his wife, Eve plants for food. And then to Noah and his sons:

Genesis 9:3 : 'Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.'

Therefore, the killing and eating of animals in this life is not immoral.

So, no. No, all life is not the same. All life is different. God made man in his image. Yet, God knits you in your mothers womb, forming you different from any other living being. Every human is unique.

And so, Malachi 1:2-3 reads: '"I have loved you," says the LORD.
"But you ask, 'How have you loved us?'
"Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" the LORD says. "Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.'

And then, even more so, Romans 9:21 says: Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

These are my thoughts in response to your question.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, but other than the catch-phrases containing the words life and death, do you see some parallel between the two? All I see is that both express in strong terms a wish to protect the innocent.

Answer 5

One has nothing to do with the other, Honey, but if it makes you happy just call the death penalty abortion.

Answer 6

For the same reason that some Democrats are Pro Choice but anti-Death Penalty.

Answer 7

It is kind of about protecting the innocent from execution and punishing the guilty who will only cause more grief and harm.

Answer 8

One can make the case that criminals are not innocent. They made a choice to commit a crime. One cannot say the same of a fetus.

Answer 9

Because the Texans are a fair people. They give you a chance at life, and if you mess it up, they take it away from you.

Answer 10

because unlike murdering scum, fetuses do not have the ability to rape, murder and terrorize their fellow citizens. when fetuses get that ability, get back to me.

Answer 11

The southern Usa- maybe it is still worse than the other parts.