Do you beileve in the Death Sentence?

Answer 1

No, but then again I'm not a Christian who's eager to send convicted criminals to hell before they have an opportunity to convert.

Answer 2

No, because if there is any evidence which suggests otherwise...for instance, DNA testing have made it so there is without a doubt whether or not a person did the crime...but what about all those that didn't have this technology back then? You don't know for sure that they did it. It is better to keep people in prison, verses just killing them. Bush REFUSED to look at any of the DNA testing that may have proved otherwise that a person committed the crime. What does that say for Bush and the American justice system? That it is severely broken and people deserve better, because next time it could be YOU getting accused of something that you didn't do.

Answer 3

Unfortunately the prison system in this country does not bring on a great deal of suffering as some of its inmates deserve. Therefore there are a select group of individuals whom would be considered "Uncorrectable by the Corrections Facilities".
In the case of these individuals it is only best for the safety of the "Normal Civilized" members of our society that rather than risk they're release which many "Life" sentenced prisoners manage to obtain despite the term they were sentenced, they should be put down as would be done with a dangerous animal that endangers the life of any human would have done to them.

Answer 4

an eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth

Danielle Susskind: many are not Christian when they get that death penalty, but upon death row they claim to have received Jesus Christ, I don't know their heart some might some might not; they use that in their appeals to over turn the sentence.

It is NOT Christians that are so eager to have others in hell. God has given all mankind the equal opportunity to accept Him or not. Its each individual's choice where they spend eternity. Eternity is neverending, be very careful which you decide. Stop blaming the Christians on the choice others make in this life's journey. Can't you be your own scape goat now?

Answer 5

No, it's just resulting in taking a person's life and makes you no more of a criminal than the person killed. The death sentence has definitly been delt with carelessly. I understand it's some what positive for capital punishment to protect society from a threatening dictator, but many people being put to death, it's not self defense. Big Sin!




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Answer 6

What do you mean "believe in"?

I support the death penalty in some instances. This is not an opinion that I held with absolute conviction before I did volunteer work at at a level-4 state prison, although I was leaning that way prior to my exposure to, and experience with, some of the inmates. But it must be only in cases that are absolutely proven, and it should be swift and painless.

There are things that are worse than dying. And none of us will escape it in any case.

I think it is reprehensible that prisons allow serial sexual predators access to other inmates, who may be in prison for non-violent drug offenses or some such. IF we are going to keep those people alive (the serial sexual predators) they need to be completely segregated. For life.

I think it is utterly irresponsible to let such people loose on a society, even the society of the prison itself.

Answer 7

No.

First, with the way America's justice and appeal system is set up, it literally ends up costing tax payers MORE to execute than to let the guy just rot.

Second, a person who is still alive has the potential to become beneficial to society. For example, the only person in the USA certified to transcribe higher math texts to braille ... is currently rotting in an Arkansas prison for multiple counts of 1st Degree Murder. Had a bit of time to spare so he figured he'd do something with it. Most prisoners will not -- I'm not kidding myself. But for the sake of the few, allow all to live.

Third, there is a legal principle in the USA -- Better to let a hundred criminals go free than imprison one innocent man. Many, MANY people who have been executed have posthumously been cleared of any and all wrong doing -- how do you restore them to life? It's hard enough to let a guy out of prison after thirty years of wrongful imprisonment -- you can never give him those thiry years back. But he has a few years left and can enjoy his freedom. How do you give back the innocent dead man's life?

Pro-life is pro-life. Doesn't matter if it's an unborn human being or a criminal human being, life is life.

I'm an atheist, btw.

Answer 8

Yes I believe in it, it exists. (Not that belief has anything to do with it, it will and has existed regardless of what I believe.)

If we are going to continue to use the death penalty, the process should become more streamlined and less expensive. It should be used for proven repeat violent criminals (wish there was some way around giving people the chance to repeat crimes).

As an alternative, prisons should become more like work camps with only the minimum necessary to survive provided.

Answer 9

I believe that government is in a way its own religion with laws and penalties for those laws based on what it (and the constituents who vote for that government) believes is right. As citizens, we may not agree with that law, and as Christians we might even go against that law knowing that there are penalties. If street preaching were illegal, for instance, then if I was on a jury with a street preacher as a defendant, then as a Christian, I would have to agree with the law that it had been broken, and let the sentence be passed accordingly.

Answer 10

Yes, it's a necessary deterrent for our most violent crimes.

Where we fail the most is our inability to carry out the sentence expeditiously. We allow death row to languish far too long. After an appropriate trial and appeal process it's cruel to allow prisoners to wait on death row for years. We should not threaten what we do not intend to perform.

Answer 11

First of all, the Bible does not say that it is forbidden to kill. The Bible says that it is forbidden to murder. The old the King James translation is unfortunate. For example, God gives us the right of self-defense and sometimes in that self-defense, it is necessary to kill someone. Furthermore, the Bible supports the death penalty as many Old Testament Scriptures clearly state. So, God is not making a mistake by saying do not kill and yet putting people to death via the death penalty.
Furthermore, murder is the unlawful taking of life. Killing is the lawful taking of life. Therefore, in the issue of taking life we must determine whether or not is lawful or not. If a murderer is sentenced to death in a lawful manner via the law of the land, then it is not murder. However, if a person were to rob someone else and kill him in the process, that is not a lawful taking of life and his murder. God never murders because before God, all people are guilty before the holy law that he is given.
Finally, it is not a a self-contradiction for a person to condemn murder but believe in the death penalty.